Producers are encouraged to keep crop residue on their fields to conserve moisture. | File photo

Producers can help minimize weather damage

A Sask. agronomist says moisture conservation and seed timing are key to better outcomes under hostile conditions

Farmers obviously can’t control Mother Nature, but can they reflect on some weather similarities over the years and come up with a management plan to hedge their bets? Absolutely, says an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. Speaking at the Saskatchewan Agronomy Update in Saskatoon and online last month, Warren Ward said mindful […] Read more

Loftness’s new air windrower 15/20 has end delivery, allowing the operator to merge two 20-foot swaths. The new windrower uses all air delivery with no moving parts.  |  Supplied photo

Air shredder manhandles heavy stover

Efficiency in the field is important when dealing with cantankerous BT corn stover and other stubborn crop residues. To meet that challenge, Loftness is introducing a new side discharge windrower/shredder. The Air Delivery Side Discharge Windrower is not a re-named copy of an earlier model, but a new shredder that’s fresh off the Loftness CAD […] Read more