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Pull-type sprayer Summers Manufacturing Co. has introduced an improved pull-type Supersprayer. The unit features the following: A 4,436-litre rinse tank to allow rinsing of spray booms in the field. A multi-hole spreader bar clevis attachment, allowing easier installation of spreader bar for extended transport distance. Two and a half inch cold rolled axles on locking […] Read more

Diseases in new crops Crop production trends on the Prairies have moved to diversification and increased production of exotic herbs, spices, essential oils and medicinal plants. Along with these new crops can come diseases that have rarely, if ever, been seen on the Prairies before. “The plant pathology team at Crop Diversification Centre – South […] Read more

Teat dip Alfa Laval Agri has introduced a new post milking teat dip. The Della-One is a high-viscosity, one percent iodine dip designed to provide protection against mastitis-causing bacteria after milking when the teat canal sphincter is open and vulnerable. The product stays on the udder. Its germ killing effect is reactivated when the udder […] Read more

Hair clipper A new clipper is on the market for cattle, sheep, horses, llamas, alpacas and dogs. New Generation Clippers are marketed by Cee-Der Sheep and Livestock Supplies of Lethbridge, Alta. The company says the clippers are shorter, lighter and quieter than other clippers. They also run cooler because of a new air flow design. […] Read more

New style grain dryer A new style grain drier with more drying capacity has been put on the market by IBEC. The Alberta-based company says its new Turbo series has a patent-pending duct design that maximizes air flow and drying efficiency without compromising basic design features. More bushels are dried per dollar invested, providing cost […] Read more

New cicer milkvetch variety Agriculture Canada scientists at the Lethridge Research Centre have dramatically improved yield potential for cicer milkvetch with a new variety that makes the crop “an ideal pasture legume,” said forage researcher Surya Acharya. In the establishment year during preliminary trials at Lethbridge, yields for the new variety were twice those of […] Read more

Bale wagon East Bruce Manufacturing has introduced a round bale hauling wagon for those who still like to use horses around the farm. The Teamster Bale Wagon loads, carries and unloads up to five bales at a time. The bales are loaded with a hydraulically operated arm powered by an on-board, electric start 13 horsepower […] Read more

Biological control for downy brome A biological control of downy brome is a step closer to reality. Downy brome is a winter annual grassy weed spreading across the dry areas of southwestern Saskatchewan and Alberta. Its spread is helped by a lack of selective herbicides and effective control measures in winter wheat. Added to these […] Read more

Disc opener Flexi-coil has introduced a new double-shoot Barton angle disc opener for low soil disturbance and the ability to separate seed and fertilizer in the same pass. Like the single-shoot Barton, the new opener is designed to reduce hairpinning and give better penetration and depth accuracy. The second disc uses the same soil cut […] Read more

Turning manure into snow Pork producers could find Canada’s cold winters an advantage in eliminating odors from liquid manure and separating cleaner water from nutrient enriched solids. Snowfluent, a new Canadian technology, won the Schreyer Award in 1997, the top technical award of the Canadian Consulting Engineers of Canada. Installations across North America are treating […] Read more