GFM Network News

More News →

Tag Archives seeding

flooded farmland
Crops, Features

Friendly Acres’ 2014 wrap up

Regular Grainews contributor Kevin Elmy sums up 2014 at his east-central Saskatchewan farm

By
I am tired of rubber boots. This was Year 5 of well-above-growing-season rainfall. May started off with lots of water. The plan was to seed soybeans, grazing corn, a grain corn trial, brown mustard, spring triticale and cover crops. By the end of May, we had seeded 600 acres of soybeans, 1/3 of an acre […] Read more
Five tips to get your seed off to the right start
Crops, Features

Five tips to get your seed off to the right start

Seed growth specialist Nick Petruic has 5 tips for getting your seed off to the right start

By
Nick Petruic is a seed growth specialist for Bayer, based at Avonlea, Sask. He likes to remind his customers that it doesn’t matter how much nitrogen you’ve put on or how weed-free your field is if your seed doesn’t get out of the ground. Petruic has five tips for getting your seed off to the […] Read more
John Deere 1910 air carts get a longer options list for the 2015 model year.
Machinery

New features for the John Deere 1910 air cart

By
John Deere has announced its model 1910 air carts will be available in 10 different configurations for the 2015 model year, six tow-between and four tow-behind versions. Buyers get a choice of two or three compartment tanks ranging in capacity from 250 to 550 bushels. Under those tanks are hydraulically controlled meters, allowing for in-cab […] Read more
The Kinze multi-hybrid prototype planter
Crops, Machinery

Kinze’s multi-hybrid concept planter

This machine can alternate between two different seed hybrids based on information from prescription maps

By
Kinze has announced it is working on a prototype planter that will allow producers to load two different seed hybrids and switch back and forth between them while on the go. When making a field pass, the planter’s controller uses information from a prescription map to select and meter out the appropriate hybrid seeds where […] Read more
young family standing in a field of corn
Cereals, Crops, News

Adding value pays off for farm business

Manitoba: When buying more land became difficult, Myron and Jillian Krahn made the most of what they had

By
Myron and Jillian Krahn don’t have a lot of opportunity to increase the land base of their southern Manitoba farm, but they do grab every opportunity they can to add more value to farm enterprises they do have. They’ve increased the size of the farm near Carman, Man. considerably since they took over the operation […] Read more
canola flowers in a field
Canola, Crops

New canola seed varieties for 2015

Disease resistance has been top of mind for canola researchers, and will stay that way for some time

By
A look through the new canola seed varieties submitted by seed companies reveals a focus on disease resistance. Most of the new varieties are blackleg resistant. Some also offer sclerotinia tolerance, fusarium wilt resistance, or clubroot resistance. Disease resistance is likely to remain front and centre in canola. Clubroot grabbed headlines this summer, as plant […] Read more
photo: bourgault tillage tills
Machinery

Bourgault Tillage Tools announces new opener tips

Three new, narrow replacement tips added to the company’s product line

By
In a recent press release, Bourgault Tillage Tools announced the introduction of three new, narrow opener tips, which will be available for the 2014 seeding season. There are two new three-quarter inch-wide versions. One of them, the 200-TIP-0811, uses the same vertical angle as the previous 200-TIP1011. But it is narrower, offering lower draft requirements. […] Read more
crop seeding machine
Machinery

SeedMaster introduces Auto Calibration

Drill controller analyzes your actual seeding rates and corrects as 
them as necessary for more seed accurate delivery

By
How many times have you found yourself close to the end of seeding operations and wasting time trying to scrounge a few extra bushels of seed or running for more fertilizer, even though you initially purchased enough for your intended acreage? Often the reason for that is your drill is putting down a little more […] Read more
big green tractor
Crops, Features

Controlled traffic farming

As machinery gets bigger, that extra weight seems to take a toll on crop growth. Controlled traffic farming may offer a solution

By
From Grainews, Feb. 4, 2014, page 8: Controlled traffic farming uses tramlines to separate crop production zones and traffic lanes, Peter Gamache explains. “In practice, that means all implements have a particular span or multiples of (the tramline) and all wheel tracks are confined to specific traffic lanes.” Gamache led a three-year project examining the effects […] Read more

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Jan. 9, 2026

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →