Areas receiving less than 125 millimetres of rain are at high risk of experiencing greater than expected herbicide carryover. That risk factor jumps to serious in areas with less than 75 mm of rain. The risk categories shown on a map based on data from June 16 to Sept. 14 collected by the Saskatchewan environment […] Read more
Ron Lyseng
Stories by Ron Lyseng
Equipment dealers fight COVID-19
Keeping the essential services of farm equipment companies rolling through the pandemic took some creative thinking
In farming areas there’s one category of stores that remain open 365 days of the year. Farmers need their local equipment dealers like Jack needs Jill, pandemic or no pandemic. Farmers are accustomed to standing three feet away across the counter from the parts guy, or sitting with their feet up on the sales representative’s […] Read more
COVID-19 pandemic skips fertilizer industry
COVID or no COVID, Mother Earth’s population needs food. Up to half the food we eat wouldn’t be available without fertilizers, explaining why the fertilizer sector wasn’t hard hit. The vital fertilizer industry avoided major COVID-19 disruption because farmers continue to buy commercial nutrients for their crops. Demand overall remained strong and suppliers for the […] Read more
Gentle gradual drains from TerraFormer
Although conventional scrapers are still the predominant machines for drainage, new field ditching concepts have fostered a new breed of dirt moving implements: V-Wing, Pulldozer and Ag Shield’s new TerraFormer. The new concept machines use large adjustable blades to pull soil from one point to another in a continuous smooth line. Farmers and operators who […] Read more
Big force, delicate balance, 5-bu. benefit
SureForce hydraulics balance 1,000 pounds down force with 350 pounds uplift and leaves seed just right
Hydraulic depth control has been available on planters for a decade, but they’re seldom installed, despite the fact that field trials give hydraulics a five-bushel benefit over spring-type down force. In a recent side-by-side trial in Iowa, a dozen strips planted with an Ag Leader SureForce hydraulic system averaged 5.128 bu. better than the adjacent […] Read moreSureSpeed singulates seed at speed
The all-new SureSpeed integrated seed metering and delivery system provides 99 percent singulation at speeds up to 12 miles per hour. It will be available to growers for the 2021 spring planting season. SureSpeed is designed to bring a much higher degree of precision into the practice of precision farming, said Ag Leader rep Brett […] Read more
Tip tine tiles till-tech trick
Agricultural implement makers are in an ongoing competition to design better soil and residue management equipment. Last fall, Degelman Industries upped the ante with two new machines. Degelman has channeled time and money into providing the best possible carbide tips and fastening technology, said marketing vice-president Sheldon Mohr during a recent phone interview. Carbide tips […] Read more
Faster roading cuts into wasteful transit
Farmers spend up to 15 percent of their day field-hopping equipment during seeding and harvest. This unavoidable time waster is the obvious result of bigger farms with more distant fields. That information comes from research conducted by Quebec manufacturer Camso, according to product manager Jeff Staab. “Growers are increasingly working ground that’s spread out from […] Read more
Ferobide takes the bite out of deep till
Farmers loose 90 percent of their expensive tungsten carbide tools due to wear of the supporting steel shanks
Tungsten carbide cultivation points and associated wear parts fall off mounting shanks as if falling off is the only reason they were manufactured and installed to begin with. Farmers typically loose 90 percent of their expensive tungsten carbide soil-engaging parts because the supporting steel fails, according to Tenmat Advanced Materials of the United Kingdom. All […] Read more
Case: match tillage tools to soil type
The tillage tip you try in sandy loam and the tip you try in grey clay: they aren’t the same ones
Case has embarked on a quest to better match new soil and residue management implements to suit specific soil types. Does that mean a growing selection of tillage tools? Yes. This fall they introduced a new S-tine field cultivator and a new configuration high speed Speed-Tiller, as part of the company’s initiative in matching tillage […] Read more
