APRIL 2024 3 CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS APRIL 2024 | V.45 | N.02 4 CAAR Leadership News 5 AI & Ag 9 Strategies to recruit top talent 10 Fertilizer alternatives via bugs and lightning 15 Rage against the European Union 19 Being level-headed about shipping over water 27 Hungry for Coal 30 By the numbers INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Agvise Laboratories | www.agvise.com............................................. 25 Farm Credit Canada | www.fcc.ca...........................................................2 Hi Tech Installations Ltd. | www.hitechinstallations.info.........13 Marcus Construction | www.marcusconstruction.com...........17 Meridian Manufacturing Inc. | www.meridianmfg.com.........31 Nutrien Ag Solutions | www.nutrienagsolutions.ca..................32 5-8 Gen AI is in your headspace Canadian farmers should consider Gen AI technology that uses agronomic data to provide them with solutions on what their crops need them to do next to give them the best odds of outputting a bigger and better yield using fewer and less expensive resources. 19-26 The highs and lows affecting Canadian agriculture transportation by water A water crisis is affecting the transportation routes of cargo ships on the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, the Panama Canal, and the Mississippi River. georgeclerk/iStock/Getty Images Plus photo Igor Borisenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus photo 10-14 What’s new in fertilizers? An in-depth examination of Canadian fertilizers in the international market as affected by global politics. We also look at some new fertilizer technologies here and on the horizon for farmers to consider. Elena Bionysheva-Abramova/iStock/Getty Images Plus photo
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