The evolution of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute will see it looking into automation, controls and digitization, and also the best ways that this technology can be implemented in machinery.
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Ag equipment researcher prepares for the future
The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute eyes the digital era as it celebrates 50 years of tech research and testing

Tools make sure those yields end up in the bin
It’s payday on the Prairies and combines are going full tilt to collect on a season’s investment in time and inputs. Marcel Kringe says it’s a shame that too much of that crop blows out the end of combines, which reduces income and adds input costs next year to control volunteers. In a previous life, […] Read more

PAMI receives five-year gov’t funding increase
Recent research at the institute involves combine auto-adjustment in canola and how to limit air seeder damage in peas
Glacier FarmMedia – The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute will have $5 million in public money added to its budget for the next five years. Funds were announced May 14 from the federal government and province of Saskatchewan and are provided under the $3.5-billion Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership agreement. “The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute has a […] Read more
How to best gas up the grain dryers
The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute began began dryer research four decades ago, publishing its first report in 1985 and establishing it as the dryer authority. PAMI engineer Lorne Greiger offers his insights on fuels and dryer types. Greiger said he thinks portability is the main advantage of propane. As new farming areas open and are […] Read more