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The choice is simple: spend an hour cleaning equipment or a more expensive hour in the field spraying.
Crops, Equipment

Hitchhiking pests

Yes, cleaning out equipment takes time, but it’s worth it

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When it comes to discussing the scourge of weed management in Eastern Canada, much of the light has shone on herbicide-resistant Canada fleabane and its spread from Essex County to the Quebec border in just five years. The latest weed species that is cause for concern is common waterhemp. It’s been the topic of conversation […] Read more
Chris Dempsey, AFS Connect marketing manager, demonstrates Case IH’s newest digital system to members of the farm media.
Equipment, Machinery

Selling hi-tech to farmers

Why is so much effort being put into new ways to sell high technology to farmers?

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Several farm machinery writers occupied the two rows of mock tractor seats, each with a control armrest, which lined both sides of a special trailer on a warm January morning. Yes, an actual warm January morning, because the trailer was parked in an Arizona farm field, a location that Case IH had chosen for holding […] Read more
GrainViz is a high-tech system that creates 3D maps of moisture levels within large steel bins.
Equipment, Guide Business

Where it’s warm

AGCO’s GSI aims to make grain storage safer with on-farm medical technology

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Here in the Great White North, we love to gripe about winter. But one of the advantages of our cold season is that it’s much easier and safer to store grain here than in parts of the world that have year-round warmth, where preventing spoilage of stored grain remains a challenge. I can remember hearing […] Read more
AMC producer panel (l to r): Scott Garvey, Adrienne Ivy, Warren McCutcheon, and Anton Borst.
Equipment, Machinery

Brand loyalty cuts deeper

Farmers tell manufacturers how and why they buy new equipment

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When a few hundred staff and executives from the Canadian equipment brands that belong to AMC, the Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada, gathered for their 48th annual convention in Winnipeg in December, they used the opportunity to find out a bit more about their customers. AMC organizers had invited producers from different segments of the farming […] Read more
Repairing today’s farm machines is now a much more complex matter than it used to be, both in how to and who can do it.
Equipment, Machinery

The ‘right’ solution

Manufacturers and dealers make their case in the divisive “right-to-repair” debate

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Here at Country Guide we’ve discussed the so-called “right to repair” machinery debate, most recently when a joint press release from a major dealer association and AEM, the association that represents most North American ag equipment manufacturers, announced concessions to allow for more access to the “brain” of machines to facilitate repairs. Our previous discussion […] Read more
Matt Johnson of M3 Aerial Productions says canopy reflectance tells you where you need to take a closer look.
Crops, Equipment

A drone spots a problem in your field. Now what?

Drone-mounted cameras measuring NDVI reflectance can identify crop problems, but not necessarily the cause. Researchers are looking for other tools that might

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It’s been more than a few years since drones made their debut in agriculture, but questions about whether they’re worth producers’ time aren’t going away. Most agricultural drones are set up to measure canopy reflectance using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), a graphical indicator that assesses crop health by measuring canopy reflectance. Drones carrying […] Read more
Learning how to pick the best mushroom at the best time is helping get these robots ready for your farm.
Equipment, Guide Business

Artificial intelligence

… the brave new world of how you’ll farm, and eat

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It used to be that artificial intelligence was limited to the realms of science fiction and movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Terminator’s Skynet. Today, artificial intelligence is real — think Alexa or Google Home — and tools and applications putting it to use are emerging at a rapid clip in many fields, including […] Read more
California-based Thor expects to begin truck production in 2019.
Equipment, Machinery

A jolt for heavy trucks

In contrast to the farm sector, electrification is making rapid gains in heavy trucks

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Over the past several years, whenever Country Guide has tracked progress toward electrification in ag equipment, we’ve seen a stop-and-go process with manufacturers showing several new concept models one year, followed by little if anything the next. The contrast with the heavy truck sector is striking. There, we’re seeing a consistent and rapid march toward […] Read more
All three provinces require that farm machinery be covered by a one-year warranty from the date of first use, and that replacement parts be available for 10 years after purchase.
Equipment, Machinery

If you’re not happy with your purchase

All three Prairie provinces have protection for farm equipment purchasers, but the provisions differ

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If you’ve taken parts or equipment home but they’re not working as promised, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta all have farm implement acts providing for the dealer to repair or replace them. But while the three provinces have some similar protections, they also differ significantly. All deal with the sale, lease and lease-purchase of farm equipment […] Read more
The Wintex 2000 is popular in Western Canada but is now being replaced by Wintex 3000 units.
Crops, Equipment

Advanced soil sampling

It’s time to get excited about soil testing again… seriously!

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In many ways, a soil test represents an aspect of farming that is necessary yet unfairly and inaccurately viewed with about as much anticipation as filing an income tax return. Despite the fact that soil tests provide invaluable information and a potential road map for adding value to future crop plans, there isn’t an overall […] Read more

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