You’ve bought the right torch and set up your shop for it. You’ve done the safety checks and are ready to rock and roll. Now, It’s time to light the oxyacetylene system. As usual, we’re continuing to draw on technical expertise from a variety of sources to guide us through the process the correct way. […] Read more
How To Cut With Oxyacetylene, Part 4
New Bolt-On Tracks For Combines And Carts
Pictures of tractors and combines stuck in a muddy field seemed to be everywhere last year. Now with forecasters predicting wet conditions early in the 2011 growing season, there is a good chance we’ll see many more. If you were one of those struggling to keep your machines above ground and vowed to look at […] Read more
Tracks For Your Skid Steer
The number of new rubber- tracked skid steers on the market has grown significantly in the past couple of years. They offer improved traction and floatation, but their price tags can be a lot higher than traditional wheeled versions. If you’re looking for better traction, putting tracks on your wheeled machine is a cheaper alternative […] Read more
How To Add Life To Older Fuel Tanks
Upgrading to newer and better ground-level fuel storage facilities may not be in everyone’s future, at least in the short term. Many family and smaller-scale operations may not be able to justify the additional investment expense. Here’s a look at how to make do with existing overhead storage tanks for as long as possible. According […] Read more
Four Tips For Upgrading Farm Fuel Storage
How many days will the fuel in your farm’s storage tanks last during the busy seeding or harvest season? If the answer is somewhere near one or two, it’s time for an upgrade. The gravity flow 500-or 1,000-gallon storage tanks on many farms have been in use for decades. At the same time, the rate […] Read more
10 Tips To Get Your Air Seeder Ready For Spring – for Mar. 14, 2011
It’ll be spring before we know it, and air seeders will soon be hitting the fields. Now is the time for a last good look at them before their wheels start turning. Whether the machine is brand new or new-to-you, focusing on fine tuning product delivery mechanisms will pay dividends through good, even germination and […] Read more
Holistic Approach Benefits No-Till Growers
Are you a Betty Crocker grain grower? That was the question producers attending the Manitoba- North Dakota Zero-Till conference recently held at Brandon, Man., were left to ponder. Jill Clapperton, a freelance consultant who discussed production practices there, says that phrase has been used to refer to people who look for a “just-add-water recipe” to […] Read more
Owning it
Have you ever walked into a business and been ignored by clerks who wouldn’t break up a personal conversation long enough to answer one of your questions? That can be pretty frustrating. On the other hand when you find someone who puts a full 100 per cent effort into their job, dealing with them is […] Read more
Wide Rows Maintain Yield, Decrease Costs
Ever since no-till prod uction methods started gaining popularity, growers have been stretching seed row spacing because of the advantages offered by wider widths. Today, farmers are seeding at nearly double the old seven-inch standard compared to a couple of decades ago. But are they risking reduced yields due to a low level of seedbed […] Read more
Old Massey Stands The Test Of Time
When former grain grower Norm Biggar of Oakville, Ont., bought his 1135 Massey-Ferguson tractor new in 1975 he had other tractors on the farm, but most of them have been replaced several times over the years. The 1135, however, is still there, even though he is no longer actively farming. “When we first got it, […] Read more