Colin Rosengren and Kelly Baillargeon farm on almost opposite ends of Saskatchewan, yet they have the same thinking when it comes to what they expect from precision farming and variable-rate technology (VRT). Rosengren owns Rosengren Farms along with family members at Midale, in southeast Saskatchewan, while about 650 kilometres to the northwest, Baillargeon owns Bailla […] Read more
Do SWAT Maps deliver?
Farmers say layered information allows them to apply inputs where they do the most good
Crop pictures worth a few thousand footsteps
Croptimistic Technology, based out of Naicam, Sask., perhaps better known by its SWAT Maps brand name, is launching two new services in 2022 to make it easier and more affordable to map the soil and topography of the whole farm, and then literally view every acre of the crop during the growing season. SWAT Cams […] Read more
SeedMaster’s new downsized model
The company says all of its good seeding features are now available in a smaller package
If you have been impressed by the features and performance of the SeedMaster seeding system, but a 100-foot-wide unit is just way more drill than you need, the good news is the company has put all of those great seed placement features in a much smaller package. At the AgSmart farm show staged by Olds […] Read more
Remote-controlled device saves steps, improves safety
No need to make multiple trips in and out of the tractor cab with wireless PTO controller
Vincent Pawluski is one of those farmers who sees a situation in day-to-day farm work and figures there must be a better way to get the job done. A little more than a year after a light-bulb moment in the cab of his combine on his Peace River region farm, Pawluski and family are now […] Read more
Profitability isn’t always about yield
Efficiency increases and cost reductions more than cover yield shortfall with a 60-foot single rank air drill on 15-inch row spacing
As Wade McAllister heads into his second full seeding season this year with a single rank 60-foot drill on 15-inch row spacing, he is convinced there are more factors that contribute to farm profitability than just yield. The central Alberta farmer agrees that, yes, yield is important, but with the new drill — which is […] Read more
Customer service endangered but not extinct
Occasionally someone does pick up the phone and says, “How can I help?”
Perhaps you live in a customer service Utopia, but in my world, because good customer service is such a fleeting experience, I felt the need to share a happy story when it does happen. Nothing earth shattering, but it does renew my faith in humanity, at least a little. I’m one of those Fitbit people. […] Read more
Be ready for herbicide shortages
If you haven’t lined up products already, be prepared to be flexible and creative
Scott Perkin is ready for the 2022 growing season. Like everyone else, the southwest Manitoba farmer still has the rest of the winter to get through, but at least he has key inputs he’ll need for the coming growing season either on the farm or booked with input suppliers. Perkin, who is part of the […] Read more
Software provides a new view of all fields
Bayer technology makes digital farming easy to use and useful
Blair Ford and Colette Thurston have been seeing their east-central Alberta farm from a whole new perspective over the past year and a half. Using an online program, they’ve got all 2,300 acres mapped, and throughout the growing season regularly receive satellite imagery showing variations in crop colour (a vegetative index) that can alert them […] Read more
Conferences and shows for 2022 – They’re Back!
Glacier Farm Media is excited to be back with live conferences and farm shows in 2022. Conference director Iris Meck is busy organizing the 14th Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference (AWC) for March 21 and 22 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary. Ag In Motion will be operating full tilt with a live farm […] Read more
A whole new approach to on-farm research
February deadline approaches for the next round of projects
Gord Ellis and Wade McAllister are two Alberta producers who say properly designed, field-scale, on-farm research projects over the past couple of growing seasons have provided some valuable information relevant to their farms. Both producers were involved in the relatively new Plot2Farm program developed by the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions. In 2020, Ellis, of […] Read more
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