Foreign workers losing public support, the GATE gets the dough, and farmers—not interested in a new combine? It’s your national agriculture news recap for the week.
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AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it: Your national ag news recap for Sept. 20, 2024
VIDEO: John Deere rolling out new air carts for 2025
John Deere is introducing the new C Series air carts for model year 2025. At Ag in Motion this past summer, Anthony Styczinski, Deere’s go-to-market manager for planters and seeders, talks with Scott Garvey, Glacier FarmMedia’s senior editor for machinery and equipment, about the new cart’s features.
AgGronomyTV: Let’s talk inhibitors
If you're a grower who may be 'nitrogen inhibitor-curious' but haven't yet adopted one as part of your fertilizer strategy, this quick video from Manitoba 4R Day this summer is worth a listen. Here, Marla Riekman with Manitoba Agriculture explains why she sees inhibitors as an 'insurance policy' and how your method of fertilizer application determines how that inhibitor will react with it when the time comes.
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it: Your national ag news recap for Sept. 13, 2024
China probes canola, Winnipeg gets into the fertilizer business, and ‘Show and smell’ as Squid Juice and other new tech debuts at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. It’s your national ag news recap for September 13, 2024.
VIDEO: Pillar Ag displays prototype air cart at Ag in Motion
At the Ag in Motion farm show in Saskatchewan in July, Pillar Ag showed its prototype air cart, which it expects to have in production soon. Here, machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with John Gibson of Pillar Ag who showed one of its drills with its own disc opener design.
AGCanadaTV Special Feature: Spud washer supreme
Washing potatoes sounds like a tedious, but necessary, job – no one likes a dirty spud, right? But this field side mobile potato washer unit adds plenty of speed to the process – to the tune of 200,000 pounds of potatoes per hour no less. Find out what other tricks this nine-metre trailer unit from […] Read more
VIDEO: New tillage equipment, UTVs from John Deere
John Deere debuted some new equipment at the U.S. Farm Progress show in Boone, Iowa, in late August. The company showed two new tillage implements and the newest models of its XUV Gators.
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it: Your national ag news recap for Aug. 30, 2024
The rail strike that wasn’t, canola fears China-Canada EV crossfire, and GMO wheat—coming to a country near you. It’s your national agriculture news recap for August 30.
AgGronomyTV: When to spray a fungicide for blight in peas
Mycosphaerella blight is a widespread disease among Manitoba pea fields. So, how can pea growers in the province get two steps ahead of this economically injurious disease? For starters, it’s important to know what you’re up against before loading your tank with a fungicide and spraying your crop. Why? Another common blight in peas looks similar to Mycosphaerella and a fungicide will have no effect, as Dennis Lange, pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, explains.
VIDEO: Replacement options for the seed openers on your air drill
As the openers on your air seeder or drill cut through the soil to make a seed bed, its leading edge ultimately makes for a significant wear part as the acres pile up. So when the time comes for replacement, what are your options other than OEM? At Ag in Motion last month, we spoke […] Read more
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