In this episode of eQuipTV, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey and field editor Lisa Guenther begin their look at agriculture down under, with a visit to a premier farm machinery show, Commonwealth Bank AgQuip.
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VIDEO: eQuipTV: Grainews goes to Australia
VIDEO: Research on volunteer canola in soybean crops
Crop Diagnostic School: Wider rows, integrated management being studied to pressure volunteer canola
At the recent Crop Diagnostic School, Rob Gulden, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba, spoke about current and ongoing research to address the problem of volunteer canola in soybean crops. Wide row spacing and integrated management techniques with cereal crops are being tested as well as combining herbicide groups for in-crop application to measure
VIDEO: Salford’s new air cart is capable of handling dry and liquid products
Grainews takes a close-up look at Salford’s 4000 Plus Series air cart and talks to the company’s Jim Boak about its features.
VIDEO: A close-up look at Toyota’s Tundra pickup
Grainews editors Lisa Guenther and Scott Garvey get their hands on the newest Toyota Tundra pickup at this year’s Ag in Motion. Plus, they find out how the truck fared at the Canadian Truck King Challenge from automotive journalist Eric Descarries.
VIDEO: More corn and soybeans coming to the Prairies
In an interview with Manitoba Co-operator editor Laura Rance at Ag in Motion in Saskatoon, DuPont Pioneer vice-president Neal Gutterson discusses plans for breeding corn and soybean varieties that can be grown across Western Canada, as well as for hybrid wheat and use of biologicals for insect and disease control.
VIDEO: Today’s dry-product spreading technology
New fertilizer spreaders do a much better job than they used to. Grainews takes a look at one new model during the Ag in Motion farm show to see why.
VIDEO: Capturing farm data with a UAV
At the Ag in Motion farm show Grainews took a look at two UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) suited for on-farm data collection to see how they differ.
VIDEO: Horsch’s seed cart tender, Pronto seed drill on display at the Farm Progress Show
Scott Garvey caught up with Horsch Anderson at Canada’s Farm Progress Show to get a look at what they’re offering farmers this year. Horsch was one of two companies showing a seed cart tender in Regina in June. The seed tender works with Horsch’s new 750 bu seed cart. The company also had their Pronto
VIDEO: Big reward for winner of ‘Canola 100 Agri-Prize’
First farmer to grow 100-bushel canola will get use of a full line of John Deere equipment
Canola growers with a competitive personality now have an extra incentive — a complete John Deere equipment package if they’re the first to grow 100 bushels per acre on 50 acres of canola. The ‘Canola 100 Agri-Prize’ was announced July 21 at Ag in Motion in Saskatoon. The first farmer to produce a verified average
VIDEO: In the field with Versatile’s ML Series drill
EquipTV at Ag in Motion 2015
At this year’s Ag in Motion, Grainews looked at the features of Versatile’s ML Series drills and got into the cab to run one through a field demo.
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