Reading Time: 6 minutes Farming is a risky business. Each spring, corn growers go to the field and invest thousands in seed, fertilizer, herbicides and more, all in the hope that the crop will grow. We know the odds, and we ante up regardless. The truth, however, is that the odds aren’t the same for everyone. Growers who do […] Read more
Corn choice
Falling behind
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s a lament heard all across the North American corn and soybean belt. Soybean yields are lagging behind corn. Increasingly, the two crops don’t even seem like they’re competing in the same league. Corn powers its way to great yields year after year. Soybeans surprise us with strong yields — sometimes. More farmers faced with […] Read more
Soybean Outlook 2012
Reading Time: 5 minutes Despite last year’s tough spring and the midsummer drought, Ontario soybean growers produced 109 million bushels in 2011 on approximately 2.4 million acres. A decade earlier, in another year with tough weather, we produced a scant 47 million. Clearly, the romance between Eastern Canada’s farmers and the soybean is getting warmer and warmer, so it’s […] Read more
Machinery Guide
It’s no wonder farmers put such pride in their combines. There’s no feeling like the harvest season when every thing is working smoothly. Besides, today’s combines are beautiful feats of engineering — and as the new breakthroughs in combine technology show, they just keep getting better.
Reading Time: 3 minutes massey ferguson 9500 series Massey Ferguson introduced their Next Generation axial combines in August 2011, saying the new 9500 Series combines are the most productive and efficient combines they have ever offered. The 9500 Series consists of three models, the 9520, 9540 and 9560 from 313 to 460 max horsepower. At the heart of the […] Read moreFalling behind
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s a lament heard all across the North American corn and soybean belt. Soybean yields are lagging behind corn. Increasingly, the two crops don’t even seem like they’re competing in the same league. Corn powers its way to great yields year after year. Soybeans surprise us with strong yields — sometimes. More farmers faced with […] Read more
Machinery Guide, April 2012
It’s all about speed, power and efficiency when it comes to today’s self-propelled field sprayers. In this issue, we take a closer look to find where those differences start.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rogator rg900, rg1100 and rg1300 Rogator RG900, RG1100 and RG1300 sprayers are designed to move quickly and easily among a wide variety of crops, crop heights and field conditions. According to Rogator, their drive package also gives you more horsepower than ever before and matches it to the payload capacity, giving you more consistent […] Read moreMachinery Guide, January 2012
For most of us, it’s this simple. If you plant crops, you spray crops. Getting herbicides and crop protectants down uniformly and on time is essential. There’s no other word for it. Still, it doesn’t have to mean a self-propelled sprayer. Today’s new generation of pull-type sprayers provide an unbeatable blend of cost and performance for many farms. You also get myriad choices, including these.
Reading Time: 3 minutes MS Gregson N1000 and N1250 Sprayers MS Gregson Novation sprayers come in N1000-gallon and N1250-gallon models, with a Novation design that is targeted toward operators who want a simple, clean sprayer with a rate controller and 60- to 90-foot booms. Gregson representative Lyle McLean says the Novation sprayer is the very first pull-type sprayer […] Read moreThe Warranty Riddle
Reading Time: 4 minutes The purchase of a large tractor or combine is a watershed moment in most farmers’ financial planning, especially now that some of the largest combines offered by manufacturers are topping half a million dollars. In other industries, this scale of investment in machinery and equipment typically comes with a long-term warranty and a multi-year service […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for Oct. 11, 2010
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ezee-On Tandem Disc. According to Ezee-On, the test for a disc is clear cut. “When you pull into a field of stubble, old pasture or slough bottoms, you are looking for superior blade penetration and smooth fields with no plugging, ridging or riding over rough spots,” the company says. It also says its newest disc, […] Read more
Caterpillar Skid Steers – for Aug. 30, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute Caterpillar features 15 models of skid-steer loaders, including the B series of vertical-lift models and the C series of radial-lift skid steers. These CAT skid-steer loaders range in flywheel power from 47 hp to the biggest model, the 272C rated at 90 hp. The CAT skid steers offer a wide variety of features among their […] Read more
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