Rainy Day Manufacturing has designed several features into ‘The Hopper’ to help get all the product in your bin into the auger. Weighing only 43 lbs., ‘The Hopper’ has a jack that can be adjusted to ensure a tight seal at the base of your bin to reduce product from falling on the ground or blowing away. If you’re
VIDEO: Make bin unloading cleaner, more efficient with ‘The Hopper’
Manitoba Ag Days New Product: Rainy Day Manufacturing also helps producers save time with 'The Lump Buster'
VIDEO: Roll, roll, roll your toolbox
Manitoba Ag Days New Product: Kramble Industries' motorized toolbox and remote control conveyor makes work easier
Doug Kramble needed an easier way to transport all the heavy tools required to attend ag-shows such as the recent Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon. Seeing a gap in the marketplace, his company Kramble Industries designed an electric toolbox to help get things from point A to point B. He’s sure that farmers will appreciate
VIDEO: High-tech CX-6 Smart Seeder targets perfect crop placement
Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Clean Seed Capital system places metering directly above the shank
The CX-6 Smart Seeder is different than most seeders. It places the seed metering system directly above each opener, and the cartridge-style system meters up to six different products at one time. The CX-6’s six individual metering wheels also run at different rates to accurately place product while turning in the field. A data log system also captures your efforts so you’ll know
VIDEO: V-Wing ditcher has multiple uses
Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Hi-Tec Ag invention designed to help reduce soil erosion
Described as a “landscaping machine,” the V-Wing can profile your land to help improve water flow. By making a wider channel that is less deep than conventional methods, it promotes a slower water flow rate to help reduce soil erosion. The V-Wing can also be used to move snow and for rural road maintenance. Hi-Tec Ag is located
VIDEO: Grain bin opener closes the lid on old-school practices
Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: EZLid can make closing off the top of your grain bin, well... easy
With Shawn Poncsak’s invention there’s no more need for ropes, cables or ladders to open and close the top of your grain bin. EZLid is an automatic grain bin opener that can open up to six bins from a control box located at ground level. The system is CSA-approved and its internal components are made by a
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
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
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,
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
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
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