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Proper machine maintenance, cleaning and monitoring can help reduce the incidence of combine fires during harvest.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Take steps to prevent combine fires in sunflowers

In warm, dry, windy weather, cleaning, monitoring and maintenance become even more important

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Row-crop harvest is in full swing across North Dakota, with many crops near completion. Weather conditions have been extremely warm and dry, allowing producers to harvest crops without the pressure to get the grains harvested before winter arrives. However, dry and warm conditions increase the risk of combine fires — especially when harvesting sunflowers. In […] Read more
While it’s toughest on tractor tires right after harvest, stubble may still be hard on your tires even the following spring.
Equipment, Machinery, Traction & Compaction

Expect stalks and stubble to become more stabby

Also: rubber is most prone to trouble from stubble when brand new, before it can harden naturally

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Don’t let its adorable little yellow flowers from the summer fool you — canola today can be “like little rebar” in your tractor tires. That was a late takeaway from an ag tire clinic for farmers at Melfort, Sask. in July, hosted by staff from retailer Kal Tire and manufacturer Firestone Ag. It’s not that […] Read more
This 1976 Roto Thresh was the 33rd machine built by the company. It used a 66-inch diameter rotating drum as a separating system. It has been restored to fully operational condition.
Equipment, Machinery

Farmers refresh a Roto Thresh

West-central Saskatchewan farmers find and restore a rare classic combine

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It isn’t often I get to follow up on a machinery article more than a decade later. But in the case of Mervin Lloyd’s Roto Thresh combines, that’s exactly what happened. Back in 2011 I spoke to Mervin Lloyd of Fiske in west-central Saskatchewan about his thoughts on the unique Roto Thresh combines he owned […] Read more
MacDon's new 61-foot FD261 FlexDraper will be available for the 2025 growing season.
Equipment, Machinery

MacDon’s FD261 meant to feed more ravenous combines

Winnipeg manufacturer's new header stretches to 61 feet of cutting width

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All the major brands now have Class 10-plus combines on the market — and those machines have a big appetite. Winnipeg-based MacDon has introduced a massive header that can feed those machines fast and keep their hunger satisfied. The new 61-foot wide FD261 FlexDraper header will be available in limited quantities for the 2025 harvest […] Read more
deere 8r tractor with agco outrun autonomous system
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Can autonomous systems cut costs?

Agco claims its prototype Outrun system has shown ROI benefits

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Could having autonomous equipment working on your farm improve the operation’s overall profit picture? Agco claims it has demonstrated exactly that during initial field trials of its Outrun retrofit autonomy kit, which it introduced to the farm media near Salina, Kansas in late June. “What we’re providing is a kit that takes a tractor and […] Read more
A weed destruction system, to mount on the rear of combines, that uses a specific spectrum of light, is being developed through a partnership between Redekop and Global Neighbor Inc.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Redekop partnering on new system for weed seed destruction

Canadian manufacturer's work with U.S. company allows for light technology to destroy weed seeds

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One way to defeat the problem of weed resistance is to keep as many weed seeds out of a field as possible. Redekop’s Seed Control Unit (SCU), which pulverizes seeds coming out of the back of a combine, is one tool to help do that. But it can only be used on Class 8 and […] Read more

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