First Day of Canada’s Farm Show

Jun 21, 2023

Main events from day one of Canada’s Farm Show

By Haley Bilokraly
Farms.com Intern

The first day of Canada’s Farm Show has come to a close, and excitement is already building for day two of the event.

Canada’s Farm Show had a strong start on Tuesday with no shortage of activity, product launches, and great discussions.

The first announcement was made by Honeybee Manufacturing, who kicked off the show by announcing their AirFlex NXT. It is an upgraded header with innovative design choices such as cab adjustable skid shoes and a narrower profile end shield.

Another product launch that happened on Tuesday was from the DoMoreAg Foundation who announced AgTalk, a new anonymous mental health support platform. Farmers can use this platform to connect with others who understand your situation, support your community, and explore resources.

Alongside product announcements, day one featured the announcement of the Innovation Awards presented by Farms.com, Innovation Saskatchewan, and Greenwave Innovations. The winners of this year's awards went to InputsPro, Accusampler UltraMT, and Binhalo.

The day ended with the Cultivator 24 Hour Startup pitch finale. Participants set the stage to present AgTech products they built in less than 24 hours. This challenge was filled with innovation, collaboration, and education for all teams.

Visitors and exhibitors are now getting ready to enjoy day two of the three-day event. Day two is focused on innovation with announcements and conversations about crop intelligence, ag technology, entrepreneurship and more.

Video: Cleaning Sheep Barns & Setting Up Chutes

Indoor sheep farming in winter at pre-lambing time requires that, at Ewetopia Farms, we need to clean out the barns and manure in order to keep the sheep pens clean, dry and fresh for the pregnant ewes to stay healthy while indoors in confinement. In today’s vlog, we put fresh bedding into all of the barns and we remove manure from the first groups of ewes due to lamb so that they are all ready for lambs being born in the next few days. Also, in preparation for lambing, we moved one of the sorting chutes to the Coveralls with the replacement ewe lambs. This allows us to do sorting and vaccines more easily with them while the barnyard is snow covered and hard to move sheep safely around in. Additionally, it frees up space for the second groups of pregnant ewes where the chute was initially.