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The technology is fairly new, but drones are already being tested for spraying in Alberta.
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FROM TOY TO TOOL: The sky’s the limit for farming drones

There’s better software and powerful zooms, and both spraying and seeding are advancing quickly too

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Glacier FarmMedia – From flashy toy to just another tool in the tool box — for many farmers, drones have simply become an everyday part of the work they do. “It’s not as novel as it was a few years ago,” said Markus Weber, president of LandView Drones. “For a lot of people when they
crop sprayer
Equipment, News

Weather shift means questions on spray water quality

With last year’s drought and this year’s flooding, water quality may have changed

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You may think you know what to expect when drawing water for the sprayer. But after the wild swing from drought to flood in the last two years, spraying experts say that assumption may end up costing the producer. “You may have been using a water source for many, many years, and it’s been fine,
CTF systems rely on matching the width of equipment to restrict travel to a few tramways leaving the rest of the field uncompacted.
Crops, Equipment

The straight and narrow of CTF

Tramline farming can limit compaction, reduce costs, increase production and improve soil health

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Adam Gurr heard of controlled traffic farming (CTF) about 15 years ago and dismissed it at first. He felt living in a freeze/thaw climate like ours would break up any soil compaction in his fields so it wasn’t necessary here. Still, when he looked closely at crop growth on the previous year’s combine tracks the
Parts shortages could become acute during seeding season.
Equipment, News

Tight supply gums up works on parts

Lack of parts is a bad recipe when mixed with the tight timelines of seeding

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The ag sector’s supply chain issues are also showing up at the parts counter. Shipment delays and parts availability issues are an increasing concern for farmers, as they gear up for spring. “My biggest concern is if you have issues at seeding time and are unable to source parts,” Bill Campbell, president of the Keystone
“They’re saying provide the parts and the repair manuals to the repair place, and then you’re off the hook.”
Equipment, News

NDP proposes ‘right to repair’ bill for farm equipment, vehicles

Current laws need updating, but extensive research is needed, says industry expert

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Editor’s note: This article has been altered from its original form to clarify that Harvey Chorney was speaking as a farmer, rather than in his capacity as strategic advisor at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI). [UPDATED: Jan. 25, 2022] An NDP private member’s bill proposes to give Manitoba farmers and independent mechanics the right
The smaller Razer Grazer is marketed by Range Ward for smaller-scale landscapes.
Equipment, Livestock

Powering up adaptive grazing

Solar-powered fencing products seek to cut down on adaptive grazing labour needs

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The orange metal box sitting on the grazing land near Shellmouth didn’t come cheap. But Arron Nerbas says it’s already more than paid for itself in terms of additional forage production and enhanced environmental services. The “box” in question is a Range Ward Power Grazer, one of three owned by Nerbas Bros. Angus — a
While the DOT autonomous platform (shown here at a recent seeding demonstration at the Olds College Smart Farm) is scaled for large farms, others are designed for small operations, such as vineyards and orchards. But both represent important milestones in the evolution of farm equipment, say experts.
Equipment, Farmit Manitoba, Other

DOT earns passing grades at college, but not straight A’s

Fuel and labour are issues but the driverless implement shows plenty of potential in trials

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Is the DOT ready for a full-time job on your operation? It might be too early to say, but researchers know the self-propelled, driverless tractor-minus-the-tractor finishes what it starts. “Every mission we started with DOT we were able to finish with DOT,” said Joy Agnew of Olds College. “There was never a catastrophic failure or
Toy or tool? Drones might be cool — but what can you actually do with one on the farm?
Equipment, News

How to get drones into fields, doing useful work

The value of the tech has often been oversold, despite potential for useful applications on farms

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For some ag-tech enthusiasts both here and abroad, realizing the full potential of drones on farms and ranches requires a better overall understanding of the technology’s limitations in agricultural systems, as well as less marketing misdirection. The financial and time commitments required to accrue, process, and act on drone-derived data has been a significant barrier
The X Concept used a diesel engine, but focused on replacing hydraulic and PTO drives with electric power.
Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

High voltage: Electric tractors on the horizon

Fendt remains a leader in this blue-sky technology with its e100 project

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Glacier FarmMedia – Last October, AGCO’s Fendt brand announced that its engineers were still working on the e100 concept electric tractor it debuted in 2017. It’s apparently a promising design making measurable progress toward possible future commercialization. “The current development status of the Fendt e100 Vario compact tractor is encouraging and promises high efficiency with
John Deere’s AutoPath guidance records the actual position of crop rows and stores the information, allowing for more accurate in-season passes during spraying and harvesting. Photo: John Deere
Equipment, News

John Deere improves guidance with AutoPath

System stores exact row positions for more accurate in-season passes

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John Deere has introduced AutoPath, a row guidance system to help improve seeding, spraying and harvest accuracy. After the system stores the location of crop row lines, it allows for subsequent field passes to be based upon actual recorded row locations rather than a conventional A-B line, which may or may not correctly represent the

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