It’s always fun to see new products at the Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show site, especially when their inventor is on-hand to talk about them. In this case, it was Eli Wideman who spoke with us about how this simple, but effective silage tool called ‘Face-it’ helps maintain a silage pile to avoid spoilage.
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VIDEO: New tool helps prevent spoilage in silage
Just 'Face-it'. It's a good idea to maintain your silage pile
VIDEO: Conversion kit makes conventional tractors autonomous
Sabanto, a tech company that offers an autonomy conversion package for a range of conventional ag tractors, showed their system at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in September. Here, Alex Valdez, field application engineer with Sabanto, explains how the system works and who Canadian producers can contact for a field demonstration.
VIDEO: ‘Made in Italy’ aims to grow farm equipment presence in Canada
At Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show last month, a group representing Italian companies visited the Woodstock, Ontario farm site during the show. The stop was part of the group’s Italy AgTech Roadshow that toured in Ontario and Quebec to get a first-hand look at what agriculture in the two provinces looked like, and what opportunities there […] Read more
Claas updates the Jaguar forage harvester line
New V-Flex knife drum for the 2025 model year improves capacity, efficiency and helps to prevent damage from rocks
Claas Jaguar forage harvesters have a new V-Flex knife drum for the 2025 model year which improves capacity, efficiency and helps to prevent damage from rocks
VIDEO: Several ‘upsides’ to this autonomous farm robot
Jana Tian, CEO and cofounder of a Waterloo-based technology startup company called Upside Robotics, talks about “Beethoven”, the company’s fully autonomous robot at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show last month. It works on the “swarm” concept and is designed to apply fertilizer in corn rows during the growing season, allowing growers to reduce input costs by applying just the right amount of […] Read more
VIDEO: Tines level the playing field for Kubota’s Power Harrow
One event that often sees great attendance at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show each year is the tillage demonstration. One of the participants, Kubota, had two of its tools represented in the daily event – the Great Plains Field Cultivator and the Kubota Power Harrow. Here, Travis Grubb with Kubota shares how the active tines on […] Read more
VIDEO: Weidemann telescopic booms ‘go the distance’ on its line of telehandlers
Weidemann displayed its line of material handling equipment at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock this year. Vincent Nicoletis, the brand’s senior business development manager, talks about the company and the line of telescopic wheel loaders and telehandlers it offers farmers.
VIDEO: Marcrest showcases tandem baling unit at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
At the baling demonstrations at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show earlier this month, Marcrest Manufacturing ran a tandem system for turning square bales into larger bundles. Marcrest’s new, high-capacity 210 baler picks up the hay from the windrow, bales it into a small square bale and feeds it down a conveyor to the Bale Baron 5250T […] Read more
VIDEO: iLGi Aragon takes to the field at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
The tillage demonstrations are always a big draw at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, offering a first-hand look at how equipment from different manufacturers performs in the field Equipment manufacturer iLGi Canada was one of several companies that took part at the event, bringing its Aragon disc unit to the field for the daily demonstrations. Here, […] Read more
Three opener types available from Bourgault
Brand offers drills with side-band and mid-row fertilizer banding technology
Bourgault now has two additional opener designs so farmers can tailor a new drill to better match soil types and farming practices.
