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VIDEO: An online, mobile grain marketplace

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Negotiate grain deals and connect to buyers with FarmLead.com

Looking for another option to help market your next grain deal? FarmLead.com is an online tool for grain sellers and buyers to connect and make a deal for themselves. The “risk-free, online grain platform” is easy to use and users can make deals in real-time using the FarmLead Mobile App. FarmLead headquarters are in Saskatoon, Sask. Visit the

Henry Raupers

VIDEO: PTO-driven water pump moves water off your field… fast

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Cardale Tech. invention moves up to 4,000 gallons of water per minute

Cardale Tech Corp. has a pump for you to consider when water is sitting on your land. Designed with a 12-inch diameter tube, Cardale’s PTO-driven water pump can move up to 4,000 gallons of water per minute and is designed to handle mud, ice, small stones and other debris. The company also claims the simple, yet


Rene Heijmans of Wingssprayer

VIDEO: Wingssprayer system eliminates spray drift

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Invention from the Netherlands could make big impact on the Prairies

Invented by Harrie Hoeben of the Netherlands, Wingssprayer is designed to allow producers to use fine droplets while crop spraying without worrying about spray drift. The system virtually eliminates wind interference at the spray heads while also opening the canopy so herbicides or pesticides properly cover the plant and treat it further down. Wingssprayer’s Manitoba office is located in Rivers,

Eric Gray with his invention, FenderXtender at Manitoba Ag Days 2015

VIDEO: A simple solution to help keep mud build-up off your sprayer

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: FenderXtender

Eric Gray is a custom applicator from Saskatchewan who saw the need for “easy-on, easy-off” fender extensions when using wide tires on high clearance sprayers. This video shows how quick and easy FenderXTender’s bolt-latch design easily retrofits to existing fenders. FenderXTender is also rust-resistant, dent-resistant and stackable for easy storage. FenderXTender is a must have to


Agrimatics internet software application

VIDEO: Agrimatics’ wireless tech uses iPad, smartphones to track grain carts

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: App simplifies calibration process and stores data across multiple devices

Inventions utilizing new technology took front-and-centre at Manitoba Ag Days Inventor’s Showcase last week. Earning second prize in the Inventor’s Showcase was Agrimatics, a tablet and smartphone-based grain cart weighing and calibration application. Heralded as the first-ever tablet and smartphone-based grain cart weighing and data management system, Agrimatics automatically detects how much grain has been

Chris Hawkins with his invention, AgChemExpert.

VIDEO: AgChemExpert takes top honour at Inventor’s Showcase

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Internet application helps producers choose the right chemical for their needs

Manitoba Ag Days 2015 no doubt left a positive memory with Chris Hawkins as his product, AgChemExpert, won first prize in Manitoba Co-operator’s Inventor’s Showcase. AgChemExpert is an online program that puts over a decade’s worth of crop information in one place to make it easier for producers to select the right chemical application for their needs.