You’ve got grasshoppers in your fields, but before you fill up your sprayer to help limit the damage – and their appetites – do you know what growth stage you’re looking at? In this video, John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, offers his experience on staging grasshoppers and why their third to fourth juvenile stage
VIDEO: Know your grasshopper stages before deciding to spray
If you hit your fields early, you could end up spraying twice
VIDEO: How to treat grasshoppers that have made the jump to your fields
What to look for when deciding to spray for the voracious pest
If you’re seeing plenty of grasshoppers in your fields, you’re likely far from alone. John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, said at the Crop Diagnostic School on July 9 that populations have been on the increase for about three years. So, what action should you take if you see these hungry pests eating your crop?
VIDEO: Finding solutions to harvest loss
Feed rate, combine settings often factors for higher losses
Angela Brackenreed with the Canola Council of Canada talks about harvest loss in canola, measuring harvest loss, and what producers can do to minimize the economic impact. Recorded at Manitoba Ag Days 2019 in Brandon. Video editing by Greg Berg.
VIDEO: Stemming the spread of blackleg
Justine Cornelsen with the Canola Council of Canada shares three things canola growers can do to help limit disease
A recent canola disease survey for Manitoba shows that blackleg is present in nearly 75 per cent of fields. Thanks to improved to genetics, the number of blackleg incidences in plants is much lower, but anything that can impact yield loss is always cause for concern. In this video, Justine Cornelsen with the Canola Council
VIDEO: BushelPlus system helps you safely measure harvest loss
Manitoba Ag Days 2019: Drop pan system activated by remote control
Measuring harvest loss is essential in order to ensure your combine is set up properly, and you’ll know if you’ve done a good job by the number of geese getting a free meal in your field in the days after. But not only is it important to make sure your getting the most from your
VIDEO: Amazone virtual reality system awarded first place at Ag Days
News from Ag Days 2019: Amazone Smart Service 4.0 VR links producers to the virtual world
The virtual world may soon be coming to a service rep near you in the not-too-distant future if today’s win in the Inventor’s Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days is any indication. The folks at Amazone have developed a Smart Service 4.0 system that allows technicians to completely disassemble equipment using virtual reality. In this video,
VIDEO: Boldly spraying where no one’s sprayed before?
ROGA Drone wants to swoop onto the crop spray market with an autonomous UAV
Started as a company in 2017, ROGA Drone is one of the new players in the UAV market, and Don Campbell believes there’s an untapped market in Western Canada for UAVs to spray insecticide. His flight plan? The Kray drone. The Kray drone is a fixed wing UAV using eight rotors to keep it airborne,
VIDEO: Challenges and rewards in Manitoba’s bison industry
Two of Manitoba's bison producers see hurdles for their industry, but also a bright future
Take the road less travelled in some parts of rural Manitoba and you may see an iconic animal on the other side of the fence. There’s a good number of bison on the Prairies and Manitoba’s bison producers are hard at work meeting the demand of consumer appetites, but it won’t come without its own
VIDEO: A 3D view of the grain inside your bin
Inventors' Showcase entrant at Manitoba Ag Days showcased serious technology to help spot spoilage before it occurs
Have you ever been sitting at home wondering what’s going on with the moisture content inside your grain bin? Well, wonder no more. Using spectral imaging technology – similar to that of an MRI or CT scan – GrainViz creates a 3D moisture map of the grain inside your bin that you can view via
VIDEO: Full Bin Alarm wins Farm Safety Feature at Manitoba Ag Days
Invention lets producers on the ground know when their bin is full
Sound the alarm! You no longer need to climb to the top of your grain bin to find out when it’s full. That’s the idea behind Never Spill Spout’s Full Bin Alarm, the Farm Safety product winner at this year’s Manitoba Ag Days. The system uses a sensor inside of an auger spout to alert
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