Videos
May 15 – May 31: Believe it or not, this is a soil test that can tell you a lot about the health of your soil. See the how to video.
Farmers can participate by burying their own cotton briefs and digging them up after a couple of months to see how their soil measures up.
VIDEO: #seeding2018 in Manitoba’s Interlake
Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey heads out into a few fields in the Interlake north of Winnipeg to find out how seeding is progressing for farmers in the area and what they’re seeing in terms of soil moisture. Video editing by Greg Berg.
May 1 – May 15: Versatile Fury Review with Scott Garvey
Scott Garvey from Grainews talks with Trevor Jubinville from Versatile about the Versatile Fury. Scott and Trevor talked about Versatile's newest tillage implement at AgDays 2018 in Brandon, Manitoba.
May 1 – May 15: Weed science technician Dave Bilyea sees a lot of weeds brought to him by farmers wondering if they are a concern
Bilyea set up a display of weeds and answered questions on everything from wild Parsnip to waterhemp, chess grass, dog strangling vine and kochia.
Apr 15 – 30: Max yield potential for a given crop; what farmers can control and what’s up to nature
Alexis Stockford discusses what goes into maximum yields for various crops with Dr. Rigas Karamanos
April 15-30 | Versatile Introduces RT520 Combine
AgDealer's Spencer Myers and Scott Garvey from Grainews recently went to AgDays in Brandon, Manitoba where they met up with Adam Reid from Versatile. Adam tells us about Versatile's new RT520 Combine and a special product we might see in the future.
April 1-15 Fendt Introduces Xavar Robots
AgDealer’s Spencer Myers talks about the Xavar robot, one of Fendt’s newest products, and how it may be appearing in North American fields sooner than you think. The video was filmed in late 2017 at Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany.
April 1 – 15: The world’s first autonomous soil electrical conductivity mapping unit
Fields are mapped from field equipment and data is transmitted wirelessly to the server. The SWATBOX collects soil electrical conductivity data while seeding or tilling. In this video, Derek Rude talks about how the technology works.
March 15 – 31: Mike Raine and Rob Fraley discuss the next generation of plant breeding tools like gene editing, RNAi, and microbials
But biotech pioneer Rob Fraley feels the biggest benefits to agriculture haven’t come from inserting genes or building custom chemical compounds to support plants, but in plant breeding.
March 15 – 30 | Product Announcements from Agritechnica 2017
Spencer Myers talks with Rob O’Connor from Ag in Motion and Trent Meyer from DOT Technology Corp. about the Canadian pavilion at Agritechnica 2017 in Hannover, Germany.
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