BRANDON Ñ One-pass seeding and in-crop nitrogen are simplified once liquid fertilizer starts flowing into the operation, according to Ernie Mee of PolyWest in Winnipeg. Many rigs still carry only enough liquid for about 40 acres. The field efficiency gained by switching to liquid goes down the drain quickly with frequent fill stops. One solution […] Read more
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Big Bandit moves big load
Producers pleased with bigger caddies
BRANDON Ñ Redfern Farm Services rents out a number of PolyWest Bandits, along with a lineup of liquid caddy carts from other manufacturers, in its chain of fertilizer outlets in southwestern Manitoba. The company has seven of the 3,400-gallon US caddies and five of the 1,700-gallon caddies. The most recent purchase was a 5,100 in […] Read more
Salvaged scale makes versatile seed treater
RED DEER Ñ When Ray Dreger started working at Agricore United’s Crop Protection Centre in Red Deer, he was treating seed out of a barrel with a pump and nozzle. “We’d fasten it to an auger off the bin and it would mix up as it went up through it,” he said. “That was fine […] Read more
New Products
Insect deterrent BioSensory Inc. has a new environmentally friendly insect inhibitor for warding off mosquitoes and other biting insects. Conceal candles adhere to protocols accepted by the United States Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency. In testing, people in the vicinity of Conceal candles experienced 90 percent fewer mosquito landings than people using citronella […] Read more
Stripper header boosts pulse quality
SASKATOON Ñ Recent research in Oregon suggests certain combine header modifications can reduce chickpea harvest loss by as much as 43 percent. New generation stripper headers that were designed for pulse crops left no foreign material in the grain sample, kept stubble standing to catch snow and control erosion and allowed combines to travel faster […] Read more
Calculate nutrient removal to determine fertilizer needs
The 2004 crop will long remain a painful memory for many prairie farmers. Spring snow, heavy summer rain and delayed harvest resulted in a challenging and demanding growing season. In some areas, a dry spring and summer drought persisted for another year. A crop was harvested in all areas, removing large quantities of nutrients from […] Read more
New Products
Herbicide combo packs Bayer CropScience Canada and DuPont have expanded their line of Puma Virtual Pak combos for 2005. Effective immediately, Refine Extra from DuPont will join Buctril M and Thumper as the broadleaf herbicides that will form the 2005 Puma Virtual Pak combo lineup. Refine Extra is a broadleaf herbicide that can be tank-mixed […] Read more
Motor satisfies quest for power
The world’s first 100 horsepower, single-phase, Written-Pole electric motor is now available in Canada through Meridium Power of Winnipeg. Designed specifically for single-phase electrical systems common in rural areas, this new motor joins the lineup of single-phase motors in the 15 to 75 hp range that Meridium has been selling since their introduction to Canada […] Read more
High resistance rotor secret to single-phase
Written-Pole technology was no accident. Precise Power Corp. of Palmetto, Florida, has been working for decades to develop single-phase electric motors with low starting current requirements and high operating efficiency under load. Two of the company’s main criteria were the elimination of phase converters and a reduction in demand charges paid by power utility customers. […] Read more
Liquid cart boosts acres covered
LANIGAN, Sask. – Dean and Gary Klatt, who farm with their father Ernie near Lanigan, have switched to liquid nitrogen fertilizer from dry in an effort to improve seeding efficiency and seedling safety, plus reduce fill time. Part of the switch involved adding a liquid cart to their drill, a 49-foot Morris Maxim with a […] Read more
