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VIDEO: Open season on seed openers at AIM
Machinery, News

VIDEO: Open season on seed openers at AIM

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Each air drill manufacturer has its own seed opener design, and you might wonder which one would work best on your farm. This year at the Ag in Motion farm show we’ll take a head-to-head look at the different openers offered by the major brands. We’ll find out what benefits each one offers and post that […] Read more
morris c2 contour drill
Columns, Crops

Zero till: how did it all happen?

Soils & Crops: In Saskatchewan, necessity was the mother of more than one invention

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In March 1993 in Grainews there appeared a piece by a certain soils columnist titled “A Quiet Revolution in Crop Production.” It concluded that within the next two decades we’d see a revolution in the way we farmed. It came to pass much as predicted — but what made it happen was work in farm […] Read more
Customers can now order tires and wheels directly from OTR through a new consumer-facing website.
Machinery, Traction & Compaction

OTR opens online tire ordering platform

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Tire and wheel manufacturer OTR Engineered Solutions announced in late May it has a new site up online for customers to order directly from its tire and wheel catalogs. Using the new portal, customers have access to OTR’s full product offering of tires, tubes, wheels, assemblies, and rubber tracks across multiple industries including construction, lawn […] Read more
Close up of signature on side of Bourgault signature edition unit
Equipment, Machinery

Bourgault begins production on Signature Edition drills

Order book for special line said to be filling up quickly

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In January Bourgault announced it was going to do something special to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It is marking that milestone with a limited production run of special Signature Edition air cart and drill combinations. Painted in black with gold trim, the carts will also bear the signature of Gerry Bourgault, who was company president […] Read more
Joseph McKee preps seeding equipment at Stirling, southeast of Lethbridge.
Crops, Features

Feeding dry fields

Prairie farmers find more than one way to optimize fertilizer efficiency, whether in dry growing seasons or in any growing season

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Farmers and crop consultants in Western Canada have slightly different approaches to manage weather-related fertilizer application risks. With variable moisture, do you apply the full amount at seeding and hope for rain — or find another way? Most producers contacted by Grainews opt for some version of split fertilizer application when facing dry growing conditions […] Read more
New Soil King VF tires from Nokian are now available in eight sizes for high-horsepower tractors.
Machinery, Traction & Compaction, Wheat & Chaff

New tires from Nokian

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Nokian is introducing its new Soil King Flexforce VF tires for high-horsepower tractors. It first displayed them at Agritechnica 2023. The tires were also tested in Germany at the independent DLG (German Agricultural Society) test centre, and DLG has now released its report on their performance. During testing, DLG compared the Nokian Soil King tires […] Read more
Saskatchewan-based SeedMaster is planning new product launches for the Ag in Motion show in July at Langham.
Equipment, Machinery

SeedMaster launching new equipment ahead of factory floor expansion

Manufacturer acquires more space at plant site east of Regina

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In late May seeding equipment manufacturer SeedMaster announced it had begun expansion of its Emerald Park manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Regina. The company has embarked on a $10 million expansion project by acquiring a five-acre lot and 6,000-square foot building adjacent to its existing plant. It plans to erect a second 6,000-square foot […] Read more
new holland w60C loader
Equipment, Machinery

New Holland loads up on wheel loaders

More models of light articulating loaders are designed to appeal to farmers

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New Holland has added three new models to its line of light articulated wheel loaders, bringing the total number of machines to five. “We originally had the W50 and W80,” New Holland Construction’s product marketing manager Daniel Kakareka says. “To meet customer demands we launched additional models and configurations to target a couple more audience […] Read more

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