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This is a typical European planting setup, says Lemken’s Mark VanDeursen. The tractor carries a 20-foot-wide hydraulic downforce packer at the front, a 20-foot wide, three-point hitch drill at the back, pulling a cart with seed and fertilizer. In some situations, the rig can do this operation directly into a plowed field. The updated version of VarioPack has heavier packing wheels.

Lemken puts new tools into the ground for 2022

The implements reflect European criteria for manure injection designed to protect the environment

By Ron Lyseng February 11, 2022

Lemken has two new soil management tools expected to be available this year: a new liquid manure injection tool and a furrow press mounted to the tractor’s front. Lemken’s Heliodor […] Read more

Workers set up a temporary building for John Deere on Jan. 3, 2022 in the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for CES 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Crops, Machinery

Deere says its robo-tractors are ready to till the fields

By Joseph White January 4, 2022

Detroit | Reuters — Deere and Co. said Tuesday it will start commercial delivery this year of technology that enables a tractor to till a field without an operator in […] Read more

Crops

U.S. farm co-op CHS to pay members to enrol in Bayer carbon farming program

By Karl Plume November 3, 2021

Reuters – Agricultural seeds and chemicals supplier Bayer AG is expanding its carbon farming program to members of U.S. farm cooperative CHS Inc, boosting incentives for members to participate in […] Read more

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

By Ron Lyseng October 13, 2021

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 […] 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

By John Greig September 13, 2021

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 […] 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

By D.C. Fraser March 6, 2021

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 […] 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

By Robin Booker December 7, 2020

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 […] 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

By Dave Bedard November 28, 2020

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 […] 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

By Michael Robin November 27, 2020

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. […] 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

By Matt McIntosh October 13, 2020

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 […] Read more