Reading Time: 7 minutes Mark Devloo never watched much television as a kid growing up on his fourth-generation family farm. He was too busy outside fixing things, learning to weld, and building go-carts with his father, Gerry, who came up with the design ideas. It wasn’t much different 40 or so years later when, after getting frustrated by not […] Read more
A new spin of farming
Business is booming for farmer and mud-scraper manufacturer Mark Devloo, but that doesn’t mean it gets easier
A good idea goes to market
Converting your bright idea into a commerical product takes determination, plus help from the experts, but it can be done
Reading Time: 4 minutes On his farm near Drayton, Ont., hog producer Jake Kraayenbrink has built and perfected an automatic air inflation-deflation system that reduces the soil compaction caused by heavy manure tankers. Designing the system may have been the easy part, though. The path to launching a commercial version has been a long one. It was back in […] Read more
Machinery Guide
Which are better - planters or drills?
Reading Time: 3 minutes January is a month for new starts, so it fits neatly with this issue’s focus on planters. Improved seed singulation and precision planting capabilities have driven planter sales in the past two years, not to mention the migration of corn into Western Canada. Even so, the debate is still raging. Which are better — planters […] Read more
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