The 2026 models of the Spyder air drill, made by Prairie equipment manufacturer K-Hart Industries, will have new options available for farmers, with a particular focus on the drill’s openers.
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K-Hart introduces new Spyder drill options for 2026
Drills get new opener features and improved seed and fertilizer tubes
New Dutch Agriculture opener knife prevents seed burn
Wider fertilizer-to-seed spread reduces toxicity risk in dry conditions
With drier growing conditions over many areas of the Prairies in the last couple of seasons, some growers applying high rates of fertilizer have been experiencing incidents of toxicity with seed. That problem has led some to look for different opener knives for their air drills that provide more seed-to-fertilizer separation. “We had customers come […] Read more
Lemken Solitair DT blends tillage and seeding
Combination unit wins Environmental Sustainability Award
Lemken’s Solitair DT combination tillage and seeding implement is new to the North American market, and the brand has been showing it at different farm shows around Canada this summer to introduce farmers to it. That included a stop at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., where it won an Environmental Sustainability Award. It […] Read more
Vaderstad introduces a 1,350-bushel Seed Hawk air cart
Larger cart should keep drills working longer with fewer refill stops
Glacier FarmMedia — The Ag in Motion farm show offered a perfect opportunity to look at the variety of different seed drill openers on the market in Western Canada. In this series on the choices producers have on how to place seed and fertilizer, we take a look at the different opener designs manufacturers offer, […] Read more
SeedMaster adds another drill to its lineup
Single-knife opener prototype shown at Ag in Motion
At the Ag in Motion farm show, SeedMaster displayed a prototype drill with a very different opener design from what the company originally introduced: a single-knife model with dual down pressure and and trip control hydraulic cylinders. When it enters production later this year, it will be the third SeedMaster opener design buyers can choose […] Read more
Three opener types available from Bourgault
Brand offers drills with side-band and mid-row fertilizer banding technology
Bourgault showed its PLS, PLX and PLDS openers at its display on the grounds of the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Sask. in July. Like other popular brands, it’s best known for the the original opener design it went to market with several years ago. That was a single knife for seed placement […] Read more
SeedMaster challenges seeding beliefs with Ultra wheat yield guarantee
Brand aims to prove 15-inch row spacing will work just fine for wheat
SeedMaster has thrown down the gauntlet, challenging wheat growers to try using its single-row Ultra SR toolbar with 15-inch opener spacings and compare yields with drills using narrower spacings. With more than a few Ultra SRs already out working in Prairie fields for the past several years, CEO Don Henry says growers have found no […] Read more
Zero till: how did it all happen?
Soils & Crops: In Saskatchewan, necessity was the mother of more than one invention
In March 1993 in Grainews there appeared a piece by a certain soils columnist titled “A Quiet Revolution in Crop Production.” It concluded that within the next two decades we’d see a revolution in the way we farmed. It came to pass much as predicted — but what made it happen was work in farm […] Read more
Bourgault updates two product lines
Quick depth adjustment on coulter drill and new XP Duo meter air planter
In February, Bourgault announced two new features that allow for significant design changes on some of its drills. First, the 3725QDA coulter drill makes its debut. “The 3725 was kind of an extension of the 5 Series model, the 3335, when Bourgault went with the quick-adjust frame,” said Colin Rush, North American sales and marketing […] Read more
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