Vermeer’s self-propelled version replaces pull-type balers and dedicated tractors and puts up more bales per hour
SASKATOON — Long ago, tractor was king. It pulled and powered swathers, combines, balers and sprayers. When self-propelled arrived, the baler became the final pull-type holdout. Well, the baler has finally caught up. Vermeer launched its ZR5-1200 self-propelled big round baler two years ago. With so many farm shows cancelled because of COVID, the new […] Read moreTag Archives Ag in Motion
Crop plots provide glimpse into research effort
Corporate, university and government programs use farm shows to bring their work to the general farming public
You couldn’t see much sign of blackleg around Scott Anderson as he stood chest deep in green plants with yellow flowers. But on a microscopic level, it was all around him. After all, he was in the middle of Western Canada. Blackleg is a fact of life in most prairie canola fields. The lack of […] Read more
Farmers pay more attention to post-harvest grain quality
The so-called harvest from hell in 2019 gave farmers a lot of reasons to take bin management seriously. Then came 2021 and 2022, which have given farmers a lot more reasons, albeit from a different angle. “It’s almost like an insurance policy,” said Warren Feist, director of market development for IntraGrain Technologies, in an interview […] Read more
Grain bin comes with full-cone aeration system
Design enables more efficient drying with similar fan compared to aeration systems on flat bottom bins
LANGHAM, Sask. — A grain bin hopper with a full-cone aeration system is now available to farmers. This hopper has a second perforated floor that enables air flow between the hopper floor and the perforated floor. This allows bins only partially full of grain to be aerated, as opposed to some systems where grain must […] Read more
Sulfur made more agreeable for the crop and ready for the field
Sulfur doesn’t like to play nice with plants until it is oxidized and ready for uptake; making elemental pieces smaller helps
LANGHAM, Sask. — It takes time and the right environmental conditions for elemental sulfur to oxidize into sulfate and become crop available. In a perfect world this isn’t a problem because growers can place elemental sulfur in advance on the fields where future crops will need it. But when environmental and soil factors aren’t favourable, […] Read more
An app for that: keeping track is key to keeping up in agronomy business or farm
Mapping and note-taking are the stock and trade for agrologists and large farms, but rapid record keeping can be onerous
LANGNHAM, Sask. — Sending agronomic reports to customers used to be an onerous task for Kara Annand, who is an owner of Ag Grow Consulting of Nipawin, Sask. So, the company hired a developer to build a cloud-based app called AgScouter to help its agronomists efficiently take and send in field reports to customers. “It’s […] Read more
Search for disease pathogens goes molecular
Agriculture Canada scientists are developing biological assays that can be used to detect crop and livestock diseases
LANGHAM, Sask. — Researchers at the Agriculture Canada research centre in Saskatoon are developing molecular diagnostic assays to detect significant pathogens associated with crops and livestock production. Biological assays are methods for assessing the presence, localization, or biological activity of a substance in living cells and biological matter. Tim Dumonceaux of Ag Canada said many […] Read more
Stock dogs put through their paces
Jared Epp of the Saskatchewan Stock Dog Association brought his two Border Collies to the recent Ag in Motion show near Langham, Sask., to demonstrate how effective they can be in herding livestock and how simple they can be to manage. Epp had the dogs listen to his every command as they moved the sheep […] Read more
Mustard puts Sask. on the world stage
The world will beat a path to your doorway if you invent a better mousetrap, they say. That also applies to being a place like Saskatchewan that produces rare, high quality crops during food-insecure times, it seems. “You’ve got people from all over the world asking, ‘how are crops in southwest Saskatchewan,” said Peter Gorski, […] Read more
AIM back on track after COVID-19 interruption
Almost 30,000 people had the opportunity to watch demonstrations from more than 500 exhibitors at the Saskatchewan show
The first Ag In Motion outdoor farm show to feature live crowds since the COVID-19 pandemic attracted 29,954 people for the event held July 19-21. Visitors to the Discovery Farm near Langham, Sask., saw product demonstrations from 543 different exhibitors, covering more than 100 acres. “I really think it was a good show,” said show […] Read more
