Indiana-based ET Works recently announced several new options and updates for its 2017 line of Apache sprayers. The Apaches’ standard spray booms will now feature quick-service, Banjo-style manifold fittings and Hypro nozzle bodies. Stainless steel boom plumbing will now be an option too. To support all that equipment, the brand’s 90- and 100-foot booms get […] Read more
Apache sprayer updates
The brand adds another boom choice and system enhancements
Agrifac speeds things up
FastFoldPlus boom system deploys in seconds
Dutch sprayer manufacturer Agrifac just added a new feature to its unique line of SP sprayers, the FastFoldPlus boom. This new system significantly reduces the amount of time it takes to fold and unfold the boom. Although exact times vary depending on the overall width, the company says a three-fold, 48 metre (157.5 foot) boom […] Read more
Bourgault introduces the Chembine
A new chemical mixer from the brand’s Free Form Plastics division
In late September Bourgault Industries’ Free Form Plastics division announced the market introduction of its Chembine chemical mixer. “The Chembine incorporates all the features of existing chemical mixers plus adds more user friendly features and several patent pending new designs,” reads the company’s news release. Among those new features is a newly designed knife block […] Read more
How to build a custom tool box, Part 1
We turn an old truck hood into a one-off shop storage box, in the Grainews Garage
The 1960 Ford F-600 truck sitting outside the Grainews Garage with a body that was far too rusty to repair made us wonder what to do with it, so we started looking at what parts we could salvage and what we could do with them. One of the things that was still in good condition […] Read more
Industry expert says we’re in a cycle
Tom Wolf offered some observations of today’s sprayers and practices during a presentation
During his public presentation at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon in January, sprayer expert Tom Wolf, who is part of Agrimetrix Research & Training in Saskatchewan, provided a professional critique of today’s commercially available spraying equipment and on-farm practices. He told the audience about an early, low-cost sprayer his family put together on their farm […] Read more
U of M hopes to expand machine safety training
As a group of students were clustered around and under a tractor, another student in the cab looked out to try and see them. It was all part of the University of Manitoba’s first tractor safety training day. The point of the exercise was to show a class of ag students how many bind spots […] Read more
U of M holds first tractor safety day
Pilot project aims to teach ag students about on-farm machinery safety
Last weekend I found myself sitting in the local Tim Hortons having coffee with a retired farmer. He was missing some fingers on his left hand from an amputation. And it made me think of how many retired — and current — farmers I know just in this area that have similar injuries from a […] Read more
Merlo retools
The telehandler company is going through a major update of its product line and manufacturing facility
As he stood in front of a group of Canadian dealers and customers at his Cuneo, Italy, facility, Amilcare Merlo, owner of the company that produces Merlo telehandlers, explained that his firm was in the midst of a 150 million Euro (C$208 million) reinvestment project. It’s aimed not only at updating the brand’s manufacturing facility, […] Read more
PHOTOS: Merlo’s turbofarmer
Merlo is going through a major update of its product line and manufacturing facility. Scott Garvey took a tour of the plant and offers up this series of photos.
I’m sorry, Scott. I’m afraid I can’t do that
Last week I was riding high—figuratively and literally. I had a 2017 F-350 four-wheel drive, Powerstroke pickup at my disposal for a full seven days. Equipped with a Lariat trim package, this truck had no shortage of high-end features and a host of computer-controlled smart technology. Of course, Ford didn’t just give me this truck […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
