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Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: Salford introduces Valmar AB640 air boom applicator

New granular applicator gets a wider 90-foot air boom

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Growers now have more choices than ever on how to apply a lot of fertilizer in a short amount of time. In July Salford introduced its newest and largest air boom applicator. With a 90-foot boom, the Valmar AB640 goes well past the brand’s previous flagship model, the 9620, which offers 72 feet of working […] Read more
File photo of a Salford 5200 Enforcer tillage unit operating in corn stubble. (Salford.com)
Crops, Machinery

MacDon owner Linamar to buy Salford

Linamar to pay $260M for Ontario tillage, fertilizer equipment maker

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Canadian industrial equipment and parts maker Linamar, the owner of MacDon Industries, is set to further expand its reach in the ag equipment sector by buying the Salford Group. Guelph-based Linamar announced Wednesday it has an agreement in place worth $260 million to buy 100 per cent of the equity in Salford, which makes fertilizer […] Read more
Salford’s new Halo VRT high-speed disc offers on-the-go adjustable disc angles.
Equipment, Machinery

Salford adds the VRT to its Halo high-speed disc line

New model offers on-the-go disc angle adjustability

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Salford has just added a new model to the Halo line of high-speed disc implements it debuted in 2020, the VRT (variable-rate tillage). This tillage tool is capable of on-the-go changes to disc angles to vary how aggressively it engages the soil. Those changes can be made multiple times in a field right from the […] Read more
At the 2016 edition of Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, Sask., Salford first showed its concept air boom applicator.
Equipment, Machinery

New air boom applicator from Case IH

Case IH and Salford team up to offer another option for Titan floaters

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In August, Case IH, in partnership with Salford Group, introduced the FA 1030 air boom applicator, which is now available directly through Case IH on the Titan 4540 floater. The company says this applicator is built to carry more product, improve productivity and deal with uneven field surfaces. By July 2021, Case IH expects to […] Read more
Salford introduced a prototype 20 ton air boom spreader during Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in June.
Machinery

New air-boom spreader from Salford

A customer request for an air boom leads Salford to develop an entirely new model

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A prototype air-boom spreader on display at Salford’s Canada’s Farm Progress Show exhibit in Regina was the result of the brand deciding to accommodate a special request from a customer, says Dave King, the company’s director of sales and marketing. “Last year at this show we were showing a MagnaSpread big spreader and we also had […] Read more
Salford’s BBI dry product spreaders will now be available with a section control feature to minimize overlap.
Machinery

Section control on BBI spreaders

Salford’s BBI dry spreaders can now work from prescription maps

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At last year’s Canada’s Farm Progress Show, Salford Group announced it had acquired spreader manufacturer BBI and displayed one of the brand’s models at its exhibit for the first time. In February, Salford announced BBI dry product spreaders will now be available with a section control feature to minimize overlap. That, says the company, will […] Read more
(AerWay.com)
Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Machinery, Pasture

Salford buys tillage equipment maker AerWay

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Southwestern Ontario vertical tillage and pasture equipment maker AerWay has become part of another well-known Ontario ag equipment manufacturer. Salford Group announced in December it has bought the AerWay advanced aeration products line from the Canadian trailer systems arm of German truck, bus and trailer axle and suspension manufacturer SAF-Holland. AerWay, which operates a manufacturing […] Read more
The I-2200 vertical tillage implement (shown here) and the I-4200 hybrid are new designs. They have heavier frames and more discs per foot than the company’s existing models to provide a finer field finish.
Machinery

Salford introduces new tillage implements

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Among Salford’s several new-product launches at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina were two new tillage implement models, the 1-2200 and I-4200. According to Anson Boak, Salford’s marketing manger, these two machines are the result of several years of R&D with the existing I Series vertical tillage models. “It started in 2011 and culminated in […] Read more
Salford introduced its 945 bushel AC4000L air cart in Regina in June. It can be configured to work with both dry and liquid fertilizer.
Machinery

New air cart has liquid N option

Salford’s AC4000 Series air carts can be ordered with both dry and liquid fertilizer systems

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Applying liquid rather than granular nitrogen in the spring has become a pretty popular choice among western Canadian growers. For most, though, that has meant adding another cart equipped with a liquid tank to an already long train of equipment behind the tractor in order to make a seeding pass. Now, however, growers can get a single […] Read more
(Valmar.com)
Crops, Machinery

Salford to buy applicator maker Valmar

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Prairie manufacturing firm Valmar Airflo, known for its farm-, commercial- and research-grade granular applicator systems, is under new ownership. Valmar, set up in 1977 at Elie, Man. by farm mechanic, crop duster and inventor Charlie Balmer, has been sold to Ontario seeding and tillage equipment firm Salford Group for an undisclosed sum. Valmar will continue […] Read more

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