Crop Management
BRANDON — Growers accustomed to sectional control on their sprayer booms might want to consider a move to individual nozzle control. “The Capstan Pinpoint system takes everything one step further. It goes inside what you now have as sectional control,” said Capstan representative Garnet Welykholowa. “Individual nozzle on-off is controlled by a box in your […] Read more
Crop Management
Three equipment award winners from Canada
AE50 Awards | The competition celebrates the professional tools that drive improvements to agricultural equipment
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Agricultural engineering produces the technologies of growth, from farm machinery to processing to husbandry technologies. The American Society of Agricultural and Biotechnological Engineers gather each year to discuss new technology and its place in agricultural production. During that meeting they hand out 50 awards for the best new products from the previous […] Read more
Old technology given new life with unique design
Patents on the grain divider expired decades ago, but the basic design lives on, thanks to new materials
BRANDON — A Canadian company has brought 100-year-old grain sample divider technology into the 21st century. The Boerner grain divider was invented a century ago to solve the problem of plump kernels rolling to the top and heavy kernels going to the bottom when large samples were poured to make smaller portions. The all-metal machine […] Read moreAmmonia applicator pumps fast with single cooling system
The Accuflow Vortex pumping system can apply up to 80 US gallons a minute
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A new anhydrous ammonia system puts nitrogen down more quickly than previously possible. Raven Industries’ applied technology division released its new flow cooler and pumping system in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month. The Accuflow Vortex is the first on the market to have high capacity using a single cooler. Matt Burkhart of […] Read moreKverneland farm equipment to make debut in West
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kubota continues to expand its role in the world’s agriculture market. The Japanese company was once known in North American circles for its well made, orange utility tractors, which got bigger over time. Tractors got tracks, hoes and other tools and construction equipment grew. Two years ago, Kubota bought the Norwegian farm […] Read more
Individual nozzle controls save money, says grower
Sterling Hilton of Strathmore, Alta., who has two full spraying seasons with his Capstan PinPoint system on a 120 foot boom, is a meticulous record keeper. “We’ve seen anywhere from a six percent saving in chemical up to 14 percent saving, depending on the shape of the field,” he said. “That’s versus the sectional control […] Read more
Handle new Syngenta GMO corn with care: USGC
CHICAGO (Reuters) — U.S. farmers should closely consider the markets they serve when choosing to plant a new genetically modified Syngenta AG corn variety as it is not approved by all major importers, including China, the U.S. Grains Council said on Thursday. Grain exporters also need to be keenly aware of the varieties they handle […] Read more
Trudeau backs away from Liberal neonic resolution
OTTAWA — Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau appears prepared to go against party wishes when it comes to banning neonicotinoids. Members at the party’s recent Montreal convention voted in favour of an immediate ban on the seed treatments used by canola, corn and soybean growers. However, Trudeau told the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting […] Read more
Global wheat, corn crops may fall in 2014-15: IGC
LONDON (Reuters) — Global wheat and corn crops may decline slightly in 2014-15 as yields fall to more normal levels, the International Grains Council said on Thursday. “Output (of wheat) could decline by two percent year-on-year as yields are unlikely to be as high as the exceptional levels the previous year,” the IGC said in […] Read more
Soy oil bulls should rein in price expectations: Column
By Gavin Maguire: The author is a Reuters market analyst. The opinions expressed are his own. CHICAGO Feb 27 – Recent strength in palm oil prices due to production and export concerns in Malaysia and Indonesia have lent other edible oils support lately, and sparked widespread chatter that the entire edible oil arena may now […] Read more
