Grainews reporter Lisa Guenther caught up with Howard Benson, a Saskatchewan farmer, to learn about a different take on grain cleaning. Benson represents Grain Cleaning Systems Inc, a company based in Minnesota. These grain cleaners don’t use screens to separate seed. Instead, a fan creates an air stream that sorts grain from chaff based on […] Read more
Using an air stream to clean grain
VIDEO: The many definitions of bread
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bread is on one hand one of the world’s most common foods, but on the other hand one of the most varied. In this video, staff at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) talk about the different types of bread around the world, and how they work with customers to determine the best type of […] Read more
VIDEO: Are pulse crops the next North American ‘superfood’?
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s hardly an exaggeration to call pulses a ‘superfood’ — they’re high in protein and other nutrients, they’ve been proven to reduce bad cholesterol and they provide free nitrogen for the farmers who grow them. But while they’re a staple in diets in the Middle East, consumption is low in North America. In this video, […] Read more
Should your next loader tractor be a telehandler?
During a field demonstration in Savannah, Georgia, JCB product specialists explain what advantages that brand’s different telehandler models offer over a standard loader tractor when handling materials, like large round bales, on the farm.
Breaking field speed limits with JCB’s new Fastrac tractor
Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey field tests JCB’s reengineered 4000 Series Fastrac tractor, which is now front-end loader ready from the factory.
VIDEO: The gluten story
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and […] Read more
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 5: Farmall
Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with Dennis Stroo, marketing manager, at Case IH about the brand’s updated line of Farmall A Series tractors.
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 4: GSI
Grain storage and equipment manufacturer GSI has just introduced an app that can help farmers calculate the costs or savings associated with adding more grain storage to the farm.
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 3: JD 4023
John Deere’s Dave Mulder, product line manager for sprayers, talks about the recently-introduced model 4023, which is the smallest in the 4 Series line.
National Farm Machinery Show – Part 1
In early February, Scott Garvey went to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. and looked at some of the new machinery available to farmers for the 2015 season.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
