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GSI has added modular mixed-flow grain dryers to its product line for the 2025 growing season.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

GSI introduces mixed-flow grain dryer

Modular design allows for easy capacity increases as needs change

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GSI in mid-September announced it’s introducing a new line of mixed-flow grain dryers, to be available for the 2025 growing season. That, according to the company, gives it one of the broadest ranges of dryer types on the market from any one brand. According to GSI’s product manager for grain conditioning products, Alan Lockwood, the […] Read more
VIDEO: Bourgault launches 7-plex air drills
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: Bourgault launches 7-plex air drills

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At an event in Phoenix, Arizona, Bourgault launched several new products and updates. Grainews was there. In this video, senior editor for machinery Scott Garvey takes a look at the centrepiece of the product launch, the new 7-Plex air drills now available in widths up to 100 feet.
As of Oct. 1, Claas’ expanded digital Claas Connect went live online, allowing all the brand’s existing digital offerings to be consolidated into one cloud-based platform.
Equipment, Machinery

Claas upgrades its digital offering

The new Claas Connect is to be an all-in-one farm management platform

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Glacier FarmMedia — Claas’ newly upgraded Claas Connect digital platform went live starting Oct. 1. Its expanded cloud-based features allow it to be a one-stop access point for all a producer’s precision farming and machinery management tools and resources. The new system consolidates all of Claas’ existing digital platforms in one location. “What we will […] Read more
At left is a wheat crop seeded on shorter or more conventional stubble height, which trapped less snow over winter. At right is a more robust crop growing in taller stubble that was able to capture more snow.
GrowPro

Research confirms value of taller crop stubble

Technology is available to help set up, measure and monitor on-farm research projects

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Leaving taller crop stubble in the fall can improve the odds of higher crop yield in the following year, says Saskatchewan crop consultant Mike Palmier. His field observations in the 2021 growing season, followed by on-farm research trials through 2022 and 2023, produced data to support a recommendation to leave taller crop stubble. Even a […] Read more
A drone lifts off at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., this September. There are no agricultural pesticides currently approved for application with drones, so agronomists must exercise caution when asked for advice on the practice.
GrowPro

Be wary when asked about spraying with drones

Farmers may ask for advice, but answering may get you in hot water

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It could happen anytime. As drone fever sweeps across Western Canada, a farmer is eventually going to ask an agrologist or crop advisor to teach them how to spray pesticides with drones. What do you do? Igor de Albuquerque advises extreme caution. “If the product in question does not include drone usage on its label, […] Read more
A spray drone used water to demonstrate the technology’s potential during a Prairie Fruit Growers Association farm tour in Manitoba in June.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Drone spraying sees some lift toward label approvals

Work is ongoing to satisfy Canada’s regulators and get drones added to pesticide labels

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Glacier FarmMedia — The ray of hope might be dim right now, but farmers wanting to legally spray pesticides on their crops using drones may be seeing the first hint of light at the end of the tunnel. Ross Breckels, a senior scientific evaluator with Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), said the process […] Read more
Proper machine maintenance, cleaning and monitoring can help reduce the incidence of combine fires during harvest.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Take steps to prevent combine fires in sunflowers

In warm, dry, windy weather, cleaning, monitoring and maintenance become even more important

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Row-crop harvest is in full swing across North Dakota, with many crops near completion. Weather conditions have been extremely warm and dry, allowing producers to harvest crops without the pressure to get the grains harvested before winter arrives. However, dry and warm conditions increase the risk of combine fires — especially when harvesting sunflowers. In […] Read more
Editors spent a week with Kubota’s RTV-XG850 Rancher Special Edition model to see how it would fit into a typical farm operation.
Equipment, Machinery, Trucks and UTVs

We review the Kubota RTV-XG850

Grainews’ practical test puts the new ‘full size’ UTV through its paces

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In September, Glacier FarmMedia editors had a chance to spend a few days with one of Kubota’s newest side-by-sides, an RTV-XG850 Rancher Special Edition. Kubota calls this model line its “full size” UTVs. The XG850 model comes in five different variations. The Rancher Special Edition offers a sort of mid- to higher-range level of features, […] Read more

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