Six years ago, Albert Wagner needed 100,000 bushels-worth of added storage. The traditional bin route would have cost him about $2.45/bu over 10 years (including a residual value for the bins), but he also had one of two fertilizer bins nearing the end of its useful life. That got him thinking about bagging grain, which... Read More
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Once again Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz took to the stage at the FarmTech conference to talk to a packed house about the state of agriculture in Canada. This year saw the Minister announce details on two federal Growing Forward 2 programs as well as address a number of other topics including the lay of... Read More
There is nothing that draws a crowd quite like battleship-sized machinery. While most people come to gawk at the spectacle with no real practical use for it, keep in mind, manufacturer's don't make these things for their own entertainment. The Bourgault 7950 Air Seeder is a gargantuan machine, but for the producer with a lot... Read More
On Twitter yesterday Rick Taillieu, Alberta Canola, was having some fun at my expense (which at times is not really difficult). When you post a YouTube video, it grabs a screen shot to display at the front of the video before you press play. Some of the screen grabs are less than ideal in terms... Read More
Agri-Trend's latest business offering is the Agri-Data Solution, a web-based application that stores all the farm data you may need. Once inputted, the Agri-Data interface can be accessed by several members of the farm team from any computer, tablet or smartphone by a user name and password. Shaun Haney caught up with Kevin Pattison of... Read More
Peter Johnson, wheat specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, made quite the splash at Farm Tech last week. A regular in RealAgricutlure.com's Wheat School, @WheatPete (as he's known on Twitter) has very set views on maximizing wheat production, and he's not afraid to tell a farmer, point blank, what that farmer... Read More
Well, FarmTech wrapped up yesterday, and as all the farmers and industry folk get home and tackle the mound of work that's been piling up the last three days, RealAgriculture.com has been hard at work putting together interviews from the conference, including this very special wrap up video. Rick Taillieu, Ron McLean's number one fan... Read More
Bigger isn't always better. What's better is matching the size of tractor you need on your farm that has all the capabilities you're looking for with some added features that make an upgrade worth it. Case IH's new Steiger RowTrac isn't small by any means, but it is designed to be narrower and is available... Read More
It's the last day of FarmTech — my very first one — and it's been quite the week. The conference started with a big, bombastic Don Cherry look-a-like, featured popular presentations from Patrick Fabian, Stuart Barden, Drew Lerner and OMAFRA's Peter Johnson, with the one and only Ron McLean speaking at Wednesday's banquet, and will... Read More
I saw an old picture the other day of a kid on a big-wheel in mid-air that just launched off a massive home-made jump with a caption that read: "The Seventies: No knee-pads, helmets, brakes or over cautious soccer moms. It's just how we rolled." Funny pic, but unfortunately the statistics were there to back... Read More