Eric Bossuyt with AgWest offers tips on what growers should check on their planter before heading into the field for planting season.
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Tips on getting your planter ready for spring seeding
The machine has sat idle all winter; here are the points farmers should check before taking it to the field this spring
John Deere offers new features, tech for its planters
Dual-product fertilizer application and seed placement enhancements will be available for the 2027 models
John Deere offers several new features to its plantersf, allowing for more onboard fertilizer options, better seed placement and residue management.
Southern Alberta farms explore ultra-early seeding
Farmer hoping for favourable results from early January spring wheat/durum seeding
Southern Alberta farmers putting research into practice, pushing ahead traditional seeding times by months for spring wheat and durum
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
Industry ponders ideal canola seeding depth
One of several factors affecting success of stand establishment
Coming up with an ideal recommended canola seeding depth is a bit like the Goldilocks story where the bowls of porridge ranged from either too hot or too cold. When it comes to seeding canola, the ideal recommendation can’t be too shallow or too deep, but what is the just-right depth recommendation — most likely […] Read more
Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Inconsistent wheat development
A Crop Advisor's Solution from the February 24, 2015 issue of Grainews
During the last week of August, I was crop scouting for Gerald, who farms 6,000 acres of wheat, barley, oats and canola just north of Wadena, Sask. I was recording the severity of fusarium head blight in one of Gerald’s wheat fields when I noticed something unusual. It was well into the growing season and […] Read more
Canola to get early test as Prairies brace for frost
CNS Canada — Overnight lows of -2 or -3 C are expected across much of Saskatchewan by Wednesday or Thursday, according to Environment Canada forecasts. The colder temperatures are expected to make their way into Manitoba by Friday. That could put some stress on canola plants that have already emerged, according to industry watchers. “As […] Read more
Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC
Seeding now rather than waiting for rain may be a viable option for Prairie canola growers looking out on dry fields without much chance of precipitation, the Canola Council of Canada suggests. Facing temperatures in the mid-30s C, and soil moisture down at about the one- to two-inch mark, a few Prairie growers on social […] Read more