Reading Time: < 1 minute John Greig, field editor for Glacier FarmMedia, offers this quick wrap-up of day one at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ont. Some of the topics discussed were crop maturity, data management, herbicide resistant corn and happy dairy companies.
VIDEO: Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show: Day 1
VIDEO: Taking action on soil compaction
Reading Time: < 1 minute Swiss researcher Matthias Stettler set up his soil compaction sensors for a unique live show for farmers at the recent Compaction Action field day in Ontario. In this video Stettler talks about the impact of compaction and some of the options producers have to help counteract it.
Case IH launches Steiger CVX Drive Series tractors
Reading Time: < 1 minute AgDealer’s Spencer Myers travelled to Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario where he met up with Trent Nowosad from Case IH to talk about their new CVX Drive Steiger tractors.
German farm equipment brands look to North America
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grimme, known for its potato harvesting equipment, and Amazone, a short line implement brand, held a field day in Germany in September to highlight their new equipment. Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey was there. Both brands think Canadian farmers will find something of interest in their latest offerings.
September 1 – 15th: New Research Discussed at the recent Canadian Summit on Soil Health
Next step is developing best management practices for farmers on both sides of the border to help reduce phosphorous runoff
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Sept 1 to 15th: DOT unveiled at Ag in Motion
Scott Garvey on the grounds of Ag in Motion reports on the debut of DOT, an autonomous vehicle implement platform by SeedMaster.
Reading Time: < 1 minute The DOT Power Platform is the world’s first fully autonomous tractor and implement system. Scott Garvey from Grainews magazine interviewed Norbert Beaujot, the creator of DOT, to find out how this idea came to life. To listen to the full interview between Scott and Norbert, click here.
Scott Garvey interviews DOT creator, Norbert Beaujot – AgDealerTV
Reading Time: < 1 minute The full interview between Scott Garvey and Norbert Beaujot about how the DOT Power Platform went from an idea to working in the field. The DOT was unveiled earlier this summer at Ag in Motion. To see footage of the DOT in action, click here.
VIDEO: Measuring how crop rotations affect soil health in Ontario
Reading Time: < 1 minute A unique facility at the Elora Research Station operated by the University of Guelph digs deep to quantify soil ecosystem services.
VIDEO: Phosphorus moves differently in Ontario versus Ohio
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian researchers have discovered that phosphorous in Ontario soils near the Great Lakes move through the soil in a different way compared to farms on the U.S. side. Now it’s a matter of looking at the best management practices for farmers on both sides of the border to help reduce phosphorous runoff.
August 16 – 31 Diagnosing phytophthora root rot in soybeans
What to look for when identifying phytophthora, when you should scout for it and what can be done if it appears in your soybean crop
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