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: 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
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
VIDEO: CropPro Consulting wins Best New Product at Ag Days
System collects electrical conductivity data for variable rate seed, fertilizer program
Best New Product at Manitoba Ag Days was awarded to CropPro Consulting on Jan. 17, 2018, for SWAT MAPS and SWATBOX, its variable rate seed and fertilizer service. SWAT MAPS collects data based on soil, water, and topography data and SWATBOX collects soil electrical conductivity data while seeding or tilling. In this video, Derek Rude
VIDEO: Soaring Eagle wins first place in Inventors’ Showcase at Ag Days
AgriLite Conveyor Trailers awarded 2nd place win for its fertilizer and seed tender trailer
Soaring Eagle Grain Equipment took first place in the Inventors’ Showcase on Jan. 17, 2018 at Manitoba Ag Days for its swinging drive-over that hooks up to a grain auger or conveyor. The device allows farmers to easily move from one hopper to the next for unloading in order to save time. AgriLite Conveyor Trailers
VIDEO: Take the temperature of your grain in real-time
Dimo’s/Labtronics Wi-Fi grain probe demonstrated at Manitoba Ag Days
Once harvest is complete and your grain is in the bin, it’s essential that you keep a close eye on its temperature. But if you don’t have a temperature cable set up in your bin, it’s a bit of a gamble if you’re trying to avoid grade degradation or something disastrous such as a total
VIDEO: A carbon pricing approach for Manitoba farmers
At Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, Sean Goertzen of Keystone Agricultural Producers spoke about what may lie ahead for carbon pricing in Manitoba and the two-pronged approach its proposing to the provincial government that could ultimately help benefit local agriculture.
VIDEO: Grain entrapment unit demonstrated at Ag Days
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association soon to have BEGRAINSAFE unit to call its own
Glen Blahey of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) talks about the BEGRAINSAFE unit that was on display and demonstrated to attendees at Ag Days. While the unit on this video is on loan from the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety in Iowa, CASA is building its own grain entrapment demo unit that it
VIDEO: Ag Days Inventor’s Showcase winner
Arnold Innovations' AI100-Lexion hydraulic ratcheting wrench
Plugging your combine is one of those things you don’t want to see – but it happens – now there’s a hydraulic ratcheting wrench that can make the task of unplugging your Claas Lexion series combine much easier. Arnold Innovations’ returns to Manitoba Ag Days this year with a new wrench design, and for its efforts, it took home
VIDEO: Threshermen on the threshold of a Guinness World Record
From the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry
With the help of a wooden Nichols & Shepard thresher and a 1912 Rumely tractor, Helmut Neufeld, Garth Crooks and their team of threshermen get ready to lend their efforts to break the Guinness World Record for the “most threshing machines operating simultaneously.” In this video, get an up-close look at each machine as the
VIDEO: Harvesting hope and harnessing agricultural spirit
From the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry
What does it take to put on the world’s largest pioneer harvest? According to Elliot Sims, one of the co-chairs and organizers of Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry, start with tens of thousands of man-hours, over 800 volunteers, nearly 150 machines and you’re on the right track. The range of antique
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