Reading Time: < 1 minute There’s been a lot of talk about pushing soybeans north. And many farmers would like to add corn to their rotations, too. But how far north can you really go with these crops? In 2013, the Western Applied Research Corporation (WARC) tried several corn and soybean varieties at Scott, Saskatchewan. Tristan Coelho, research assistant at […] Read more
Are corn and soybeans suitable for northwestern Sask.?
New products introduced by Morris Industries, and the research and development behind them
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey takes a look at the new products introduced by Morris Industries this year and talks with Don Henry, Morris’s chief operating officer.
Get behind the wheel of New Holland’s brand new, belted T9 tractor
Reading Time: < 1 minute Scott Garvey takes a ride with Sean Dorosz, New Holland’s segment leader for high-horsepower tractors, in a new 2012 tracked T9 and looks at its features.
Installing a Wilson Electronics cell phone signal booster in a farm truck
Reading Time: < 1 minute Machinery editor Scott Garvey takes a look at what’s required to install a Wilson Electronics “Sleek” model cell phone signal booster kit in a farm truck.
Seed Hawk’s customer training day
Reading Time: < 1 minute Scott Garvey, Grainews machinery editor, visits the Seed Hawk factory to participate in a customer training event and finds out why the company offers this after-sale support for buyers.
New combines make their Canadian debut at Canada’s Farm Progress Show
Reading Time: < 1 minute Visitors to the Regina farm show this year had their first look at three new combines. Representatives from Versatile and AGCO talk about the features of the new models on display.
The history of machines at the new Intivity Centre
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey was at AGCO’s Jackson, Minnesota, tractor and sprayer assembly plant for the grand opening of the new Intivity Centre, which was built to show visitors the history of machines built there.
New Holland’s VP on how the company is expanding its product lines
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abe Hughes II, New Holland’s vice-president, sales and marketing for North America, discusses how the company is expanding its product line to appeal to not only its traditional customer base, mixed farmers, but also broad-acre grain and oilseed growers and smaller producers.
In the field with new vertical and minimum-tillage implements
Reading Time: < 1 minute Here’s a chance to see how some vertical and minimum-tillage implements perform in the field and hear what manufacturer and dealer reps have to say about them. Also Todd Botterill, a tillage equipment dealer, offers his advice on how to select the right one for your farming needs.
Grainews was on hand when Bourgault officially launched its new 3320 drill and 7950 air seeder cart
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mark Cresswell, R&D and marketing leader at Bourgault, discusses the new seeding equipment the company introduced to dealers just before this year’s Western Canada Farm Progress Show in Regina.