Washington | Reuters — U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they were investigating whether 1.1 million older Ram 1500 pickup trucks should be recalled for power steering loss issues. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has received 380 reports alleging intermittent or complete loss of power steering assistance in 2013-2016 model year Ram […] Read more
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U.S. agency to probe Ram pickups over power steering issues
Includes Ram 1500 trucks from 2013-16 model years
IF and VF more than just letters on tires
The tire technologies may not be new, but the uses to affect yields and costs are
Growers have tried everything to reduce the effects of tire compaction on soils, from lowering tire inflation pressures to reducing passes with farm equipment. Increased flexion (IF) and very high flexion (VF) tires are not a new concept — both were introduced roughly 20 years ago — but the search for something to address compaction […] Read more
Slow burn: Weed control at 0.2 kilometres per hour
A laser weeder helps with weed control in high-value crops
Kerr Farms was presented with a challenge by one of the buyers for its conventional carrots: could they grow them organically? Nature’s Finest, a major Ontario supplier of root vegetables to supermarkets, had a request for more organic carrots from retailers. Kerr Farms already grew some crops organically, says Bob Kerr, but carrots proved a […] Read more
VIDEO: Autonomous equipment evolves on the farm
A tour put on by Ontario’s Autonomous Working Group shows reliability and field uses increase for farm robots
Autonomous equipment use in Ontario agriculture is growing, but mostly in areas where crop value is high and the challenge of finding human help for crop care has dire consequences for farm profitability. For example, Haggerty AgRobotics has nine Naio Oz units leased to Ontario farmers, most of them market garden farmers who use the […] Read more
PHOTOS: Here come the crop robots
Here are some of the autonomous units in use and research in Ontario this summer.
At Ag in Motion: ‘Small iron’ revolution brings bikes to farms
There’s a “small iron revolution” happening on farms across Canada. Even though most farmers and people in agriculture probably see “fat bikes” and “e-bikes” as urban phenomena, these new versions of bicycles are leaping into the farmyards and farm fields in hundreds of places. “I have some farm friends who have e-bikes (or) big fat […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: Combine settings app makes the world your neighbour
'Oh, have you tried this concave?'
Trevor Scherman and partner Megan Madden are making it easy for farmers to connect during harvest time to get the best settings for their combines. It’s an idea that Scherman says arose from the same philosophy as the ScherGain Solutions System he previously co-founded with his father. That system involves the use of a drop […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: Farmers gung-ho about digital integration system
'Having a single data point... was number one for us'
For a committed user of the Climate FieldView digital integration system, Mike Ferguson had an unusual observation about himself. “I’m not a big technology guy,” said Ferguson, who with his wife Regan farms 3,000 acres at Melfort, Sask. But for him, using the various data-based management tools available in farming today isn’t just helpful, but […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: Wednesday sets single-day attendance record
'I think the feeling here is optimistic'
The anticipated big crowd for the second day of Ag in Motion came through in a hefty way with a new one-day record being set. Show manager Rob O’Connor said 13,084 attendees came to the Langham, Sask. event on Day 2, breaking the record set in 2019 and coming on top of 9,800 people filing […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: Herbicide resistance fight needs integrated seed management
'Those seedlings we don’t manage to kill (are) probably the most herbicide-resistant'
Harvest weed-seed control takes aim at reducing herbicide-resistant weeds that western Canadian farmers find more and more every year. At the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show this week, field residue management manufacturer Redekop won the Innovations Award for Environmental Sustainability for its harvest Seed Control Unit, which destroys more than 95 per cent of […] Read more
