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VIDEO: Mini combine an outsized innovation

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Published: February 6, 2024

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Inventors are not often the types of people that rest on their laurels for long, so it’s not surprising that Gerry Devloo, inventor of the Canola Crusher, has a new invention that’s attracting attention.

Coined the ‘Miniature Combine,’ this battery powered device makes it easier for growers to gauge the moisture content of their crop by saving them the trip of taking their full-size combine out to the field.

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Here, Devloo demonstrates his Mini Combine at Manitoba Ag Days last month where the invention caught the eye of the Innovation Showcase judges and he was awarded runner-up in the Farm Built Solutions category.

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Greg Berg

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Greg Berg was born and raised in the potash capital of the world of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Greg helped out on the family homestead farm near Stockholm, Sask., for a number of years in his youth. Greg graduated from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 2011 and joined Glacier FarmMedia in 2014. He specializes in video production and is a songwriter in his spare time.

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