Spyder’s frame continues to evolve so the unit is better able to follow terrain with its spring-based paralink system
The Ag in Motion farm show offered an opportunity to look at different seed drill openers on the market in Western Canada. In this series, we look at opener designs and other new equipment features being introduced for the next growing season. The folding design of K-Hart’s Spyder drill, which does look a bit like […] Read moreMachinery — page 15
Innovation in intercropping saves time
Infield separator allows crops to be sorted before leaving the field to simplify both on-farm storage and sales
MIDALE, Sask. — The long winter’s work of separating mixed crops is getting easier on Rosengren Farms. Colin Rosengren has been intercropping for 20 years and staff used to spend months cleaning and separating grain after harvest. So, he designed and built an infield separating system to do exactly what it says: separate each crop […] Read more
Volvo, Westport team up on alternate-fuel engine tech
Volvo and Westport Fuel Systems announced a joint venture to accelerate the commercialization of Westport’s HPDI (high-pressure direct injection) technology for alternative fuels such as LNG and hydrogen for heavy truck and off-road applications. “We are confident that, we can bring sustainable solutions forward, using the internal combustion engine, running on renewable fuels now and […] Read more
Biogas seedstock trailer rapidly loads, unloads
Company says its award-winning tanker can move manure to a digester and return digestate to a farm more efficiently
LANGHAM, Sask. — A key piece of technology important to the success of biogas digesters in Europe is now available in Canada. Advance Tank Production Ltd. has built a rapid loading and unloading tanker that makes moving manure quicker and more efficient. The tank was made by the Saskatchewan company, a division of Advance Engineering […] Read more
Specialist provides advice on improving drills
Technician offers evaluations and recommends upgrades for drill components that wear down and impede performance
LANGHAM, Sask. — Getting a crop seeded as precisely as possible is, of course, the first step to bringing in a bumper crop. Today’s seed drills offer the ability to do that, but over time wear on critical components reduces their ability to place seed as precisely as they could when new. John Deere drill […] Read more
A look at current seed drill technology
The Ag in Motion farm show offered a perfect opportunity to look at the variety of seed drill openers on the market in Western Canada. In this series, which looks at what choices producers have when placing their seed and fertilizer, we take a look at the different opener designs that manufacturers offer, along with […] Read more
Claas debuts Lexion 8900 combine
Ag in Motion hosts second major product launch for Claas in two years as the company makes headway into the Canadian market
LANGHAM, Sask. — For the second time in two years, Claas has used the Ag in Motion Farm show near Langham to hold a major product launch. Last year it pulled the wraps off the new 12 Series Xerion tractors, making their first public appearance anywhere. This year, an all-new flagship combine, the Lexion 8900 […] Read more
VIDEO: System uses grain quality to create field zones
CropScan can analyze moisture, protein, fibre, starch and oil for multiple crops on the fly while the combine is operating
LANGHAM, Sask. — Dean Scrivens thinks CropScan Ag’s on-combine grain analyzer is an innovative tool. Recently, this was confirmed at the Ag in Motion farm show. CropScan was rewarded for its work with an Ag in Motion Innovation Award in the agronomics category for its CropScan 4000 VT. “Winning that award was great. We’ve never […] Read more
Bourgault fined following accident
REGINA — Bourgault Industries, operating as Highline Manufacturing Ltd., has been fined $65,000 after a workplace accident two years ago.The company pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court July 22 to one violation of occupational health and safety regulations.The charge was laid after an incident in Vonda, Sask., June 22, 2022, when a worker was seriously […] Read more
VIDEO: AIM day three wrap
Glacier FarmMedia’s senior machinery and equipment editor Scott Garvey spent day two of the 10th annual Ag in Motion farm show checking out some of the new equipment on display. Scott wraps up this years show continuing his look at the various drills and openers on display, including this Spyder by K-Hart Industries.
