AUGERS THAT FIT THE FARM - The latest grain augers offer increase productivity and durabililty.
Massey Harris employee Peter Pakosh invented the grain auger in 1945 in the basement of his Toronto home and completed a prototype in 1946. Massey rejected his idea so he started his own company, Hydraulic Engineering. Since then, grain auger technology has continued to be refined and perfected for more efficient ways to move grain into storage. We took a look at some of the latest auger models from the top manufacturers and their key features.
One of the greatest barriers to growing non-GMO corn or soybeans is often the risk — what if yields aren’t as high? Bushels create profit, and if you’re going to consider switching to a non-traited product, it’s important to prove the money is there.
On his farm in Berrien Center, Mich., Joel Layman grows corn, soybeans and produce. In 2013, he started dabbling in non-GMO and organic production. Read more
Farm Equipment brought members of its dealer advisory board together for a roundtable discussion on how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the industry and what opportunities, if any, may become common practice for dealers.
Three members of the Farm Equipment dealer advisory board — Read more
Here are 3 questions to ask yourself before taking the plunge
Are cover crops all peaches and cream? Not exactly, say the experts. Cover crops can improve soil health, including increased infiltration, organic matter and biological activity, as well as reduce soil erosion and compaction. Add in a greater ability to reduce nutrient loss, and it is easy to see why cover crops are popular. Read more
Earlier this month I attended a #FieldtoFork event with CommonGround Minnesota. We invited influencers from various groups to a farm to share what life is like for farmers. We ate food provided by Minnesota farmers and enjoyed conversation with some of the most curious and open-minded folks who wanted to understand farming and how their food gets from the field to their dinner tables.
After a delicious dinner, we held a Q &A to answer any questions that the attendees had about food and farming. One attendee asked a great question that I thought many would love to hear the answer to: “What is one thing that farmers want every consumer to know?”
Like all business sectors, agriculture is being disrupted and improved with new technologies. In this era of GPS, Internet of Things, big data and precision farming—where everything gets measured, recorded, reported and tracked—farmers are becoming more efficient, doing more with fewer inputs in less time than ever before.
One Canadian tech company, located within the country’s Grain Belt, has set its sights on disrupting agriculture, starting with grain cart weighing and data management. But that’s just the beginning for Agrimatics and parent company Bitstrata Solutions, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Read more
Before the invention of the moisture meter, farmers would have to “eyeball” their products to determine if they were sufficiently dry for use, or use an oven dry test, which is time-consuming and inconvenient. Both processes took time and there was a large margin of error with purely visual inspections. If the farmer were ever in doubt as to whether the wood was ready for use, they’d have to wait for a few more days to make sure it was acclimated.
There is more to farming than what meets the consumer’s eye. Anyone can see the visible actions of farmers: tractors in the fields, combines harvesting crops and cows being milked, but there is so much more that goes on behind the scenes on a farm to make those things happen.
Most farmers that I know find those visible actions to be the fun and most enjoyable parts of farming. It is the details and decisions that happened behind the scenes that aren’t always so fun but make the whole operation work. Read more
By Rebekah Gustafson @coopedupcreativ
By Manoella Rodrigues da Silva 
There is more to farming than what meets the consumer’s eye. Anyone can see the visible actions of farmers: tractors in the fields, combines harvesting crops and cows being milked, but there is so much more that goes on behind the scenes on a farm to make those things happen.