This year Lemken introduced its Solitair DT combination tillage and seed drill implement to the North American market. Here, senior editor for machinery Scott Garvey talks to product specialist Matt Amey about the features on the drill, and Lemken marketing manager Ivor Bernatsky shares why the drill won an Innovation in Agriculture Award in the […] Read more
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VIDEO: Seeding, tillage combine with Lemken’s Solitair DT
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: 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
OSCIA highlights strip till trials at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024
Strip till research trials were discussed at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show 2024.
Kuhn updates Dominator combination disc ripper
Design changes improve residue flow, reduce daily maintenance
Tillage implements have undergone a lot of changes over the past decade or two, with design influence from European manufacturers that have broken into the North American market. One of those brands, Kuhn, has become a significant player in the tillage segment since it acquired Kansas-based implement manufacturer Krause in 2011. This year, Kuhn announced […] Read more
Agritechnica update: Canadian content and a John Deere update
There’s significant Canadian content at Agritechnica. Large companies like AGI and MacDon have impressive displays with significant real estate. I also happened upon the Canada pavilion, packed with companies familiar to many of us, including Honey Bee, Mankato, Schulte and Bushel Plus. The companies say that there’s value in companies from Canada banding together to […] Read more
Well-chosen tillage part of organic family’s innovative crop system
Adding alfalfa to the rotation inspired the moldboard plow's return
Brett Israel of Drayton-area 3-Gen Organics shared his family’s recent experiences on how reintroducing the moldboard plow can be a winner for both yield and soil health on heavier-textured land. 3-Gen Organics hosted a farm tour Aug. 30 to show how prudent tillage with cover crops is working on their farm. It was co-hosted by […] Read more
Views from Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
Another successful Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) has come to an end, and Farmtario wanted to share some musings and farmer perspectives we collected. Thoughts from the farm show John Greig, Farmtario’s senior editor, has attended most of the Canada’s Outdoor Farm Shows in the past 25 years. Here are a few of his observations […] Read more
Tillage demos, biosecurity tech and body condition scoring: Day 2 at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
With the weather in agreement for day two of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, equipment demos were able to take to the field after the rain delay of day one. Cover crops get sown asunder Many farmers were in attendance to watch eight manufacturers take to the field in the cover crop tillage demonstration to show […] Read more
Learning to read and react to biostrip till
Growers who use it do their best to make it work, especially for corn
Nick Stokman and Ian McDonald have more than 80 years of combined experience in farming, research and extension. Yet they’re relative newcomers to the practice of biostrip tilling, a means of replacing tillage implements with plants. It’s a complex regimen requiring constant adjustments and monitoring, but it definitely has its benefits, mostly when corn is […] Read more
