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New land roller from Brandt
Equipment, Machinery

New land roller from Brandt

High-efficiency land roller series available this season

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For those producers growing crops that require a very even field finish, like peas, lentils or soybeans, a land roller is a key piece of equipment. In February, Regina-based Brandt Agricultural Products announced they are adding yet another new product to their expanding line of tillage equipment with the high-efficiency land roller series. Available in […] Read more
File photo of a Salford 5200 Enforcer tillage unit operating in corn stubble. (Salford.com)
Crops, Machinery

MacDon owner Linamar to buy Salford

Linamar to pay $260M for Ontario tillage, fertilizer equipment maker

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Canadian industrial equipment and parts maker Linamar, the owner of MacDon Industries, is set to further expand its reach in the ag equipment sector by buying the Salford Group. Guelph-based Linamar announced Wednesday it has an agreement in place worth $260 million to buy 100 per cent of the equity in Salford, which makes fertilizer […] Read more
File photo of a small flock of tundra swans taking off from a grain field in early spring. (WWing/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Machinery, Poultry/Eggs

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns

Three more poultry outbreaks confirmed in Canada so far this week

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Spring planting work could soon start to bring unintended gifts left by wild birds from fields into farmyards, Ontario’s poultry and egg sectors warn, as more cases of avian flu are confirmed at poultry farms across the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday reported three additional outbreaks of H5 avian influenza in commercial […] Read more
The new VT-Flex 435 adjustable vertical tillage tool allows for on-the-go gang angle adjustments from the tractor cab.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH debuts variable tillage implement

The VT-Flex 435 gets on-the-go gang angle adjustment capability

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Increasingly, we’re seeing several different types of machines capable of immediately adapting to changing field conditions. And tillage equipment certainly hasn’t been left out of that trend to continually advance the technology built into today’s farm equipment. Last fall, Case IH announced it is adding the VT-Flex 435 vertical tillage tool to its tillage line. […] Read more
Salford’s new Halo VRT high-speed disc offers on-the-go adjustable disc angles.
Equipment, Machinery

Salford adds the VRT to its Halo high-speed disc line

New model offers on-the-go disc angle adjustability

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Salford has just added a new model to the Halo line of high-speed disc implements it debuted in 2020, the VRT (variable-rate tillage). This tillage tool is capable of on-the-go changes to disc angles to vary how aggressively it engages the soil. Those changes can be made multiple times in a field right from the […] Read more
Some fungal diseases of crops are more prevalent in acidic soils. A good example is clubroot in canola in central Alberta.
Columns, Crops

Acid soil management in your fields

How to prevent, manage and remediate acid soils

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Soil acidity is determined by measuring soil pH. The “H” refers to hydrogen and the “p” refers to hydrogen concentration on a negative logarithm scale (soil pH is -log [H+]). A soil pH of 7.0 is neutral, meaning the hydrogen (H+) ion concentration in soil equals the hydroxyl (OH-) ion concentration. A soil pH less […] Read more
The new 2150S Early Riser planter from Case IH uses a split-row frame design and offers spacings of 15, 20 and 30 inches.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH introduces new planter and air drill

The 2150S split-row planter and Precision Disc 550 air drill debut for 2023

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In early February, Case IH announced it has added a new model to its line of Early Riser planters, the 2150S, which uses a split-row design. The two-row frame allows for improved trash clearance in no-till fields, giving the machine up to 50 inches of row unit offset, depending on planting row width. According to […] Read more
John Deere announced the market introduction of its first fully autonomous 8R tractor, designed to work alone in tillage applications.
Equipment, Machinery

John Deere to release robotic 8R tractor

Tillage work is first of many fully autonomous field functions to come

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In early January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev., John Deere held what may arguably be a milestone press conference. The green brand announced it was set to launch commercial sales of a fully autonomous 8R tractor designed to work alone in tillage applications when mated with Deere’s Tru-Set chisel plow. In […] Read more
Tips to conserve soil moisture and manage weeds this spring
Crops, Features

Tips to conserve soil moisture and manage weeds this spring

Plus, where tillage fits in and how and when it could be used

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Although it has only been on most farmers’ radars for the last couple of decades, no-till production has become a modern-day success story, with well over half of Canadian farmland now being farmed under its practices. However, no till relies heavily on herbicides to manage weeds and retain soil moisture. And with key herbicides like […] Read more

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