Time to plan for 2016!

Jan 12, 2016

Focus on efficiency, productivity, profitability with precision agriculture

If you are looking for ideas on ways to farm smarter or more efficiently, the 2016 Farms.com Precision Agriculture Conference and Ag Technology Showcase may help you to learn how to make adjustments to your existing farm plan, so that you can be more efficient, more productive, and more profitable in 2016 and beyond.

senseFLy eBee Drone, Ag Business & Crop Inc.

senseFLy eBee Drone, Ag Business & Crop Inc.

Where else can you investigate cool technology like UAVs and laser technology for soil sampling, as well as attend strategic sessions geared to provide you with information to fine tune your farm, and network with like-minded farmers and precision agriculture experts. Interested in learning how to get all of the yield potential out of your planning? Or learning what the three keys to higher yields are?

The Precision Agriculture Conference also features a number of exhibitors, so that you can easily check out precision agriculture products and services available to farmers in southwestern Ontario. These companies include: 360 Yield Center, A & L Laboratories, Affinity Management, Ag Business & Crop Inc., Apline Solutions , Delta Power Equipment, Deveron UAS, Devolder Farms, Farmers Edge, Farm Credit Canada, GPS Ontario Hensall District Co-op, Huron Tractor, LaserAg Inc., Practical Precision, Premier Equipment, PRIDE Seeds, Scotia Bank, SGS Agri-Food Laboratories, Shea Ag, Stoltz Sales & Service, Stratford Agri Analysis, Stratford Farm Equipment, Unmanned Systems Canada, Weather Decision Technologies – Skywise, WinField Solutions and XS Inc.

Speakers include international experts such as Expert & Data Strategy Consultant Lisa Prassack, soil agronomy expert Jacques Nault of LaserAg, precision ag analysis and reporting expert Ben Gist of XS Inc., and Professional Agrologist and a Certified Agricultural Consultant Robert Saik, Founder of The Agri-Trend® Group of Companies.

Early Bird registration has been extended to January 17, so register now before it is too late:

http://www.farms.com/photo-gallery/precision-ag-conference-registration.aspx

And don’t forget to book your hotel room by January 15, 2016 to ensure special conference rates

For more information about the 2016 Farms.com Precision Agriculture Conference and Technology Showcase:

http://www.farms.com/precision-agriculture/conference-2016/

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.