Ron Lyseng

Jan 4, 2024 | producer.com | Ron Lyseng

Research bumps winter wheat crop insurance deadline a whole month to allow more farmers to plant the “cover crop” Winter wheat growers traditionally like seeding into canola stubble, something that becomes a problem when harvest runs late and pushes up against the crop insurance seeding cut-off date of September 1. The equation can be made worse by some growers deliberately planting canola later to avoid frost damage and flea beetles or to chase higher yields with longer-season varieties.

Oct 9, 2023 | sasktoday.ca | Ron Lyseng

WESTERN PRODUCER — Agco has acquired 85 percent of Trimble Ag assets and technologies at a cash price of $2 billion. The deal was announced as a joint venture Sept. 28. An Agco release said it creates a precision ag platform that enables Trimble to provide a variety of technologies compatible across major brands and equipment models. Andrew Sunderman, Agco’s senior integration lead, said the deal enhances Agco’s offerings with technologies that cover every aspect regardless of brand.

Oct 6, 2023 | sasktoday.ca | Ron Lyseng

WESTERN PRODUCER — Efficiency in the field is important when dealing with cantankerous BT corn stover and other stubborn crop residues. To meet that challenge, Loftness is introducing a new side discharge windrower/shredder. The Air Delivery Side Discharge Windrower is not a re-named copy of an earlier model, but a new shredder that’s fresh off the Loftness CAD machine. It’s so new that only two complete units exist. The first prototype has been in field trials for months.

Sep 28, 2023 | producer.com | Ron Lyseng

A Manitoba producer finds a delicate balance to help him boost production while maintaining organic certification
 Ile de Chenes, Man. — Three organic farmers swap fields back and forth, keeping land certified five years before returning to alfalfa. Their rotation is a delicate balance, but worth the complexity. For Ile de Chenes farmer John Gehrer, the payoff this fall has been significant for his low-input organic system, considering his management plan did not unfold as desired.

Sep 28, 2023 | producer.com | Ron Lyseng

Efficiency in the field is important when dealing with cantankerous BT corn stover and other stubborn crop residues. To meet that challenge, Loftness is introducing a new side discharge windrower/shredder. The Air Delivery Side Discharge Windrower is not a re-named copy of an earlier model, but a new shredder that’s fresh off the Loftness CAD machine. It’s so new that only two complete units exist. The first prototype has been in field trials for months.