Equipment & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

The vertical-tillage question defies pat answers

The controversial practice can serve a purpose, but won’t solve soil compaction

By Don Norman April 15, 2019

Vertical tillage is a tricky term to grapple with. It’s less a method of tillage than it is a grouping of implements sold under that banner. It is marketed as a means to deal with soil compaction but in reality the implements marketed under that umbrella do little to address that problem. Yet, in certain

Crops, Equipment, Other

The future of autonomous agriculture is here. Should we embrace it?

The answer to that question boils down to liability, liability and more liability

By Don Norman April 3, 2019

We have heard a lot in recent years about self-driving vehicles. Technology has arrived that makes the concept affordable and relatively simple. Alberta farmer, Brian Tischler spoke to an audience at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg last month to provide insights into what that new tech means for farmers. Tischler is something of a hobbyist

Equipment, Opinion, Other

Opinion: Liability hampers autonomous ag

By Laura Rance-Unger March 11, 2019

For farmer and inventor Brian Tischler, the question isn’t whether autonomous tractors are cool, possible, or useful — it’s how to overcome the liability risk. Tischler told farmers attending CropConnect in Winnipeg recently it’s possible to build your own self-driving vehicle for around $1,000. He’s done it. That’s made the Manville, Alberta farmer a popular

Equipment, Local news

VIDEO: BushelPlus system helps you safely measure harvest loss

Manitoba Ag Days 2019: Drop pan system activated by remote control

By Greg Berg February 1, 2019

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

Pictured (from left): Gord Gilmour (Manitoba Co-operator), Fokko Burma (Mid Plains Implements), Brad Crammond (Manitoba Ag Days), Kale Wilson (Amazone), Dennis Hackmann (Amazone), David Laudin (Manitoba Ag Days).

Equipment, Local news, Other

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

By Greg Berg January 23, 2019

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,

Understand that straight cutting canola will mean taking a look at how the entire combine operates.

Crops, Equipment, Oilseeds

Different harvest, different combine settings

Those combine settings may not be doing you any favours if you’re aiming for straight cut and they’re still set to swath

By Alexis Stockford September 7, 2018

First-time canola straight cutters might want to take another look at their combine settings. “When we’re comparing picking up a windrow to straight cutting, we, again, want to kind of treat this like a different crop,” Angela Brackenreed of the Canola Council of Canada stressed during a recent Manitoba Agriculture webinar. “The same combine setting

Clinic attendees get into the fine details of combines during a July 13 clinic in Neepawa.

Crops, Equipment

Women take the wheel at combine clinic

Ag Women Manitoba wants to beat back the  preconceptions over female farm equipment operators

By Alexis Stockford August 28, 2018

Tiffany Dancho and Pam Bailey don’t think machinery should just be for men. Two of the lead voices behind Ag Women Manitoba, Dancho and Bailey set off for Neepawa and the group’s inaugural combine clinic July 13 in the hopes of getting women more comfortable in the cab. “I’ve been in equipment for 10-plus years,

Equipment, News, Other

VIDEO: Grain bin harness system protects farmers from falls

By Gfm Staff July 25, 2018

Last week at Ag in Motion near Saskatoon, Sask., Jesse Kope of Northern Strands was on-hand to demonstrate a harness system that prevents farmers from severe injury in the event they fall from a grain bin. Recorded at Ag in Motion 2018. Video editing by Greg Berg.

Canadian farm equipment makers are worried that key trade deals are under threat and that could hurt their businesses.

Equipment, News, Other

Agriculture manufacturers on edge over trade

The nearly $2-billion-a-year industry lives and dies on trade and uncertainty is making it nervous

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 27, 2018

With Canada in the midst of numerous free trade agreement negotiations, the Canadian agricultural manufacturing industry is feeling on edge. While the future of some trade deals for Canada is bright, others aren’t looking so good. “The lack of clarity around NAFTA is the big issue at the moment. It’s got a lot of people,

Equipment, Local news

VIDEO: Boldly spraying where no one’s sprayed before?

ROGA Drone wants to swoop onto the crop spray market with an autonomous UAV

By Greg Berg February 12, 2018

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,

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Prairie forecast: Above-average temperatures across Prairies

Prairie CWRS wheat bids mixed to start February

Former U.S. agriculture officials, top Republican senator warn of farm country trouble

Equipment