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wild oats and green foxtail
Crops, Equipment

Rethinking weed management

Not every weapon against herbicide resistance comes out of a sprayer

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Farmers up against herbicide-resistant weeds need to rethink their cropping systems and add more angles in their approach to long-term weed control. This advice came from Dr. Drew Lyon of Washington State University during his presentation at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference in December. While Lyon’s discussion primarily focused on integrated weed management (IWM) in dryland […] Read more
Unverferth has released its 2520 grain cart, which has a 2,500-bushel capacity.
Equipment, Machinery

New 2,500-bushel grain cart from Unverferth

The new unit offers more capacity and sophisticated data gathering via new digital features

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Unverferth has just introduced the new model 2520 grain cart, which pushes at the upper capacity limits of its cart line with a 2,500-bushel load rating. It’s the biggest cart the brand has ever built. Getting grain out of the cart won’t take more than about two and a half minutes with the cart’s pivoting […] Read more
Darren Wolchyn says the use of solar power on Smart Paddock’s ear tags sets the product apart from others.
Cattleman’s Corner, Equipment, Livestock

GPS system for cattle brings individual animal management to the range

Smart Paddock can measure behaviour of animals far from home

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An Australian company with a Canadian connection, Smart Paddock won the Rising Star category in the Canadian Animal AgTech innovation competition at Agribition in late 2024. Smart Paddock’s founder and chief executive officer, Darren Wolchyn, moved his family from Alberta to Australia and ended up working on GPS-tracking golf carts. Ranching friends in Alberta suggested […] Read more
The ErgoSteer retrofit kit allows high-spec 500 to 1000 Series Fendt tractors to be controlled through a steering joystick mounted on a left-side seat armrest.
Equipment, Machinery

Fendt ErgoSteer brings joystick steering control to tractors

A retrofit option offers a second type of steering input for operators

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A few years ago, Agco’s Fendt brand replaced the steering wheel on its Ideal combines with a joystick control. In 2024 it introduced a retrofit kit that can bring joystick steering control to Fendt tractors, too. That system just won Agco an AE50 award for its design. “It’s 100 per cent retrofittable,” says Daniel Smith, […] Read more
Grain storage and handling systems need periodic maintenance to keep them in top condition — and to prevent in-season breakdowns.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Don’t forget year-end grain handling equipment maintenance

Clean up any grain spills and check leg and auger bearings for excessive wear

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Many growers will be hauling grain to local terminals over the winter, which means they’ll be in and out of the bin yard many times — making it a good time for off-season inspections on their grain handling equipment. While it’s easy to remember to pull the big machines into the shop for that, don’t […] Read more
Boom stability, boom height and travel speed are critical to uniform herbicide application and curbing variability in spray coverage.
Crops, Equipment, Features

Tackling herbicide resistance with smarter spraying

Tom Wolf from Sprayers101.com shares insights on how spraying techniques and technologies can help farmers stay ahead of resistance

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With herbicide resistance on the rise, farmers can no longer spray their way out of weed problems — but smarter spraying can help prevent making resistance worse. That was the message from spray application specialist Tom Wolf, who spoke recently at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference. Wolf, from Saskatoon, is known for his contributions to Sprayers101.com, […] Read more
Volto hay tedders
Equipment, Forages, Machinery

New hay tools come west from Claas

Volto tedders and Disco mower conditioners will be available for 2025

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Early in 2024, Claas introduced its new Volto hay tedders and Disco mower conditioners to the European market. The company announced this fall it intends to make those implements available to North American producers in time for the 2025 season. There are two Volto models, the 1300 and 1500, which are available in T or […] Read more
The Oliver 2655 and Minneapolis-Moline A4T-1600
Equipment, Machinery

White’s earliest four-wheel drive tractors

We look back at the Minneapolis-Moline A4T-1600 and Oliver 2655

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As farms started to grow significantly in size through the late 1960s, equipment brands began to see a need to add new tractor models to the top end of their horsepower range. For some, that involved a few instances of so-called “badge engineering” — that is, short-term contracting with a competitor to build one of […] Read more
m5 kubota
Equipment, Machinery

Would an autonomous tractor really fit your operation?

Sabanto is offering field trials of its autonomous conversion kit

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Tech startup company Sabanto displayed an M5 Kubota tractor equipped with its autonomy conversion kit at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont. in September. But the company was willing to do more than just show off the modified tractor at its booth in order to introduce it to potential customers. The Chicago-area company was […] Read more
Claas’ Canada West Harvest Centre dealership chain in Saskatchewan will now sell both Claas and Horsch equipment, giving them a full-line offering.
Equipment, Machinery

Claas-owned dealer chain to handle Horsch implements

Canada West Harvest Centres will retail an expanded product offering in Saskatchewan

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At the corporate level there are a lot of similarities between equipment manufacturers Horsch and Claas. Both are family-owned firms headquartered in Germany with wide product distribution around the world. But each company specializes in equipment not on the roster of the other. So when Claas’ company-owned Canada West Harvest Centre dealership chain in Saskatchewan […] Read more

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