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DUC, Viterra offer winter wheat incentive
There may be cash or crop discounts available for farmers considering seeding a winter wheat crop this season.
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Easy Guide hitch wins new invention prize
Sometimes close is enough, but not typically when trying to hook up to a trailer hitch. Mumby Manufacturing’s Easy Guide trailer coupler can help solve that issue.
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Flex swing-away auger makes moving easy
As auger sizes have grown significantly in the past few years, making them easier to manoeuvre saves effort and strained muscles. The new Wheatheart SA Flex is designed to do just that.
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Farm security can be both sophisticated, affordable
Keeping a watchful eye on bins, trucks, crops and livestock around the clock doesn’t have to be expensive or highly complicated to be effective.
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Great Plains conducts first-ever Show Sale
Beginning at 11:30 Friday morning, Great Plains Auctioneers held an auction in the Show and Sale arena on the grounds of the Western Canada Farm Progress Show.
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Bio-fungicide approved for canola, pulses
Conventional and organic growers alike have a new broad-spectrum fungicide option for canola and pulses.
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Software turns laptop into GPS system
Instead of investing in a complete GPS system that sees use only a few weeks of the year, Farmer GPS of Stony Plain, Alta., offers a complete software package that can have your laptop computer doing double duty.
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New tandem discs have smaller transport sizes
No-till technologies have drastically reduced cultivation in most areas of the Prairies, but a Vegreville, Alta. tillage implement maker says producer interest in the company’s heavy discs remains strong.
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New tank requires one fill per quarter section
Regina-area manufacturer SeedMaster has designed its Titan III fertilizer caddy with an eye on the clock.
6/18/2009 | Read Full Story >
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New Holland rolls out newest utility tractor
As its “8N” moniker implies, New Holland's new Boomer tractor design is inspired by the classic little grey 8N Ford from about six decades earlier.
6/18/2009 | Read Full Story >
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Exhaust-pipe emissions: Pollution or fertilizer?
An Alberta businessman believes part of the solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions may be to turn them into fertilizer, right out of the exhaust pipe.
6/18/2009 | Read Full Story >
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Swath roller follows better, offers transport ease
A Saskatchewan-made steel-drum swath roller on display at the Farm Progress Show represents a rethink of the single-hitch design on many conventional models.
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Versatile introduces new heavy-duty loader
Versatile's new high-capacity front-end loader is making its farm show debut in Regina.
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Pod Ceal DC seals in yield
Seed loss due to shattering is one concern many canola growers have when choosing to straight-cut. A new product being rolled out by BrettYoung could help.
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Work safe around power lines: SaskPower
Something as simple as knowing what to do, when a high-riding auger snags an overhead power line, could save your life.
6/18/2009 | Read Full Story >
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Alternative biofuel crop generating interest
Growing camelina is a relatively simple adjustment for those already familiar with canola.
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