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Brothers Les and Larry Rodgers of Lavenham, Manitoba, have 12, 90 Series Case tractors in their farm fleet.
Equipment, Machinery

Running a classic tractor fleet

Older 2090 and 2290 tractors make an economical option

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I often hear people discussing when they should replace their farm equipment with new or updated machines. But that level of investment might not be the most sensible plan for all farms. Keeping an older equipment fleet operating might be the best strategy for some. That’s what brothers Les and Larry Rodgers, who farm near […] Read more
The home quarter that my grandfather Jerome Henry broke 100+ years ago grew a 60 bu./acre canola crop in 2017. This photo was taken on July 17, 2017. The land is now owned by my nephew Glen Gates but rented to George Winny from nearby Sovereign, who grew the big 2017 crop. His Dad and I did Boy Scout camps together in the 1950s.
Columns, Crops

Farming from plough to now

From mining the nutrients to zero-till farming, 
with ups and downs on the way

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As we approach the happy Christmas season let us set aside the latest news and consider the steps that have taken us to this point in our farming endeavors. In Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan some farming went on in the late 1800s but the big acres of the Palliser triangle were still in prairie grass […] Read more
Two distributors are now retailing Amazone pull-type sprayers across the Prairies. The largest model, this UX11200, offers a 12,000-litre tank to maximize acres covered in a day.
Equipment, Machinery

Amazone pushes the pull type sprayer

Brand hopes to impress Canadian 
growers with big capacity, pull-type model

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In North America, the self-propelled sprayer has certainly come to dominate the market. For the most part, pull-type models have faded from use over the years. But that is hardly true in Europe, and one European brand, Amazone, thinks it’s time for the pull-type model to make a comeback here in Canada. With several high-end […] Read more
Germany-based Herbert Dammann GmbH is looking to enter the Canadian sprayer market. It displayed one of its largest models at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario, in September.
Machinery

PHOTOS: Germany’s Dammann sprayer comes to Canada

Another European brand looks 
to start sales in this country

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Anyone who’s ever walked the aisles of Agritechnica, the giant German farm machinery show, will understand that Europeans have taken sprayer technology to an entirely new level. A relatively intensive agriculture regime coupled with extremely stringent regulations and intense public scrutiny of herbicide use has demanded it. At the same time, farmers are still looking […] Read more
The Spray Fill Xpress from Summers Manufacturing is designed to speed up in-field sprayer refills.
Machinery

Summers introduces Spray Fill Xpress

Summers’ new system reduces reloading times in the field

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Summers Manufacturing of Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, claims its new Spray Fill Xpress system can increase sprayer productivity by up to 82 per cent. It achieves that by reducing sprayer refill times in the field, which means sprayers can spend more time spraying and, therefore, cover more acres in a day. Spray Fill Xpress uses […] Read more
This T5 tractor, serial number 501 was the first Hamilton Plant-built Canadian Crawler.
Machinery

IH Crawlers in Canada, Part 2

Post-Second World War, demand for small crawlers grew in Canada

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In an earlier Grainews article I shared a bit of the early history of International Harvester crawler tractors in Western Canada. I looked at their evolution during the ’30s until after the Second World War, that was when improvements in wheel tractor design nearly spelled the end of crawlers for farm power. Fortunately, a new […] Read more
Using standard rotary mower blades, the Weed Clipper can cut taller weeds above the crop canopy.
Machinery

Introducing the Weed Clipper

Bourgault Tillage Tools debuts a new weed control option

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One of the newest implements to hit the market in Canada this year, the Weed Clipper (video), came from Bourgault Tillage Tools, and it was on display in the Innovations Show Place at Canada’s Farm Progress in Regina in June. Designed to cut fast growing weeds that are taller than the crop, the Weed Clipper gives […] Read more
VIDEO: A case of many CASEs
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: A case of many CASEs

Cheaper by the dozen? Manitoba farmer operates a fleet of vintage 90 Series CASE tractors

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Last October, machinery editor Scott Garvey took a drive out to Lavenham in southern Manitoba to see for himself one local farmer’s approach to farm machinery – a collection of twelve 90 Series CASE tractors. But these are only a part of a fleet of 26 tractors in total on Larry Rodgers’ farm that he […] Read more
Summers Manufacturing introduces VRT Renegade tillage implement
Machinery

Summers Manufacturing introduces VRT Renegade tillage implement

iControl feature offers adjustable performance on the go

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Summers Manufacturing of North Dakota has added another tillage implement to its “Variable Rate Tillage” equipment product line this summer, with the introduction of the VRT Renegade. It allows operators to change implement performance on the go, using a cab-mounted iPad as the controller A variety of adjustments are possible, which can be made on […] Read more
Photo 6: This photo was taken on August 23, 2018. On the left is Iver Johnson’s JD S680 combine, with Iver standing. In the middle is Wayne Leonhardt with the grain cart and tractor. On the right is helper Martin Millar on the Block Farm JD S690 combine. This was a very smooth operation, very efficient with no down time.
Columns, Equipment

Combines I have known, Part 3

In the third part of an ongoing series on combines, 
Les Henry goes for the green paint

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This is No. 3 in an occasional series on combines. When completed, the series will span the 63 years that I have spent running combines. Some years just a few hours, but a bit in each of the years. The first piece included a bit about a Case K2 combine. I did not have an […] Read more

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