Please see the attached note for the upcoming schedule. Based on feedback from 2021, we have again been asked to present on precision ag topics. As before – if you register for the event, we will send you a meeting link, and you can watch the online version later on. Session 1: Advanced Guidance and… CLICK HERE to Read More
Category: Digital Agriculture
Carbon Market – December 15th Virtual Meeting (Zoom)
Over the past couple of years there has been multiple developments involving the market for Carbon and Carbon capture. While these developments have (somewhat) occurred with varying degrees of farmer input, the impact of decisions made affects farmers greatly, both in terms of policy implementation (restrictions and regulations) as well as financially, though carbon fees…. CLICK HERE to Read More
Autonomy Demonstration – Sept 8th
We are hosting an Autonomy demonstration on Sept 8th, running with no formal agenda from 9 am until approx. 4 pm. The location is the NW corner of Bentpath Line and Downie road, just west of Haggerty Creek about 1 mile. We will be demonstrating the Raven OmniDrive system (Formerly SmartAg), the autonomous grain buggy… CLICK HERE to Read More
Agriculture Innovation Lead
Are you looking for a hands-on career opportunity supporting local farms and farm families in your community to expand their participation in the Agri-Food Value Chain? Haggerty Creek Ltd. has an opportunity for a motivated agriculture innovation lead to join our team in Bothwell. As the agriculture innovation lead, you will have the opportunity to… CLICK HERE to Read More
Climate Fieldview and Harvest Analysis
One of the things we have been trying with customer yield analysis is to get a decent handle on how varieties perform across fields. An issue facing those of us around Bothwell is the large amount of wooded areas. While we like trees, the bush lines can easily take 50-100 bu away from our corn… CLICK HERE to Read More
2019 Outdoor Farm Show: X-Steam-inator
Another interesting piece of technology I checked out at the 2019 COFS was the Saskatchewan built X-Steam-inator. This device promises to clear away weeds using a PTO driven generator and, from what I recall, about 2 gallons of water per acre. At this point I was uncertain about ground speeds. But, the concept is interesting. … CLICK HERE to Read More
2019 Outdoor Farm Show – Autonomous Technology
Spent some time catching up with the folks at DOT. Things have moved rapidly since the Precision Ag Conference in 2018. At the show we saw several demonstations. First, with a mockup of a 12 Row, 30″ corn planter. The planter has no fertilizer attachments or seed boxes at the show, but the toolbar and… CLICK HERE to Read More
Getting your Precision Ag Equipment Ready for Spring
Now that spring is nearly here it’s a good idea to go over some technology reminders before we get rolling in the next couple of weeks. The famous “it worked when I put it away” line gets quoted far too often. Here are a few tips: Displays: It’s always a good idea to clean up… CLICK HERE to Read More
Grower Meeting – Climate FieldView
We are happy to host Climate Fieldview staff on Monday, March 11th at Haggerty. We will be going over what’s new with Climate, getting ready for spring 2019, as well as any questions existing users have, or potential users have. Let us know if you can attend. The meeting starts at noon. Climate Field View… CLICK HERE to Read More
Farm Show Highlights
We would like to thank everyone who visited our booth at the Chatham Kent Farm Show, as well as at the Precision Ag Conference last week. Here are some of what I considered as highlights from the Precision Ag Conference, as presented by Farms.Com. Robotic Farming: I’ll post some more about these at a later… CLICK HERE to Read More