A summer of testing in fields and warehouses has refined the Refine machine. Federal regulators have approved six products for blending in DuPont’s herbicide vending machines, with more to come by spring. Dupont’s Precision Pac herbicide system promises no more jugs, boxes and leftovers and just the right amount of herbicide for the job, delivered […] Read more
Production
Machine delivers herbicide mix you wish
Picking up downed BT corn made easy
FARGO, N.D. – BT corn stalks may be tough, but they’re still susceptible to wind damage. When they’re down, there’s a lot of money lying on the ground. “There’s no doubt BT corn has a stronger stalk than the older conventional corn varieties,” says Claude Sperr. “That’s why you don’t see as many actual downed […] Read more
New Products
Raven Industries has added variable rate application capabilities to the South Dakota company’s Envizio Pro field computer. The systems provide variable control of a single product, applying it at rates determined through prescription maps imported from most agricultural software mapping systems. The Raven units have a 6.5 inch touch screen display, an integrated global positioning […] Read more
Fall anhydrous: Is now a good time?
Choosing to go with a fall-banded application of anhydrous ammonia this year or wait until spring is a tough decision. Apart from the obvious advantages of spreading out some of the workload, the other major consideration of cost is impossible to predict. Anhydrous ammonia is typically cheaper in fall, but with commodity markets looking like […] Read more
U.K. breaks harvest record
World harvesting records are falling faster than barley at the cutter bar of a Class 8 combine. Earlier this year in England, a New Holland 9090 Elevation combine knocked off 451.2 tonnes of wheat in eight hours, peaking at 78 tonnes per hour. Not to be outdone, another British farmer, Keith Challen of Lincolnshire, set […] Read more
Gate a real push over
FARGO, N.D. – A Saskatchewan company says it has taken the time-consuming inconvenience out of driving through livestock gates. “You drive right up to it in your car, truck, tractor or ATV,” says Jody Duclos of Rem Manufacturing in Swift Current, which builds the Push ‘N’ Drive Over Gate. “As you slowly move into the […] Read more
Beaters toss manure aside
A uniform, even spread of manure eliminates strips of high and low fertility in a field and also prevents vegetation from being choked out when it’s buried under the deep stuff. But how do you achieve that uniform manure depth without a lot of extra tillage? As fuel prices rise, each cultivator pass becomes more […] Read more
New Products
Handling the moisture The Dickey-John Corp.’s Mini GAC Plus is a handheld grain moisture meter that doesn’t need a separate scale to make its calculations. The size of a large, insulated coffee mug, the portable unit is targeted for field use, such as biasing combine meters and grain drying. The unit displays grain moisture and […] Read more
Bearings keep discer moving
FARGO, N.D. – At first glance, the colourful cutaway hub looks like an engineer got carried away. However, it makes sense once it’s seen as a coulter hub for a 36-foot double offset disc harrow that runs eight mph. The cutaway was part of a display at the Big Iron Show in Fargo by Gaber […] Read more
Producers take soil sampling more seriously
High fertilizer prices and better than average crop returns are sending more producers to the field in search of soil samples this year. Agrologist Tom Jensen of the International Plant Nutrition Institute, which represents fertilizer makers, said producers are approaching soil sampling more seriously than in recent years. “There is more at stake this year, […] Read more
