VIDEO: German farm equipment brands look to North America

VIDEO: German farm equipment brands look to North America

Grimme, known for its potato harvesting equipment, and Amazone, a short line implement brand, held a field day in Germany in September to highlight their new equipment. Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey was there. Both brands think Canadian farmers will find something of interest in their latest offerings.



VIDEO: Sept 1 to 15th: DOT unveiled at Ag in Motion

VIDEO: Sept 1 to 15th: DOT unveiled at Ag in Motion

Scott Garvey on the grounds of Ag in Motion reports on the debut of DOT, an autonomous vehicle implement platform by SeedMaster.

The DOT Power Platform is the world’s first fully autonomous tractor and implement system. Scott Garvey from Grainews magazine interviewed Norbert Beaujot, the creator of DOT, to find out how this idea came to life. To listen to the full interview between Scott and Norbert, click here.



VIDEO: When mixing glyphosate, all water is not created equal

VIDEO: When mixing glyphosate, all water is not created equal

Crop Diagnostic School: It doesn't hurt to check your water source if you think your herbicide is underperforming

With the amount of time and expense producers put into spraying glyphosate, they need to know that their efforts will be rewarded with dead weeds as much as possible. But did you know there could be minerals hiding in your water source that can reduce glyphosate’s effectiveness? At the recent Crop Diagnostic School, Allan Dawson

VIDEO: Getting down to your roots

VIDEO: Getting down to your roots

Crop Diagnostic School offered a cutaway view of how crop roots move through soil

Along with her colleagues, Marla Riekman, land management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, took up a shovel last month at Crop Diagnostic School to help show what’s going on underground with roots. Allan Dawson met up with Riekman to learn about the types of root systems in crops, how they extract nutrients from the soil, the effects of


VIDEO: Hi-tech cultivator cuts weeds down to size

VIDEO: Hi-tech cultivator cuts weeds down to size

Inter-row cultivator uses a camera and computer to get rid of weeds

Mechanical weed control was one of the features at Crop Diagnostic School last month in Carman. Here, Katherine Stanley of the University of Manitoba explains some of the technology the Garford cultivator uses that allow it to remove weeds from your crop without damaging it in the process. Video editing by Greg Berg.