Adding a hydraulic auger to a front end loader bucket design was a start, adding variable rates and gates finished it
Small cattle operators and growers who need to mix soil for smaller vegetable beds may be interested in the some of the updates Danuser made to its material handling bucket. The Mega Mixer was designed to scoop, mix and dispense material from livestock feed grain to concrete. Mike Willis of Danuser said the company sells […] Read moreMachinery — page 80
Vibrator shakes 20 minutes off fill time
Seeding has gone well for Bob Rusk this spring. Last month, he bought a Flexxifinger Vibra-Screen, thinking it would keep his granular fertilizer flowing better so that he would have faster fills. Rusk said last week that the Vibra-Screen works even better than expected. “It’s cut our fill time by more than 20 minutes. We […] Read more
Data drives tractor in right directions
We’ve seen data-driven technology improve the performance of combines, tractors, grain-handling equipment and sprayers. Electronic soil sensors and data-driven technology have finally caught up with tillage and planting equipment. Case IH has released a new AFS Soil Command feature, marking major progress in field mapping capabilities and agronomic research. The company says seed bed sensing […] Read more
Farmer develops new, fast connection with his sprayer
An Ontario farmer welded a fifth-wheel pin to the bottom of his sprayer and installed a receiver on the trailer to make his spraying system more efficient. Tom Schuurmans said the hitch shaves at least five minutes off each load and unload of his sprayer. He said his family’s dairy farm near Elmira Ont., needs […] Read more
Deere blames escalating trade war for worsening outlook
(Reuters) – Deere & Co on Friday missed quarterly profit estimates for the fifth-straight quarter and cut its full-year outlook, as an escalating U.S.-China trade war threatens to further hit farm incomes and demand for the company’s equipment. Shares of Deere, known for its trademark green tractors and harvesting combines, fell as much as 6% […] Read more
Harnessing sprayers to tame fire
An Alberta farm-invention puts out fire using existing investments, making use of reliable off-road capacity
Self-propelled, high clearance sprayers are great for spraying and have become three-season rigs. As well, in an emergency these could control a serious fire, with the right gear. That’s what Arrowwood, Alta., custom applicator Clark Oberhotlzer figured out. He had seen the damage that fires brought to his southern Alberta and Saskatchewan neighbours in the […] Read more
Maestro sings a song of singulation
DUGALD, Man. – Prairie farmers have a half-dozen high-speed planters from which to choose. For Andy Scheurer the selection process was easy. His neighbour bought a Horsch Maestro last year and Scheurer was impressed. For years, the Dugald, Man., producer and his brother, Edgar, had been planting corn, canola, soybeans and sunflowers with a JD […] Read more
Maestro has gentle touch with delicate seeds
DUGALD, Man. — Like a symphony conductor keeping precise meter for the orchestra with his wand, the Horsch Maestro seed metering system precisely conducts the flow of soybean, canola, sunflower and corn seeds. Before launching into the Maestro design process, Horsch engineers studied the many conventional planters already on the market. They saw that most […] Read more
Broad acre drone spraying unlikely
A spraying expert says potential spray drift is a significant concern and payloads will likely be too small to be productive
Drone sprayers have been used in Pacific Rim agriculture for more than two decades, and they gained California certification four years ago. But do they have potential beyond the orchard gate? Probably not, at least not in the foreseeable future, according to Tom Wolf, also known as the Nozzle Guy, in a recent post to […] Read more
Long life or low cost, soil engagement comes at a price
Steel and soil go together like love and marriage, horse and carriage. Regardless of what kind of farming you’re into, putting steel to soil takes its toll on wear-parts. Whether you farm abrasive sandy loam or Red River clay, in-ground wear-components on your seeding and cultivation equipment will do just that — wear. It’s a […] Read more
