Eight new companies and organizations will have displays at this year’s show.

Ag in Motion: Get close to the technology

Ag in Motion is different from other farm shows because it is the best place to see demonstrations live in the field. Large equipment, large crowds and an abundance of information create the high-energy environment that surrounds the large-scale field demos each year. It’s the perfect setting to compare machines like combines or planters. But

Western bumblebee. (Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

In risks to bees, study finds not all neonics equal

London | Reuters — A group of chemical insecticides known as neonicotinoids that have been banned in Europe due to fears about potential harm to bees have been found in new research to have very differential risks for bumblebees. Scientists who conducted the research said their findings showed that at least one neonicotinoid in the


Edsel Of Tractors Sells For A Record Price

RECORD HIGH BID By Lorraine Stevenson Co-operator staff International Harvester s M18-35 Titan tractor was a dud when it first hit the market in the early 1900s. But now it s worth as much as a brand new one. The rare vintage tractor restored by a MacGregor-area farmer has fetched what s believed to be

Rebuild Of The Titan

It was just a tractor skeleton and a pile of parts when Bob Anderson first laid eyes on the Titan 18 -35 more than 30 years ago while visiting a farm at High Bluff. “But I could see she’d been a beauty,” says the MacGregor farmer and lifetime International Harvester Company enthusiast. He knew this


More About The Titan 18 -35 Type D

The only other Titan 18 -35 known to exist is at Crosby, North Dakota. Bob’s Titan 18 -35’s serial number is TB131. He speculates their serial numbering began at 101 making his the 30th to roll off production lines. It was built in 1913. It’s not known how many were actually built. Some records say

Products Now Labelled For Broader Use

Titan seed-piece treatment has an expanded label to include control of above-ground pests such as: Colorado potato beetle, aphids (potato, green peach, foxglove and buckthorn), potato leafhopper and potato flea beetle, making it the broadest-spectrum insect seed-piece treatment available for Canadian potato growers. Titan, a Group 4 insecticide, was initially registered in early 2009 to


New Protection From Wireworm Damage

Canadian potato growers have a new tool to reduce the damage caused by wireworm with new Titan (clothiandin). Available for the 2009 planting season, Titan is the only seed piece treatment registered for suppression of the damage caused by wireworm. “Protecting potatoes from the moment the seed piece hits the ground gives growers a head