
Tag Archives Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute

Ag machinery institute gets budget boost
PAMI slated for $5 million in government funds

PAMI, Assiniboine Community College join forces
The research and development group has added its presence to the Brandon college

The aerodynamics of crop spraying
Air disturbance from the sprayer itself may be affecting your drift risk

PAMI to close Portage la Prairie location
Revenue challenges in recent years blamed for Manitoba site's closure

Now is the time to start thinking about conditioning canola
Having the right setup and the manpower capacity for turning bins are keys to avoiding spoilage

Pod shatter reduction canola sounds swathing’s death knell
Sixty per cent of Manitoba’s canola acres this year have pod shatter reduction technology, even though the innovation has only been available since 2014

How much grain are you willing to let fall on the ground?
An ‘acceptable loss’ can be a moving target but those who don’t measure harvest lost may be losing far more than they think

Weighing the balance on harvest loss
Experts are urging farmers to be more deliberate when defining ‘acceptable’ harvest loss

Drying grain may become the norm as harvests trend later
Natural air drying with supplemental heat hasn’t caught on in Alberta yet, but it soon could, says expert

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