The Bulk Boom aims to help producers with faster seeding. The boom, introduced by Bourgault, is designed to load bulk bags of seed and fertilizer weighing up to 2,400 pounds from the ground or a truck box. It eliminates the need to have a front end loader in the field during seeding. The boom is […] Read more
Ron Lyseng
Stories by Ron Lyseng
Bourgault cuts the product but keeps the flow
It was a challenge, but engineers have come up with a way to shut off one section on a Class A air distribution system without giving the other sections an extra blast. Bourgault recently launched its new Automatic Section Control (ASC) product delivery system, which the company says is the first of its kind. The […] Read more
World’s biggest Honey Bees created buzz in their day
Rear-wheel drive | A more economical way to push power to the ground?
Who says tractors absolutely need centre articulated 4 x 4 to handle big power? It probably wasn’t Greg Honey of Honey Bee Manufacturing. In fact, Honey would more than likely explain that the basic old design of the conventional two wheel drive tractor can safely and economically pump 500 or more horsepower to the ground. […] Read more
High speed discing goes deep
The new Lemken Rubin 12 compact disc harrow works soil up to eight inches deep at speeds up to 10 m.p.h. with 29 inch discs. “Those 29 inch discs are the largest of any compact disc machine,” said Waldemar Heidebrecht, a Lemken distributor in Manitoba and Sask-atchewan. “Maybe the old Wishak tandem disc was bigger, […] Read more
Diesel exhaust fluid different
As of this month, all new diesel engines from 175 to 750 horsepower must be Tier 4 compliant, which means diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) will be required to meet the criteria. From now on, every new implement will need DEF to function. Unlike previous emissions systems since the 1990s, there is no way to circumvent […] Read more
Audits study both sidesof implement
Saskatchewan Research Council lead researcher Monique Wismer said her team looks at two different components when it studies carbon footprints. “First we look at the manufacturing of the farm implement. We study the energy and the materials that go into building an implement. “Then we look at the actual use of that implement on the […] Read more
Implement maker receives carbon certification
Carbon Trust | Certification from British company allows Seed Hawk to apply carbon footprint decals on its equipment
A Saskatchewan Research Council audit has determined that use of Seed Hawk machines merits Carbon Trust certification because of the company’s small carbon footprint. Carbon Trust is an independent company in the United Kingdom that assesses the carbon footprint by all types of activities. With the certification, Seed Hawk can apply a footprint decal logo […] Read more
Seed through heavy trash with corn planter
Monosem handles canola | Trash cleaners push straw to the side, allowing the planter to seed between the rows
Yield isn’t the only criterion when comparing canola seeded with a hoe drill to canola seeded with a corn planter. Growers who have conducted their own field-scale comparisons say they also look at seeding rate, crop health, crop uniformity and ease of seeding and swathing. These factors are especially important if the field yield data […] Read more
Custom canola seeding offers lower rates, same yields
A recent ad placed by a custom operator in Saskatchewan claims that seeding canola through his JD 1790 planter at one pound per acre yields the same as 2.75 lb. per acre. In an interview, Foam Lake farmer Morris Halvorson said the story gets better. “I custom seeded 100 acres of canola at 2.75 lb. […] Read more
Now: Dozens of tractor brands melded into few; Then: The world’s greatest tractor buy!
NOW: Breaking prairie sod and seeding crops at the turn of the century required big horses and strong men to work them. However, those big strong Canadian work horses and the prairie farm boys who drove them were swallowed up by the thousands in the muddy trenches of the First World War. By necessity, pistons […] Read more
