Reading Time: < 1 minute Bread is on one hand one of the world’s most common foods, but on the other hand one of the most varied. In this video, staff at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) talk about the different types of bread around the world, and how they work with customers to determine the best type of […] Read more
VIDEO: The many definitions of bread
VIDEO: Putting more ‘superfood’ in the North American diet
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s hardly an exaggeration to call pulses a ‘superfood’ — they’re high in protein and other nutrients, they’ve been proven to reduce bad cholesterol and they provide free nitrogen for the farmers who grow them. But while they’re a staple in diets in the Middle East, consumption is low in North America. In this video, […] Read more
Should your next loader tractor be a telehandler?
Reading Time: < 1 minute During a field demonstration in Savannah, Georgia, JCB product specialists explain what advantages that brand’s different telehandler models offer over a standard loader tractor when handling materials, like large round bales, on the farm.
Breaking field speed limits with JCB’s new Fastrac tractor
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey field tests JCB’s reengineered 4000 Series Fastrac tractor, which is now front-end loader ready from the factory.
VIDEO: The gluten story
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and […] Read more
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 5: Farmall
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with Dennis Stroo, marketing manager, at Case IH about the brand’s updated line of Farmall A Series tractors.
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 4: GSI
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain storage and equipment manufacturer GSI has just introduced an app that can help farmers calculate the costs or savings associated with adding more grain storage to the farm.
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 3: JD 4023
Reading Time: < 1 minute John Deere’s Dave Mulder, product line manager for sprayers, talks about the recently-introduced model 4023, which is the smallest in the 4 Series line.
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute In early February, Scott Garvey went to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. and looked at some of the new machinery available to farmers for the 2015 season.
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 2: Gleaner S8
Reading Time: < 1 minute Scott Garvey talks with Kevin Bien, brand marketing manager for Gleaner combines about the new cleaning shoe design built into the S8 series.