Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews talks to a farmer who owns one of Cross Slot’s low disturbance seed drills and finds out from a sales rep what size tool bars are now available in Canada.
Cross Slot’s low disturbance seed drills
Getting cattle ready for the show ring
Reading Time: < 1 minute Looking for tips before your next beef show? Jill Harvie of Harvie Ranching and the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association shares her tips for fitting a beef animal.
Beef Advocacy Canada Program to create beef ambassadors
Reading Time: < 1 minute Beef Advocacy Canada is launching a new online program to help beef producers, industry partners and consumers advocate for the industry. Annemarie Pedersen of Canada Beef and Jolene Noble of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association fill us in on the program.
Agritechnica 2013 video series, episode 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute In the first of a series of Videos from Agritechnica 2013, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey looks at the Canadian presence at the show and provides a brief glimpse of some of its other highlights.
Agritechnica 2013 video series, episode 2
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey goes to a practical demonstration on the show grounds that highlights the relationship between tire pressure and tractor fuel consumption.
Agritechnica 2013 video series, episode 3
Reading Time: < 1 minute In one of the “Systems and Components” pavilions at Agritechnica, mechanics completely dismantle a John Deere tractor during the course of the week to highlight the fact there are roughly 10,000 parts in a typical farm tractor, many of them come from a variety of suppliers who have displays at the show.
Agritechnica 2013 video series, episode 4
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews met with Versatile’s Andrew Winkels and toured the company’s display at Agritechnica. Winkels describes how the company is making some modifications to its tractors in order to gain a foothold in the Western European equipment market for the first time.
Agritechnica video series, episode 5
Reading Time: < 1 minute A research team has developed a completely autonomous system that scouts weed locations in a field. It then automatically sends out Robotic tractors to spray or cultivate them.
Agritechnica video series, episode 6
Reading Time: < 1 minute This is an ag tire like you’ve never seen before. Grainews talks to the inventor, who describes how it differs from conventional pneumatic tires, and we take a look at how it performs.
John Deere 2014
Reading Time: < 1 minute Scott Garvey goes to Columbus, Ohio, to take a look at the new machines John Deere is introducing for the 2014 model year.
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