REGINA – Bourgault Industries is displaying a prototype air drill across Western Canada is that the company’s research and development leader calls a new concept seeding tool that complements the rest of its seeding line. “It’s not yet released, but we’re showing it at farm shows this year,” said Mark Cresswell, who is also Bourgault’s […] Read more
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Drill uses parallel link on openers
Triangular track sprayer walks softly
FARGO, N.D. – A unique, triangular, rubber-track configuration from Alliance Top Air gives the manufacturer’s new pull-type sprayer 33 inches of ground clearance. The Ohio company said this clearance, along with the big tank and big boom, make a good combination for desiccating wheat. Conventional rubber track systems on sprayer and grain cart trailers form […] Read more
Fall best time to tackle dandelions
Dandelions have been creeping up the provincial weed survey lists in the past 10 years to establish themselves as a persistent field crop weed, says a researcher who studied for her masters at the University of Manitoba on fall dandelion control. “I looked at two different timings. We did a fall herbicide application which was […] Read more
Hemp production on the rise
Following years in a downward spiral, industrial hemp production seems to be on the rebound. “In 1998, commercial production of industrial hemp became legal in Canada under licences and authorization issued by Health Canada,” said Nabi Chaudhary, an economic analyst with Alberta Agriculture. “It soon looked as though the industrial hemp was well on its […] Read more
Clubroot presents long-term canola threat
Clubroot is a serious disease of cruciferous crops that occurs worldwide. It is a major problem in commercial cole crops in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, and has been confirmed in a number of canola and cole crop fields in the Edmonton area. The infestation near Edmonton has spread since the first infested canola field […] Read more
New Products
Front-end loaders New Holland’s new, expanded line of front-end loaders complements the company’s 60-305 hp agricultural and utility tractors. Seventy attachments are available to maximize front-end loader performance, including a variety of buckets, multi-use forks, pallet forks, specialized silage buckets, standard and heavy-duty bale grips, a hydraulic bale split attachment and round and large square […] Read more
Variety trial doubles as a fundraiser
BROADVIEW, Sask. – When the Broadview Snow Busters snowmobile club won the bid to host the 2007 Saskatchewan snowmobile rally, it needed some fundraising. Dale and Tracey Richter, local farmers and members of the club, had been doing canola variety trials on their farm and had found the companies generous. Dale thought this might be […] Read more
Farm finds new use for old grain trailer
BROADVIEW, Sask. – After using his 38-foot, 1,200-bushel grain trailer for 12 years, Dale Richter said it was starting to rust out and wasn’t roadworthy for the highway. He bought a new trailer, but hung on to the old one. After seeing some farmers pulling pup trailers behind a tractor, he started thinking. “I had […] Read more
Foxtail barley problem on the rise on Prairies
Difficult growing conditions in many areas of Western Canada have made some crops less competitive, providing an opening for weeds like foxtail barley to gain a foothold. “We’re seeing a fair amount more of foxtail barley in Manitoba and I imagine it’s the same for a lot of Western Canada. We’re seeing more of it […] Read more
Combine innovations
Challenger and Gleaner Agco has a new Class VIII combine under its Challenger and Gleaner banners. The Challenger 680B and the Gleaner A85 came to market late this summer. The high capacity combines feature a large 61 cubic foot rotor, measuring 31.5 inches in diameter and 140 inches long with nine quick-change concave modules. It […] Read more
