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VIDEO: CropPro Consulting wins Best New Product at Ag Days
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VIDEO: CropPro Consulting wins Best New Product at Ag Days

System collects electrical conductivity data for variable rate seed, fertilizer program

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Best New Product at Manitoba Ag Days was awarded to CropPro Consulting on Jan. 17, 2018, for SWAT MAPS and SWATBOX, its variable rate seed and fertilizer service. SWAT MAPS collects data based on soil, water, and topography data and SWATBOX collects soil electrical conductivity data while seeding or tilling. In this video, Derek Rude
Arthur Bell (seen here in this sunflower field) has been variable-rate seeding corn near Boissevain for the past three seasons.
Cereals, Crops

Variable-rate seeding next step in precision farming

Seeding & Tillage Focus: Southwest corn grower reports higher yield and lower seed costs

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Boissevain-area farmer Arthur Bell recently stepped up his variable-rate game. After accumulating seven years of experience with VR fertilization, three years ago he decided VR seeding would probably work much the same way and give him similar results. The basic strategy is the same — identify the most and least productive spots in each field
Crops, News

The real dirt on variable-rate technology

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Variable-rate technology is based on a simple premise. “Basically, we’re aiming for the right rate at the right place in the field,” Ross McKenzie, a soil scientist with Alberta Agriculture, told attendees at the Agronomy Update event in Red Deer. That starts with knowing your soil, but that’s a lot harder than most people think,
Crops

Putting Fertilizer Where It’s Needed

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“We’re trying to match the nutrient requirements to the production.” – WADE BARNES, FARMERS EDGE Last year, about eight million pounds of phosphorus fertilizer – roughly equivalent to 150 semi-truckloads – were not applied on 750,000 acres of cropland in Western Canada. It wasn’t needed. Credit Farmers Edge and variable rate technology for the cost
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Pilot Mound Entrepreneurs Honoured By BDC

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Farmers were so impressed with an innovative crop fertilization service developed by Curtis MacKinnon and Wade Barnes that they urged them to take it to market, giving them the push they needed to strike out on their own. Since that initial start four years ago, Farmers Edge Precision Consulting has become a fast-growing business that
Crops

EC Mapping System Helps Pinpoint Problems

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Getting where you want to go is easier if you have a map. The VERIS system, which maps the electrical conductivity (EC) of soil, is one way to get a clearer picture of where to look for potential problems. It consists of a series of coulter discs mounted on a toolbar that is pulled behind
Crops

Early Adopter Finds Mixed Results With High-Tech Tools

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Profit in modern farming is all about getting more yield for less inputs. Grandpa’s draft horses could gee and haw on a dime, but gigantic equipment, such as a 60-foot air seeder or a 100-foot boom sprayer, can’t easily be stopped in its tracks or manoeuvered around the natural variations in the landscape or soil

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