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High-tech solutions bring bin management into focus

It's as simple as cooling the grain -- and as complex as managing Mother Nature

By Gord Gilmour July 20, 2023

Managing stored grain isn’t complex but farmers do need a clear picture of what’s happening in the bin. Wayne Clews, of Clews Storage Management, says many farmers just guess and run fans as a safeguard measure — but that can work counter to their own best interests. Rather than incrementally reducing the temperature of grain

Farmit Manitoba, Oilseeds

The canola calamity

A hard harvest and tough storage season underline the need for a plan

By Spencer Myers February 26, 2020

Last fall’s “harvest from hell” was like a laundry list of what could go wrong. First there was a drought for much of the growing season reducing yields. Then as harvest approached, Mother Nature turned on the taps at just the wrong time and kept them on. Throw in a Thanksgiving snowstorm and you’ve got

Remaining canola fields were weighed down by inches of snow after September took a chilly turn Sept. 22.

Crops, Local news

Remaining canola promises tough harvest

September’s sudden snowfall should be treated like a frost if crops were immature and a rain event if pods were ready to come off the field, according to the Canola Council of Canada

By Alexis Stockford October 5, 2018

Canola growers are casting more than one mournful look to the field after an unseasonable snow dump and chilly rain stopped harvest in its tracks. Manitoba’s weather took a turn to the cold and wet in the last weeks of September, with many regions reporting rain, temperatures well below 10 C and, in a stark

Crops, News

Tech targets ideal aeration through bin-specific data

Farmers can access the free online calculator to hone in on ideal drying conditions,  while an experimental algorithm looks to automate the practice

By Alexis Stockford October 18, 2017

New technology out of Saskatchewan hopes to nail down the ideal time for aeration and automate fan operation. Ron Palmer, of the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation, has released two projects, a bin-specific online calculator to determine if air conditions are right for drying and new software that monitors air going in and leaving the

Local news, Oilseeds

Cool down canola ASAP to prevent spoilage

With the recent heat wave farmers need to be even more vigilant with their canola

By Canola Council Of Canada September 10, 2015

All canola should be conditioned shortly after it goes in the bin. Canola that goes into the bin hot is at much higher risk of spoilage and conditioning will reduce the grain temperature. It will also help dry down dockage, which may have higher moisture content than the seed. Note that straight-combined canola may have

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High-tech solutions bring bin management into focus

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Cool down canola ASAP to prevent spoilage

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