I tend to find if a producer has dealt with more drought, they’d rather have a flood, and vice versa — but how you adjust your equipment to deal with the conditions is in your hands.
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How non-stop rain affects your farm equipment
Be careful what you wish for in those dry years
Morris rolls out a new 1,440-bushel air cart
The company’s 10 Series air cart line now includes four models from 660- to 1,440-bushel capacity
Prairie grain growers seeking improved productivity within a narrow seeding window are the intended market for Saskatchewan manufacturer Morris Equipment’s new, higher-capacity 1440 air cart.
Horsch introduces its Avatar 66-10 TD drill
Company’s new single-disc drill combines an 870-bushel air cart and single-disc toolbar into one unit
Horsch debuted its newest seed drill at the Ag in Motion 2025 farm show near Langham, Sask., in mid-July.
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
Bourgault introduces drills up to 100 feet for 2026
Drills, digital controller and other features debut at Phoenix event
At a customer event and product launch in Phoenix in early November, Bourgault had several new products to show — but the event’s centrepiece was clearly the new 100-foot 7-Plex 3545 Paralink Hoe Drill displayed just outside the event centre. All the products featured had been under development for some time, including the new drills. […] Read more
Vaderstad launches new Tempo planter model
Features will be made available across the company's Tempo line
Last September, Vaderstad unveiled a pre-production example of its new high-speed Tempo K planter at the Big Iron farm show at Fargo, N.D. At that time the company expected to begin accepting orders in the spring of this year. Right on schedule, the Tempo K now officially hits the market in North America. “For the […] 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
VIDEO: Bourgault openers designed to fit your operation
This is the first video in a series that looks at the types of seed opener designs on display at this summer’s Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Saskatchewan. This series will also look at the other new introductions those seeding equipment manufacturers were introducing at their booths. In this video, machinery editor Scott […] Read more
Crop residues’ rewards versus risks
Leaving crop residue after harvest can be beneficial — but poses some challenges
John Berger marked the completion of his 57th harvest on his family farm near Nanton in southern Alberta this fall. By most accounts, it was another productive year on Berger’s 5,000-acre grain farm. Still, something didn’t sit quite right with the long-time farmer. Whenever he toured the nearby countryside post-harvest, he noted many farm fields […] Read more
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