Mike Sturk

Stories by Mike Sturk

Agriterra Equipment staged a demonstration introducing a Massey Ferguson RB.156 round baler. The RB.156 baler included innovative features such as a camless pickup, new front rotor that runs counter clockwise and a hydraulic retractable floor bottom. It’s designed to pick up short, dry, and hard-to-bale crops. | Mike Sturk photo.
Machinery, News

Short and dry? Give this baler a try – photo essay

Farmers got a close look at Massey Ferguson’s RB.156 baler at an Agriterra Equipment field demonstration at Cody Longson’s farm west of Cayley, Alta., Sept. 21. | Mike Sturk photos Related stories: AGCO to introduce new round baler series Massey Ferguson 1 Series Round Baler
A man checks on a nest box mounted on one post of an old barbed-wire fence.
Farm Living

Keeping track of the birds – photo essay

Russ Amy has built 60 tree swallow nest boxes that he attached to fence posts around Frank Lake east of High River, Alta. He checks the nests weekly and does an egg and hatchling count. His data goes into a database at the Calgary Area Nestbox Monitors Society, which includes about 100 monitors and 5,000 […] Read more
A gul has just caught a carp from Frank Lake near High River, Alberta.
Farm Living

Catching a carp – photo essay

Looking for a carp small enough to eat, a California gull catches one of the thousands of Prussian carp at Frank Lake near High River, Alta., but has trouble swallowing it as the fish flips out of its beak. Then, with other gulls arriving on scene to attempt to steal its meal, the gull picks […] Read more

Latest video

More Videos