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Crops, Machinery

Precision ag tech’s link to broadband under study

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Crop growers in southwestern Ontario are being asked how their access to high-speed internet, or lack thereof, has helped or hindered their adoption of precision ag tools. Researchers at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), as part of the Regional and Rural Broadband (R2B2) project, are studying how “current and future connectivity” influences […] Read more
(CN.ca)
Crops, Machinery

CN feels Prairie harvest delays in Q3 revenues

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Weather-related stalls in this fall’s Prairie grain harvest have chipped away at Canadian National Railway’s (CN) third-quarter financials, as the railway booked lower profits and revenues on “shifting traffic demands.” Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported overall net income of $972 million on $3.014 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30, down from $1.007 […] Read more
GSI’s new GSI DGD Power Sweep boosts the durability and reliability of the brand’s previous offering.
Machinery

A brand new bin sweep from GSI

GSI introduces its Direct Gear Drive Power Sweep to boost durability and reliability

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GSI is introducing its new GSI Direct Gear Drive (DGD) Power Sweep to boost the durability and reliability of grain bin unload equipment, as well as significantly improving performance during the unload phase. According to a company spokesman on-hand at the Farm Progress Days, held recently in Boone, Iowa, the new design has cut the […] Read more
(CPR.ca)
Crops, Machinery

Saskatchewan presses for rail interswitching, revenue cap

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Farm stakeholder groups and Prairie provincial agriculture ministers got their chance Thursday to bring their concerns about grain transportation by rail to the federal minister responsible. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay held a roundtable meeting with grain sector representatives Thursday in Saskatoon, and met also with the Prairies’ agriculture ministers. […] Read more
Danish firm Kongskilde offers its 9200 Series vertical tillage implement to North American farmers in working widths from 11 to 43 feet.
Machinery

Less common tillage implements

A look at implements from brands that aren’t exactly household names in Canada

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If you get a thrill out of attending as many farm shows as you can reasonably get to in a season, you’ve likely noticed a few uncommon equipment brands displaying their wares. At the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in August, Mark Moore made a point of stopping by exhibits from a couple […] Read more
The first combine I ran, back in 1955, was an Oliver 30 Grain Master. The capacity was small and travel speed was low in a good crop. There was no unloading auger.
Columns, Machinery

Combines I have known, Part 1

While we’re thinking harvest, Les Henry remembers some combines he’s loved

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With harvest sputtering off to a slow start we all have combines in mind. My barley (malt, I hope — perhaps wishful thinking) is safely in the bin and dry. It was my great pleasure to run Curtis Block’s S 680 for a few hours in that crop. For me, that marked 61 continuous years […] Read more
On display during Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, Bourgault’s 9500 Series floating-hitch chisel plows offer an updated design
Machinery

Bourgault redesigns the 9400 chisel plow

New floating-hitch 9500 Series models can handle higher horsepower

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We had the 9400 (chisel plow) for many years, and there’s been a resurgence in tillage and deep tillage,” says Rob Fagnou, marketing specialist at Bourgault. “So we went to the drawing board again and redesigned it from the ground up. ” The new 9500 Series models, which made their first public appearance at Canada’s […] Read more
(CPR.ca)
Crops, Machinery

CP to chart weekly grain handling performance online

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Canadian Pacific Railway plans to launch a new weekly “supply chain scorecard” next week, to chart its own performance handling Prairie grain. The Calgary company announced the new program Friday for an online launch Wednesday (Oct. 19), noting the scorecard “will include, when necessary, detailed information on any internal or external factors affecting grain movement” as […] Read more
(Greg Berg photo)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Deere challenges U.S. federal block on Precision Planting bid

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Reuters — Deere and Co. said its proposal to buy Precision Planting, an agricultural equipment and technology company, will increase consumer choice and directly benefit growers, in a response filed on Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit to block the acquisition. Deere announced its planned acquisition of Precision Planting in November 2015, for […] Read more

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