Year: November 30, 2019

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Compaction a growing concern

Innovative technology to prevent compaction is particularly relevant as we inch towards the close of a wet harvest season  Nov 21, 2019 By Jackie ClarkStaff WriterFarms.com Across much of Ontario, the 2019 growing season was bookended by wet, sloppy soil conditions. As a result, some farmers are dealing with soil compaction. “Compaction has two main components: moisture and weight,” Jake Kraayenbrink,...

Canadian farmer invents tyre pressure system to help soil health

Farmers Weekly, Richard Allison, September 12, 2019. Ontario farmer Jake Kraayenbrink has invented his own auto-inflation system to keep tyres at the optimum pressure, lowering the risk of soil damage. It just takes him a few seconds to change the tyre pressures on his tractor and 24t twin-axle slurry tanker, ready to tread lightly across the field. High tyre pressures...

Keeping Compaction at Bay in 2019!

Published in Ontario Farmer June 4th, 2019. Authors Ian McDonald and Alex Barrie, OMAFRA and Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture Authors Ian McDonald and Alex Barrie, OMAFRA and Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture It’s hard to put any more adjectives to the frustration of this springs weather. In 2019 “all bets are off” on what is the right thing to do in terms of...