Farmers are a supportive and generous group of people and they love to rally around a good cause. Whether its volunteering at a local community event or donating time, money or something they produce to any number of worthy causes it seems like you can't keep farmers from helping out. Harvest for Kids is a... Read More
Category: Tradeshows & Events
In a diversified operation, things can get very busy. Balancing harvest with the regular duties that accompany any other business that's an ongoing concern is tough. It's during those particularly busy seasons that jobs requiring regular follow up tend to be pushed back or forgotten entirely. Bin monitoring is one of those duties that starts... Read More
If it's gigantic, shiny or in any way shape or form eye-catching, odds are you'll see it at the farm show. That's where we spotted the Pulldozer. Not just the Pulldozer, but the biggest version of the Pulldozer Bridgeview Manufacturing makes. For those of you not familiar with it, it's a pull-behind implement designed for... Read More
For producers living in areas with a less-than-stable climate, trying to get in to the field to spray can often mean going out before the sun comes up or after the sun goes down. With current GPS technology, spraying in the dark is one option producers can now utilize more effectively than in the past.... Read More
When someone mentions precision agriculture, what do you think of? Do you think of autosteer, GPS, variable rate technology or prescription mapping? The truth is that all of those things and more are involved in what we currently term "precision agriculture." In fact, much of the technology that we associate with precision agriculture is so... Read More
Canada's Farm Progress Show was a great opportunity to connect with farmers throughout Saskatchewan, across the west and beyond. As we do at most farm shows we decided to hit the grounds and talk to some of those farmers and ask a number of different questions. This time around, we asked farmers about the state... Read More
In part one of our RealAgriculture Roundtable we discussed with Don Henry of Morris Industries the advantages and the complications that have come from the rise of precision agriculture. This time around we bring up a topic that comes up at almost every farm show where big equipment is involved: How big is too big?... Read More
There were a number of new product launches at Canada's Farm Progress Show this year. Among those was a brand new offering from CAT that had farmers interest from the minute it was unveiled. The CAT CT660 is CAT's first step into the class A truck market. It's an extremely rugged and extremely well thought... Read More
Monosem describes its vacuum planter as a premium product. That may be something every manufacturer describes their product as, but not every manufacturer can live up to the hype. Just looking at the Monosem planter, you can see that it is a very solidly built, durable machine. Every component that goes into the planter reflects... Read More
Farming involves making the most of short windows of opportunity. Sometimes missed hours can translate into missed days at harvest time. That's why time is of the essence when it comes to any job on the farm. A long drive back to the shop in a combine to switch headers can eat up a lot... Read More