COLUMBUS, Ohio — Producers can soon start putting Deere tracks in their fields. John Deere released its 2014 lineup of machinery changes last week in Ohio, and with it came tracks. Built by ATI of Mount Vernon, Indiana, the track systems found on machines in Canada and the United States will be different from their […] Read more
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Inflate, deflate tire pressure quickly from cab
No long wait times | The AAID system releases air from the tire into the atmosphere instead of back through the system
GUELPH, Ont. — Soft low-pressure implement tires are best in the field. Harder higher pressure tires are best in transit. Can farmers have their cake and eat it, too? An Ontario producer thinks they can. Jake Kraayenbrink, a hog producer from Moorefield, Ont., who also does custom slurry hauling with his fleet of large liquid […] Read more
Float your boat in a slurry moat
It used to be impossible to adequately mix, stir and aerate stratified layers in a large 10-acre manure lagoon using on-shore equipment or floating aerators. However, Nuhn has made the job possible with a new amphibious machine it calls the Lagoon Crawler. “You drive it into the lagoon. Your four-wheel steering and forward- backward control […] Read more
Destructor destroys weed seeds
Portable mill attached to combine | The Australian machine smashes seeds collected in the chaff
Australian growers have “whole heartedly” embraced the concept of killing weeds during harvest, said an Australian weed scientist. “We estimate that 70 percent of (Western Australian) growers are using a harvest weed seed control system,” said Michael Walsh of the University of Western Australia. “Across the rest of Australia the adoption rates are probably in […] Read more
When vertical tillage isn’t vertical tillage
A string of wet springs has steered a lot of prairie farmers into vertical tillage as a way to seed into soggy soil. Most producers say their new equipment accomplished what it was supposed to, which was to get them seeding sooner. However, vertical tillage can also be an important tool in fighting crop disease, […] Read more
VIDEO: Versatile gains traction with articulated tractor
REGINA — Versatile publicly unveiled its tracked, articulated tractor during Canada’s Farm Progress Show held June 19-21 in Regina. The Delta Track uses a custom designed drive engineered by track maker Camoplast rather than an off the rack track. However, it retains the durability and serviceability of the outboard planetary axles, for which the company’s […] Read more
Cleanseed plows new path for no till
Foam meters | Six runs, three chutes, no wires
REGINA — A western Canadian company is offering a new approach to metering what goes in the ground. Electronically metering up to six products individually above every seed run makes Cleanseed Agricultural Technologies’ approach to putting product in the ground unique in the broad acre farming business. Graeme Lempriere debuted his company’s system at Canada’s […] Read more
Big Deere’s 32-inch track boosts traction with less compaction
Quebec’s Soucy has produced one of its toughest sets of agricultural tracks to date. The Aztec, made for the John Deere 9R series tractors, specifically the 9560 and 9510, puts the big Deeres nine inches taller in the field. Martin VanSteenbergen of Soucy in Manitoba said the $165,000 set of shoes provides the tractors with […] Read more
Drill extension keeps seed high and dry
Hoe drill extensions place seed on top of furrows
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — Frustration over drowned crops prompted Clark Lysne to modify his drill so that it placed seed on top of the furrows rather than on the bottom. “I have a lot of trouble with excessive water flooding my crop,” he said. He made the modification three years ago, and after being pleased with […] Read more
Maestro delivers accurate corn seed placement at 10 m.p.h.
BRANDON — Improving methods to more accurately place seeds of high value crops has become a precise science. Now, Horsch, formerly known as Horsch Anderson, says it has what many producers are looking for in its Maestro corn planter, which can plant corn at 10 m.p.h. on a well-prepared seed bed. The Maestro officially entered […] Read more
