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Jaylor is already marketing Jaylor/MMI TMR units such as this H1950. (Jaylor photo)
Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

Jaylor to buy U.S. TMR mixer manufacturer

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Southern Ontario feed mixer manufacturer Jaylor plans to expand its total mixed ration (TMR) product lineup by buying a U.S. competitor. Jaylor, based at Orton, Ont., about 30 km north of Guelph, announced Wednesday it has bought a controlling stake in Colorado manufacturer MMI International, previously known as Mohrlang Manufacturing, for an undisclosed sum. “For […] Read more
A YourLink tower outside Weyburn, Sask. (YourLink.ca)
General, Machinery, Weather

Wireless providers ordered to set up alert system

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Canada’s wireless providers have until April 2018 to set up wireless public alerting systems on LTE networks. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on Thursday issued a directive to that effect to all wireless service providers. The alert system would allow emergency management officials to warn Canadians via mobile devices of “dangers to life […] Read more
There are manufacturers pursuing the battery vehicle drive route commercially, including Kramer of Germany.
Machinery

Diesel electric versus battery power

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Previous tractor electrification projects have focused on diesel-electric hybrids or the inclusion of electricity-generating capability on an otherwise standard diesel-engined tractor to power auxiliary systems and implements. Swiss manufacturer RigiTrac produced a research hybrid of its four-wheel drive tractor, powered by a 91 kW (126 hp) Deutz engine and with a 650V DC, 85 kW […] Read more
Lifting the lid on the John Deere battery-powered electric tractor — one 150kW (200 hp) motor drives 
the transmission, a second powers the PTO, hydraulics and auxiliary systems. But they can also work 
together to deliver up to 300 kW (400 hp) for non-draft applications.
Machinery

Electric shock: battery power is back

John Deere unveils a prototype electric battery-powered tractor in Europe

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Just as we’d got used to the idea that hydrogen is the fuel of the future for electrically-driven tractors — according to New Holland’s agenda at least — up pops John Deere with a prototype that puts battery power back in the frame. The people behind the project say it’s the first fully electric battery-powered […] Read more
Starting with a flat piece of metal with 
a single 90-degree bend.
Machinery

PHOTOS: How to use a metal shrinker-stretcher tool

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It may not be a standard piece of farm workshop equipment, but for anyone who needs to do a little metal fabrication occasionally, a shrinker-stretcher can be a pretty useful tool. It came in very handy on the Grainews workshop toolbox project. The metal shrinker-stretcher basically does exactly what its name implies: shrink or stretch […] Read more
Arnold Innovations of Manitoba now offers two different hydraulically-assisted combine cylinder reverser wrenches.
Machinery

Combine cylinder reverser system

Hydraulic wrench designed 
to make clearing plugs easier

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As a farmer, Richard Arnold, who describes himself as heading research and development and Arnold Innovations, turned his own observations about the difficulty of clearing plugged combine cylinders into a small business. Arnold Innovations now produces two hydraulically assisted cylinder-reversing wrenches to make that job easier. Richard and his son were promoting their products at […] Read more
(PortSeattle.org)
Crops, Machinery

Baltic Dry Index hits two-year highs

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CNS Canada — Ocean freight rates are trending higher, with the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) hitting its highest level of the past two years on Tuesday. The BDI, compiled daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange, provides an assessment of the price of moving major raw materials by sea, including grain. It was quoted Tuesday at […] Read more
Wider field cultivators from Unverferth
Machinery

Wider field cultivators from Unverferth

Three models offer different capabilities

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Unverferth Manufacturing has broadened the available working width range of its Perfecta field cultivators, which can now be ordered in sizes from four to 40 feet. The company claims the Perfecta models blend tillage, levelling and finishing actions into one implement. The new, wider sizes use a floating wing design that can rise up to […] Read more

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