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In Case IH research, tillage prescriptions based on soil type and conditions contributed to more efficient fuel economy and use compared with constant-depth tillage.
Crops, Machinery

Precision prescriptions used to remedy tillage issues

Producers can fine-tune adjustments without stopping and getting out of the cab

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Glacier FarmMedia – Farmers are accustomed to using prescription maps for fertilizer and crop protection products. Now, they can use those layers to make prescription maps for tillage operations. Case has introduced prescription tillage technology as an option to its existing AFS Soil Command. Why it matters: With this technology, a farm manager or agronomist […] Read more
Todd Cowan, station manager of the Centralia Research Station.
Crops

Researchers expand tillage options related to dry beans

There are few weed control options for dry bean in conservation tillage

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More than half of the dry bean trials at the Centralia Research Station are now done using strip tillage equipment.  “We want to go strip till, because that’s what we’re evaluating it for, growers who want to go strip till or minimum till. We want to be closest to the practices that growers are using […] Read more
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, with Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna (l) and Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (r), speaks at the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa on Dec. 11, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
Machinery

No credit expected for farmers’ past work in new carbon market

Work on protocols for specific projects to begin this spring, department says

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Draft regulations for Canada’s new carbon market show Canadian farmers won’t receive credit for removing any greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the atmosphere prior to 2017. Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on Friday announced the offset market, to be known as the Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System. A 60-day public consultation period on draft regulations […] Read more
Halo AerWay is available in 20, 25 and 30-foot sizes now, and 35 and 40-foot machines in 2021.
Machinery

Salford puts on a Halo and tills like the devil

Tillage tools come in many forms, but the new high-speed disc with AerWay tool onboard puts a bite on the field

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Glacier FarmMedia – Salford recently launched a new tillage frame called the Halo that can be fit with different combinations of ground engagement tools. Two models are available. The Halo high speed disc (HSD) comes in five sizes from 20 to 40 feet wide, and the Halo AerWay is available in 20, 25 and 30-foot […] Read more
Versatile’s Fury high-speed compact disc in transport mode. (Versatile-ag.com)
Crops, Machinery

Versatile to move tillage equipment work to Winnipeg

Buhler to halt production at Vegreville next fall

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The company that makes Versatile tractors and tillage equipment is set to consolidate those product lines at its plant in Winnipeg, pulling the work out of its plant in east-central Alberta. Farm equipment maker Buhler Industries announced Friday it will halt production at the former Ezee-On manufacturing plant at Vegreville, Alta. in September 2021 and […] Read more
The highly fluted disc is the key component of the Väderstad Crosscutter, where they are set in two ranks with the leading rank offset by 14 degrees from the rear. These are followed by a rank of heavy packers.
Machinery

Swedish disc offers new approach to seed bed prep

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Glacier FarmMedia – A new variation on the familiar disc tackles the challenges of managing crop residues, volunteer plants, and weeds, while also preparing the seed bed for a crop. “Has anyone seen a disc that looks like this before?” said Philip Korczak, holding up a steel disc with a wildly serrated edge. Korczak, regional […] Read more
Wes Hart eventually developed a system of strip till and the ability to apply both liquid and solid fertilizer.
Crops

Adventures in strip-tilling

How two farmers adopted and augmented their strip-till approach

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There’s more than one way to strip-till a field. During this year’s Canada’s Digital Farm Show, Woodstock-area grain growers Ken Martin and Wes Hart shared their lessons learned, and triumphs experienced, in making the hybrid tillage system work for their businesses. Why it matters: Strip-tillage continues to attract interest as a workable midway approach to […] Read more
Corn seedlings.
Crops

Looking for carbon sequestration answers

U.S. farmers could soon be paid for sequestering carbon, which could put Canadian farmers at another subsidy disadvantage

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Canadian farmers are worried their American neighbours are on the cusp of getting yet another competitive advantage, this time over carbon management. Farmers in this country are not only paying carbon taxes on many of their farm inputs, they are not receiving any credits for the carbon sequestered in their soils. Meanwhile, American legislators are […] Read more
The new Lemken Juwel reversible rollover plow lets the operator turn the furrow left or right. Lemken offers a wide variety of shares and discs for different situations.
Machinery

Steel meets soil once again, but different

New generation plows are available for our changing chemical-free world as some farms return to metal weed control

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Glacier FarmMedia – As some farms gradually migrate away from chemical control of plant disease, weeds and insects, farmers have little choice but to revert to some level of cultivation. Steel meets soil, again. There’s an emerging demand for innovative new generation technology to deal with this challenge. In response, Lemken has introduced its new […] Read more
Tima Bansal of the Ivy School of Business led a recent discussion over a no-till business case to be used at the business school.
Crops, News

Business school no-till case shows complexity of tillage decisions

Farmers tested the delivery of the case for Ivy Business School

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Ivy Business School at Western University is aiming to include more agriculture cases for study by its business students. But first, it recently hosted an evening for farmers and the sector to discuss one of the cases set for students to analyze, and professors there found it’s challenging to the level of us versus them. […] Read more

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