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November 11, 2009

Flat-bottom bin insert improves unloading

Getting a 10-inch unloading auger stuck inside a flat-bottom grain bin prompted Beric Haukaas to come up with a better system for getting the bin to unload itself.

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New loader attachment shreds, spreads hay

Crawfords West, based at Camrose, Alta., is introducing to Western Canada a new tool that makes it possible to shred and spread hay and straw bales using a front-end loader.

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Ranchers develop, market eye-in-the-barn technology

Technology can alleviate some of the pain of checking the cows. Allen Leigh Security and Communications, based out of Brandon, Man., sells a system that allows farmers to check the cows from the comfort of their own homes.

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Farm software modelled on old-school accounting book

Bev McLachlan saw a need and an opportunity at the right time. She's designed accounting software, specifically for farmers, called Farm Ease Accounting.

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Drill has best of both worlds

Amity Technology based in Fargo, N.D. is launching its line of direct-seeding systems into Western Canada this year, with a machine that works well as a direct-seeding tool, but provides just a bit of black soil over the seed row to improve germination.

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