This aluminum Agrilite trailer reduces producers’ fill time by 300 percent, thanks to its 10-foot conveyor reach
CORRECTION – 1300 CST November 8, 2018 – This story originally stated the conveyor trailer was capable of unloading 4,000 bushels per minute. The correct rate is 4,000 pounds per minute. FARGO, N.D. — They named the show Big Iron, with special emphasis on “iron,” but there’s always some aluminum and stainless steel that sneaks […] Read moreCrops — page 2
Rutting and compaction are gifts that keep on giving
The weather has finally made a turn for the better. That means there will be hundreds of combines heading to the fields over the next couple of weeks. Farmers are anxious to get the remaining crops in the bins, regardless of field conditions. This opens us up to a couple of soil conditions that may […] Read more
A screwdriver changed a farmer’s life path
For Brian Olson, who made his mark with PowerPin, safety awards mean less than saving a life or preventing injury
The epiphany happens instantly for some people. For others, the revelation is gradual. For Brian Olson, the motivation to focus his life on safe farm equipment came in mere minutes. Olson recalls the day in 1988 when it finally struck him full force that the process of moving farm equipment was inherently a very dangerous […] Read more
Prairie inventor awarded for farm safety
Brian Olson decided in 1988 to dedicate his life to developing safer systems for implement hook-up. The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers recently recognized the importance of his work. This August, the farmer turned entrepreneur was honoured in Detroit, Michigan, for his outstanding contributions with the ASABE Evelyn Rosentreter Award for Exceptional Contributions […] Read more
Networking can offer producers value on their farms
Can your network make your farm more profitable? Networking is one of the many 21st century buzzwords. What previously was referred to as coffee breaks at conferences and trade shows has been transformed into “networking” receptions. To some farmers, networking seems like a lot of fluff, while others have found that their network actually makes […] Read more
Man. company helps turn tractors into robots
A package from North Star Robotics enables farmers to more easily embrace autonomous operation of farm equipment
Spotting driverless-tractors working a Canadian field will be commonplace in the near future. Canadian growers are already retrofitting equipment with technology that enables machines to works autonomously, such as Brian Tischler’s Ag Open GPS and Matt Reimer’s tractor that pulls a grain cart up to his combine. These solutions require a fair amount of tech […] Read more
Market watching late harvest
Canola futures have found themselves in a downward slide, with the market settling right above major support levels on Oct. 24. The January contract finished Wednesday’s session at C$491 per tonne, which was right above major support at C$490 per tonne. “If it legs down, I think a swing target could be as low as […] Read more
Ag Canada ups canola carryout forecast sharply
Canadian canola carryout stocks at the end of the current marketing year (2018/19) will be considerably larger than an earlier estimate, according to updated supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released on Oct. 19. Agriculture Canada’s market analysis branch forecast canola ending stocks for 2018/19 at 2.500 million tonnes, which would be double the […] Read more
High-speed cultivators get faster
Equipment manufacturers are building disc cultivators stronger so that they last longer at higher speed
FARGO, N.D. — The speed of high-speed disc cultivators seems to be getting faster and faster every year. One good example is the 45-foot Kwik-Till, which is designed to work at 15 m.p.h. The Kwik-Till vertical tillage machine is built by Norwood Sales in Cooperstown, N.D. It’s been on the market for six years, and […] Read more
GPS on centre pivot
FARGO, N.D. — Irrigation farmers have pumped fertility and crop protection through their pivots for decades. Most dryland farmers have come to depend on GPS for mechanical prescription application for about a decade. But seeing a GPS unit at the end of an irrigation leg can prompt a person to scratch his head. By its […] Read more
