Bobcat skid-steer loaders have found a home on North American farms and the manufacturer is hoping its compact wheel loaders can follow the same path to sales success. In this report from Agritechnica, Bobcat loaders product manager Jiri Karmazin says the company's new L95 compact wheel loader will be available to U.S. and Canadian farmers... Read More
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Keeping it simple has been a key to 35 years of market leadership for MacDon's FlexDraper headers. In this report from Agritechnica, MacDon product support specialist Myles Shastko tells RealAg's Shaun Haney that while some competitors have tried to "reinvent the wheel", the Manitoba-based company has opted to focus on the consistent, dependable performance delivered... Read More
Jason Deveau, application technology specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Tom Wolf, co-founder of Agrimetrix — and both of Sprayers 101 — are BACK for this episode of Exploding Sprayer Myths! If you're cleared to fly a drone, spraying product with a drone is easy peasy, right? Actually, that's a... Read More
Bednar will be bringing its new Directo No seed drill to North America for 2024. Manufactured by family-owned Czech company, the seed drill is designed for direct seeding of various crops into uncultivated soil, stubble fields, catch crops or heavy and rocky soils. Jan Bednar, the company's business director, says the Directo No 6000 seeder... Read More
DJI is getting ready to take flight with its largest agriculture drone ever for international markets. The Agras T50 has been flying in China and is set to land in North America in the near future, says DJI Agriculture's Toby Knisely. The high payload capacity drone is capable of carrying 40 litres of liquid or... Read More
All eyes are on the skies as this Canadian winter stops and starts and howls and mellows from west to east. For many regions, there's been snow, storms, rain, a warm up, and cold temps, all within a few weeks of each other. To get a sense of what's happening now with weather patterns, and... Read More
A practical design that immediately improves efficiency on the farm is usually a top priority when building a new shop, but ideally, that building will continue providing value for the next thirty-plus years, across multiple generations. Walter Smith would still fall into the category of "young" farmer, but after ten years of running a seed... Read More
Soybeans or corn? Which seed makes the most sense to plant first next spring? Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soybean specialist Horst Bohner says good arguments can be made for planting either crop first. The best solution might be to buy a second planter and start rolling with both crops at the... Read More
It's time to wrap up this season of The Agronomists, tackling the top agronomy lessons of the year. From extreme dryness in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, to a mixed season in Manitoba, and a dry-to-very-wet season in Ontario, we've got three agronomists to unpack the worst and the wins of 2023. For this episode... Read More
Healthy soils can be a crops's best friend when the weather turns extreme. If it's too dry, a healthy soil with high water-holding capacity can capture, store, and deliver critical moisture to growing plants; if it's too wet that same soil will play a key role in transporting excess water down through the soil profile... Read More