MORTLACH, Sask. – Barrels are becoming a more common way to deliver farm chemicals, so farmers often have to handle containers that weigh 100 kilograms or more. That’s fine if they have a forklift or front end loader handy, but if they don’t, it can be an inconvenience. Philip Simrose ran into this problem with […] Read more
Production
Lift makes light of heavy barrels
Poly wear shoes add life to auger flighting
FARGO, N.D. – The fastest wearing component on an auger is the dump point where product enters the tube. Although the problem is worse with abrasive products such as granular fertilizer, flighting wear eventually shows up on all augers. Typically, a producer will deal with the problem by replacing the flighting on that bottom auger […] Read more
Combine headers manage residue
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Combine headers are taking on a double role as they evolve into a residue management tool. That’s the approach John Deere took when designing its 600C corn heads introduced in Cincinnati in August. The 600C reduces cob loss by 15 percent while shoving 10 percent less residue into the combine for processing. […] Read more
Container loading on solid ground
Vonda, Sask. – A Saskatchewan manufacturing company struggling to come up with a better way to handle containers has spawned a product it thinks will find a home on farms and businesses around the world. Aron Rizhanovsky, a design engineer with Highline Manufacturing in Vonda, said company engineers worked for about a year designing a […] Read more
Ground loading safe, convenient
Container shipping is an integral part of the business for many farms and agricultural operations in Western Canada. Without containers, they wouldn’t be able to operate. Can-India Pulses International operates a pulse processing and lentil splitting plant in Zealandia, Sask. “We’re in the process of trying to figure out how we’re going to load two […] Read more
Mechanical drive sprayer easy on operator, fuel
FARGO, N.D. – The small list of mechanical-drive, high-clearance sprayers is growing with the recent introduction of the Redball 7830 2WD sprayer. It is Redball’s first self-propelled sprayer, and the Big Iron show in Fargo was its introduction in the northern states. Redball spokesperson Tony Fath said the Minnesota company decided to go with mechanical […] Read more
Larger seeds produce more competitive crop – Organic Matters
Wheat and oat plants grown from larger seeds are more competitive with wild oats than plants grown from smaller seeds. Screening seed lots to remove the small seeds can improve crop yield in weedy fields. Combined with other management strategies such as increased seeding rates, using larger seed has the potential to significantly improve weed […] Read more
Nitro sprayer design balances weight
FARGO, N.D. – The new Miller Nitro 4000 design hangs the engine way out the back of the chassis, giving the sprayer 50-50 weight distribution front to back whether the tank is full or empty. Marc Taylor, the Miller Nitro dealer in Mandan, North Dakota, says the extreme engine location was chosen to counterbalance the […] Read more
Fertilizer treatment offers flexibility
MORSE, Sask. – Two fertilizer additives, one for nitrogen and one for phosphorus, are playing an important role in fertilizer recommendations at Olynick Agro Supply in Morse, Sask. ESN is a polymer coated urea produced by Agrium, while Avail is a water-soluble phosphorus additive produced by Simplot. “ESN is a coated nitrogen, 46-0-0 coated with […] Read more
Treatment may allow for single shoot
MORSE, Sask. – This was the first year Bart Wilson tried a new fertilizer treatment offered by Olynick Agro Supply. “I signed up all our acres for Avail,” Wilson said. “From what I know about phosphorus, it gets tied up and it could limit your yields. It doesn’t matter how much you put on if […] Read more
