A new variation on the familiar disc tackles the challenges of managing crop residues, volunteers, and weeds, while also preparing the seed bed for a crop. “Has anyone seen a disc that looks like this before?” said Philip Korczak, holding up a steel disc with a wildly serrated edge. Korczak, regional manager for Väderstad Industries, […] Read more
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When spot-spraying came of age
For decades, researchers and entrepreneurs have been trying to offer farmers a system to reduce chemical application by targeting specific…
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No weld cracks on this aluminum boom
Farmers with aluminum spray booms say benefits outweigh the drawback. That drawback, of course, is cracked welds. Once cracking commences,…
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Used equipment steady-to-strong, with levelling
The used farm equipment market in Western Canada has been relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ritchie Brothers recently published…
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European sprayer gets North American drift
Horsch has produced self-propelled sprayers that met road-width restrictions in European markets for years. Now, its recent offering comes with…
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Little tractors making big waves for machinery companies
Farm machinery companies have been weathering a slower period of sales in the past couple of seasons, but small tractors…
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Field sensing on the fly gets option
An Austria-based soil-sensor startup is taking another run at the North American market, but this time it offers an automatic…
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When spot-spraying came of age
For decades, researchers and entrepreneurs have been trying to offer farmers a system to reduce chemical application by targeting specific plants in the field. Spot-spraying looked like it was coming our way in the early 1990s when Australian inventor Grant Yates visited Western Canada to demonstrate and sell his Southern Precision Weedseeker. He sold a […] Read more
No weld cracks on this aluminum boom
Farmers with aluminum spray booms say benefits outweigh the drawback. That drawback, of course, is cracked welds. Once cracking commences, it plagues the boom until it’s finally sold for scrap. The key to building an aluminum boom that doesn’t crack is to put the welds in non-stressed zones. All hinge points are fitted with rod […] Read more
From DOT to pull-type, 120 foot sprayer finds new platform
Connect’s sprayer system for the autonomous farming platform is being offered as a loaded, pull-type applicator
Connect built its first sprayer for the DOT agricultural robot in 2018. It was fit with a 120-foot boom and the most advanced spray technology available, including turn compensation, individual nozzle control, and a recirculating boom. Tim Pattison of Connect said their team often heard from farmers that they like the sprayer, but they were […] Read more
Used equipment steady-to-strong, with levelling
The used farm equipment market in Western Canada has been relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ritchie Brothers recently published its used equipment market trends summary that looks at the volume and price of equipment that ran through its North American auctions in the first two quarters of this year. Jordan Clarke of Ritchie Brothers […] Read more
Stripper headers could be on the way back
There is a lower-cost alternative to buying a new swather or a bigger combine; a header that leaves most the plant behind
As the practice of desiccation tumbles into our history books, prairie crop production will dramatically change forever. Farmers are considering flipping that heavy investment in straight-cut headers into swathers. However, a few farmers are bucking that trend. Instead of buying new swathers, they’re instead buying stripper headers. Shelbourne Reynolds Stripper headers were introduced to the […] Read more
European sprayer gets North American drift
Big booms, big tank, adjustable track and 10-inch, PMW nozzle spacing running less than a foot from the ground
Horsch has produced self-propelled sprayers that met road-width restrictions in European markets for years. Now, its recent offering comes with adjustable axle widths and frame height that will help the company compete in the North American market where big sprayers cover more acres. The company has big plans for expanding into Canada and the United […] Read more
Little tractors making big waves for machinery companies
Two new versions of Agco’s Massey Ferguson tiny tractors offer premium options seen on bigger machines
Farm machinery companies have been weathering a slower period of sales in the past couple of seasons, but small tractors have been a big hit with buyers. Meeting those demands has seen Agco announce a premium range of Massey Ferguson compact tractors, the 1800M and 2800M, that replaced the 1700 and the 2700 series. “Anything […] Read more
Field sensing on the fly gets option
Austrian company puts Topsoil Mapper, magnetic induction sensor to work on North American farm fields
An Austria-based soil-sensor startup is taking another run at the North American market, but this time it offers an automatic tillage control feature for deep ripping. The Topsoil Mapper built by Geoprospectors first came to Canada in 2018 branded by Pessl Instruments as the Field Scan, but that project failed to fully deliver. North American […] Read more
Taking the pulse of the field and delivering the goods
Raven’s new PWM system puts more product on and allows for slow-moving sprayers with bigger booms
Raven rolled out a new pulse width modulation (PWM) nozzle control system called the Hawkeye 2 that supports wider sprayers, higher rates and is easier for operators to manage compared to its predecessor. “From a software and user interface standpoint we’ve really simplified things for the operator in the cab to be able to change […] Read more
