Swath rollers Free Form Plastic Products has two new swath rollers. A new feature allows the rollers to expand to 10 feet from six feet in width to match varying crop conditions. Rollers are made of corrosion proof polyethylene, which resists denting. The MT2000 mounted roller attaches to the rear of most four-wheeled swathers. Universal […] Read more
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How to remove water odour, colour – Water Clinic
Q: Last spring our dugout was the lowest it has ever been. It filled with snowmelt but has a yellow colour to it. Also, when the water is left in the hot water tank for a day or two, it gets an odour. What can we do? A: Considering the amount of snow you had […] Read more
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20 gauge welding wire J.W. Harris of Mason, Ohio, has introduced Twenty Gauge, a powdered wire that doesn’t burn through thin sheet metal during welding. Excessive heat and heavy wire from 220-volt boxes and even 110-volt welders can burn holes through the light material and cause waves to form across the thin metal skins. Twenty […] Read more
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Cultivator comes in three sizes Free Form Plastic Products has a new line of rugged three-point hitch cultivators for the 25-65 horsepower tractor range. These cultivators are offered in three sizes – five foot three inch, six foot nine inch and eight foot three inch. The smallest base unit can be equipped with extension kits […] Read more
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Disease book The third edition of Diseases of Field Crops In Canada has been published. The new edition is 60 percent larger than the previous one, with 304 pages and 659 colour illustrations to assist in disease diagnosis. “It is almost a new book,” said Robin Morrall of the University of Saskatchewan’s biology department and […] Read more
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Residue deflector Straw Track Manufacturing’s Residue Deflector guides residue, ensuring optimum seed-to-soil contact and seed bed preparation. In stickier, heavy trash conditions the deflection helps provide smoother fields with fewer straw clumps, less dragging of dirt, and fewer stops to clear straw plugs. The Residue Deflector is a standard part of all Seed Master drills. […] Read more
Chlorine helps solve duckweed problems – Water Clinic
Q: We’ve a small dugout that’s used for watering cows and gardens in the summer. It gets so covered in duckweed you could almost walk across it by summer’s end. It makes the water smell, plugs up pumps and generally looks gross. How do we get rid of this stuff? A: To control duckweed and […] Read more
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Liquid tank Free Form Plastic Products has a new Generation II plastic liquid tank that eliminates algae growth without sacrificing structural integrity. It is white on the outside but has a black interior to block the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Algae growth and contamination have always been a problem with light-coloured water tanks. Black tanks have […] Read more
Repairing wells – Water Clinic
Q: When does one replace a bored well’s wood casing? We had a well drilled about 18 years ago. It is about 58 feet deep and two feet across. The bottom two thirds are wood and the top portion is galvanized metal. It is located on a summer use farm. Last fall we began to […] Read more
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Fungicide approved Quadris foliar fungicide has received approval for control of ascochyta in chickpeas and other diseases in pulse crops. The move caps two years of emergency use registrations granted to Quadris to control severe ascochyta outbreaks. Colin Steen, pulse crop manager with Syngenta in Canada, which makes Quadris, said disease predictions for 2003 are […] Read more
