Canada’s Farm Show will return in an online format this summer after being cancelled last year due to the pandemic. The Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. announced the show, formerly Canada’s Farm Progress Show, would be held June 16 and 17 online with free access. The first day will feature the show’s pillars, innovation and state […] Read more
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Pulling it around could be bottom line win
A few advanced pull-type sprayers have come onto the Canadian market recently, but do they still fit prairie crop production?…
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See and Spray springs from river of technical invention
Find a weed and kill it. Ignore the crop and don’t waste any resources on non-pests. It’s easy to do…
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Building a crop nutrition package
"We might be the biggest fertilizer company in the world that no one knows about," laughs Mandy Huska, vice-president…
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Deere upgrades its seeding and power offerings
Model year 2022 will see key improvements to the John Deere lineup of farm machinery. Air seeding rigs are getting…
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Planter calibration critical to seeding ROI
Research during the past two decades tells corn growers that seed spacing, seed singulation and seed placement are critical factors…
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Smart Farm helps make high-tech agriculture a reality
Olds College is showing how computers will revolutionize the way modern prairie agriculture is about to be carried out
A computer control room isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when people think of farming, but Stuart Cullum says such technology is already sort of here. “I mean, a lot of what’s happening on the farm can be seen on a computer in a control room, so to speak — a person […] Read more
More farm robots on the horizon
Small companies and startups are having the biggest initial impact as work on autonomous platforms continues
The march of the robots into agricultural fields continues. Major OEMs are well into the development of autonomous platforms, but the relatively small companies and startups are having the biggest initial impact. The electric utility tractor by Monarch will be available to Canadian farmers this year and it has interesting autonomous capability that may turn […] Read more
Putting it all on the bench and in the field
Chemical, biological and physical soil properties vary considerably in space and time, and they need to be closely monitored to have the best chance at a good fertilizer response. So it’s not surprising that so much energy is devoted to developing new products and techniques that assist fertility programs, considering the eye-popping amount of money […] Read more
Pulling it around could be bottom line win
For all but fungicide or desiccating tall crops, a pull-type sprayer can have a role on many large, prairie grain operations
A few advanced pull-type sprayers have come onto the Canadian market recently, but do they still fit prairie crop production? The transition to self-propelled sprayers has already occurred on most farms, but these new pull-type sprayers are far more capable compared to what your grandpa used to pull. Application expert Tom Wolf said some of […] Read more
See and Spray springs from river of technical invention
New release is a downstream effect of Deere’s investment in Blue River application-technology company four years ago
Find a weed and kill it. Ignore the crop and don’t waste any resources on non-pests. It’s easy to do strolling through a field with a hoe or spray nozzle in hand. Doing it over five- or 10-thousand acres in a tight time window is a bigger job. Blue River Technology sprang from an idea […] Read more
Deere upgrades its seeding and power offerings
More power with heavier frames and additional ballast and new features for seeding are available in 2022 machines
Model year 2022 will see key improvements to the John Deere lineup of farm machinery. Air seeding rigs are getting better blockage monitoring, more cab adjustments and faster changing tools in soil. John Deere announced last week that all of its air seeding units would get the RelativeFlow blockage monitoring. The system reports variations in […] Read more
MacDon adds 300 production jobs, including third shift
The company could not stand still listening to opportunity knock, looking for new and more precise farm equipment
MacDon is adding more than 300 new jobs to its main manufacturing plant in Winnipeg. The increase will facilitate the addition of a third shift at the farm equipment factory. “This means good paycheques going into 300 Winnipeg households,” said business development vice-president Gene Fraser in a phone interview. “The jobs will be in fabrication, […] Read more
Autonomous tractor captures imagination
Small machinery putting in big hours with little supervision offers farmers productivity opportunities
Dutch start-up AgXeed is developing crop production technologies that will enable farmers to perform real-world tasks through an online portal similar to a video game. Philipp Kamps, marketing manager of AgXeed said the company is creating a system that uses a digital twin of a farm where missions for autonomous equipment are created. A digital […] Read more
Maintaining the tracks improves life and performance for the long haul
There is a common misconception that track systems increase maintenance time and costs, companies say no
Track systems built for agriculture applications have come a long way during the past decade, but as with anything, they require maintenance. There used to be a larger variety of styles of tracked machines equipment manufacturers sold to farmers and they each had different maintenance demands. Now though, most track systems are similar. “Most of […] Read more
