Harvest efficiency is essential when it’s time to get the crop in, but combine wheel slip on wet or uneven terrain or inconsistent speed adjustments can cost growers time and money. John Deere’s ground speed cameras can compensate for this by detecting the crop 28 feet ahead of the combine to constantly measure crop height… Read More
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While corn has been grown for over 9,000 years, equipment, processes and even the geography that it is grown in has changed. One of the evolving markets when it comes to growing this nutritious grass plant is in conjunction with cover crops. Cover crops and corn is not a new idea — Indigenous peoples grew… Read More
Picking rocks from fields has been required back-breaking work since fields have been cleared for farming. The practice protects expensive equipment from being damaged, increases seed to soil contact, and creates smoother fields. Todd Hofmann of Schulte says that he is thankful that the days of hand-picking are long past as he discusses the Spartan… Read More
It can be a challenge to talk about ranching in Canada without also talking about winter. For half the year, in most parts of the country, there is little that grows. That means that livestock feed needs to be grown within a very short timeframe, and the animals consuming it are fed for a lot… Read More
Over the decades, attitudes, thoughts and ideas within the forage and grazing community have shifted; however, the passion that ranchers have for the land and their lifelong commitment to learning have not. While at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing (WCCSHG) at Edmonton, Alta., last week, Grant Lastiwka of Renovo Seed spoke… Read More
There are some tools on the farm that simply make life easier. While the FalCan multi-deck is typically thought of as a round-bale deck, the number of jobs that it can be used to accomplish on the farm are numerous, says Stephen Vandervalk of FalCan Industries. From lifting pivots to put on tires, to harrowing… Read More
Efficiency and safety are everything when it comes time to bring the grain in. Meridian offers a few different augers of varying sizes within the TL line, including the 10- and 12-inch. The company has now also officially launched their new TL1346 hydraulic-drive auger to complement the existing line. Some of the innovations that make… Read More
Diversity can mean many things to many people and when it comes to a grower diversifying variety choices, the goal is to mitigate risk, push yields, and maximize profit on every acre. Speaking to RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters’ convention in Kansas City, trait and disease diversification are two items… Read More
While the initial launch of a new piece of equipment is always exciting, feedback from the farmers that use it in the field can help to make some pretty impressive improvements. In the case of Horsch’s Leeb VL sprayer this has meant a bigger tank, bigger booms, a bigger engine, easy to change fenders, changes… Read More
Google and ChatGPT have been giving farmers the answers to many of their agronomy questions for a while now. Artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT use information that is publicly available on the internet to answer questions that are typed into the prompt. The better the prompt, the better answers a person is likely… Read More