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Overdrying canola can be a costly mistake

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Air can dry grain, or it can make it wetter. That’s because grain automatically reaches equilibrium with the ambient relative humidity as it is drawn into the bin via fans. Theoretically, this fact could be used to boost profits by adding tonnage via moisture content until the grain reaches the optimum nine to 10 per
News

New Guide For Better Hitches

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Farmers are adept at improvising, but that s not a good idea when hooking up old equipment to a new tractor. I sit on the Canadian Standards Association committee for agricultural machinery and this has been a theme at a number of our meetings, the incompatibility of older implements and newer tractors, said Jim Wassermann,
Crops, Oilseeds

Combine Adjustment Tips

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Combining faster cuts harvesting costs, but can also result in higher grain loses, says Les Hill, manager of agricultural technical services at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) in Humboldt, Sask. We know it s all balance, Hill said Sept. 9 during a webinar for the Canola Council of Canada on maximizing canola harvesting. When
Crops

New Technology Threatens GPS In U.S.

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Virtually unheard of just a decade ago, GPS (global positioning system) has become indispensable in agriculture. Now the service may be threatened by an emerging technology in the United States. LightSquared, a U.S. broadband company, plans to introduce a new network into the American marketplace later this year, but is currently battling opponents who are
Hogs, Livestock

Manure-Processing Projects Approved For Funding

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A hog manure lagoon and a combined hog/ chicken manure lagoon will be used in the project. Test projects to separate useful fertilizer out of liquid manure and to compost solids will get underway this spring with public and producer funding. Hog producer Hytek plans to assess a manure treatment system that separates out crop
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Backing Confirmed For PAMI Testing Upgrades

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The federal and provincial governments are supporting upgrades allowing the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) to meet international accreditation standards for its Saskatchewan testing facility. The Saskatchewan and federal governments will pay $82,295, on top of a previous investment of $65,000 last April, to help PAMI win accreditation from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Hogs, Livestock, News

Manure Management Initiative Expands Its Board

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The Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative (“Manure Initiative”) board of directors recently welcomed seven new members to the board. “Since its inception, the Manure Initiative has made every effort to form a board with a good cross-section of government (Agriculture, Conservation), academic (University of Manitoba), and agri-industry (Manitoba Pork Council, Maple Leaf Foods) expertise,” it
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PAMI Eyes National SCC Accreditation

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The agency that tests and helps develop Prairie manufacturers’ new equipment plans to open up greater market access for its clients by getting its Standards Council of Canada (SCC) accreditation. The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI), which operates at Humboldt, Sask. and at Portage la Prairie, has picked up a joint federal/provincial investment of $65,000
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Dual-fuel truck on display at Ag Days

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The 2006 Chevrolet Silverado looks like an ordinary pickup truck but appearances can be deceiving. Lorne Grieger lifts the hood to reveal a gizmo which makes a big difference. It’s a special fuel injector which lets the truck run on biodiesel fuel and ethanol at the same time. Biodiesel and hydrated ethanol (95 per cent

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