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Crops, Equipment, Features

Choosing a precision agriculture system

Before you cut the cheque, make sure the system you choose is right for your operation

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Depending on which grower you ask, a “precision ag system” can mean anything from GPS-guided autosteer to advanced software that helps them manage just about every aspect of their farm. But with so many new technologies, software platforms, upgrades and equipment providers on the market, what basic principles do growers need to keep in mind […] Read more
The Monosem is a high precision seeder meant for precise seed placement in both depth and spacing within the row.
Crops, Equipment, Features

Planting canola with precision

Researchers working to develop canola agronomy with precision planters

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As more and more Western Canadian growers move into soybeans and invest in precision planters, there’s increasing interest in adapting those planters for other crops as well, like canola. Can precision planters be used to grow canola better, and if so, how? Farming Smarter Research Manager Mike Gretzinger set out to answer the agronomic questions […] Read more
Don Neufeld has been using field contouring technology on his southwest Manitoba farm for the 
past couple of years.
Equipment, News

New Trimble technology helps manage water

GPS-guided dozer blades can help contour 
fields prone to ponding and flooding

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After a widely-felt dry year like 2017, many western Canadian producers aren’t likely concerned about too much moisture, but the fact is not all areas were dry last year. And the reality also is most producers can remember in the not too distant past growing seasons, that standing and ponded water on cropland was a […] Read more
Build your own bale-spear loader head
Cattleman’s Corner, Equipment, Livestock

Build your own bale-spear loader head

Working in the shop even with repurposed materials can result in a long-lasting bale mover


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Much like the transitions other ranchers and farmers have experienced over the past 50-plus years, our evolution with hay handling here in rural Idaho has been a transition from loose hay, to small square bales, and now large round and square bales. Each transition was made with an attempt to increase efficiency and reduce waste […] Read more
Two important maintenance items on stock trailers: check and replace worn out tires, and if trailer lights and brakes don’t seem to be getting power use a multitester to track down the problem.
Cattleman’s Corner, Equipment, Livestock

Making a stock trailer maintenance check

Are all the lights working, and how about the brakes and bearings?

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Spring isn’t that far away and if you have time this winter it may be an opportunity to look to maintenance on the equipment, tools, and facilities necessary to help provide a safe and productive year in the cattle business. One item we easily overlook is the stock trailer we use periodically throughout the year […] Read more
Syn Trac
Equipment, Machinery

PHOTOS: Syn Trac tractor makes its world debut

This Austrian company introduces what its founder believes is the perfectly designed tractor

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There were no shortage of uncommon equipment designs under the roofs of the nearly 30 massive buildings that housed the 2017 edition of Agritechnica in Germany in November, but none caught our eye as quickly as the revolutionary Syn Trac tractor. Standing beside the machine on display, Ana Putz, one of the company’s marketing staff and […] Read more
The Finnish brand Valtra, which is part of the AGCO corporate family, picked up two awards for the new T254 Smart Touch tractor.
Equipment, Machinery

Tractor of the Year winners announced

Competition judges reveal their picks in each of the categories at Agritechnica

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It’s becoming a tradition at Agritechnica, starting the show off with a ceremony engineers from all the ag equipment brands hold their collective breath for: the naming of the winners in the four categories of the Tractor of the Year competition. This is a competition the Europeans take pretty seriously. The judging panel is made […] Read more
Limited edition skid steer from Case IH
Equipment, Machinery

Limited edition skid steer from Case IH

175 special models celebrate 
175th anniversary

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Celebrating 175 years since Jerome Increase Case started his threshing machine company that would eventually morph into today’s Case IH and CASE Construction brands, the company is offering U.S. and Canadian customers a chance to own a special limited edition skid steer. Decked out in a special red paint scheme and available through the regular […] Read more
Case IH’s Maxxum line of tractors gets a variety of updates for 2018, including a new, sophisticated, 24 x 24 powershift transmission.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH updates the Maxxum line

These Case IH tractors get new transmission options and body styling

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We are launching the most innovative features for Maxxum tractors since the transition to the patented SCR-only emissions solution in 2012,” reads Case IH’s official press announcement. The 2018 line of Maxxums made their debut in front of ag media editors at Boone, Iowa, in August, with Case IH marketing staff members on hand to […] Read more

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