Fargo, N.D. — Farmers know the benefits of a low-boy utility trailer. Add a live rolling rubber floor with a 9,400 pound carrying capacity and you have a pretty handy tool. With a working width of nearly seven feet and useable floor length better than 16 feet, the Advanced Nimble Trailer System (ANTS) can haul […] Read more
Ron Lyseng
Stories by Ron Lyseng
Changing big sprayer tires can be a dangerous chore
FARGO, N.D. — Swapping high clearance sprayer tires is an event that occurs a couple times a year on most farms, and it’s potentially fatal each time. Most farming operations have long since switched to a dedicated sprayer jack instead of assembling an unstable pile of timbers when lifting a tractor or sprayer. As well, […] Read more
Pro-Stitch’s notched wheel shines in mud
FARGO, N.D. — Closing the seed trench in a muddy field is a problem some manufacturers have solved, but at the expense of compacting the soil, thus inhibiting emergence. Daniel Wipf says he and his father have figured out the solution, in the form of a notched closing wheel they have dubbed Pro-Stitch, featuring big […] Read more
Military know-how leads to ag spray chopper
FARGO, N.D. — The skills David Gan acquired while developing military drone technology in Israel is now being applied to precision agriculture in North America. “My company has a long history of building military (unmanned aerial vehicles) since 1989. Now we have a new company in California to serve North America,” Gan said at the […] Read more
Trench keeps workers safe under foot
FARGO, N.D. — A clean, dry shop floor makes for a safer and more efficient workplace. But getting liquids off the surface and pumped away isn’t always easy. Norstar Industries has a possible solution with its U-drain floor drainage system. The Morris, Man., company has developed a pre-fab system of galvanized U-shaped troughs that are […] Read more
Stonebear is King Kong of rock pickers
If King Kong had picked rocks for a living, the Kongskilde Stonebear 5200 would have been his tool of choice
FARGO, N.D. — The Stonebear 5200 grabs rocks from one inch to 16 inches in diameter across a 17-foot-wide swath and then dumps them into a trailer from 7.7 feet. It performs all these tasks with a surprisingly low power requirement of 80 horsepower through a 350 r.p.m. power take-off, says Dave McKeen of Kongskilde […] Read more
Rocks: don’t pick them, pulverize them
FARGO. N.D. — Rocks in your fields will eventually turn to dust someday anyway, so why not hasten the process by a few million years. If you want those nuisance field stones out of your hair and out of your combine once and for all, the best option might be to leave them in the […] Read more
VIDEO: Self-motivated, self-serving tub mixer saves time
The twin auger tub grinder hauls more feed in less time, and driver safety is increased because functions are controlled from the cab
FARGO, N.D. — There are only five prototype SPSL30T grinders is existence, but they’re already creating a stir in the mixing industry. Built by Supreme International in Wetaskiwin, Alta., the unique feeding machines are designed to load, grind, mix, deliver and dump at an unprecedented rate. SP designates self-propelled, SL designates self-loading and 30T designates […] Read more
Spray droplet size matters
Surfactants have been in common use for decades, but the idea of adding a vegetable oil deposition adjuvant to improve droplet size, enhance coverage and reduce drift is still relatively new. When a deposition adjuvant is doing its job, more of the droplets are of a uniform size and they are closer in size to […] Read more
Spray technology
Three years deposition experience Robert Brunel has often used a deposition agent in his Apache high clearance sprayer in the past three years. WinField’s InterLock has cost him $1 to $3 per acre, depending on wind, the crop and the product he’s spraying. He said it’s a small price to pay for the benefit he […] Read more
