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CROSS SLOT NORTH AMERICAN NEWS NOVEMBER 2012
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Year
Ahead
Field
Days
2013
We are planning
to run field days
in Alberta and
North Dakota
in the spring of
2013, likely to
be late April/
early May.
The Alberta
field days
will be held
on Harvey
Hollman’s
property near
Penhold and the
North Dakota
field days
will be held at
Kevin Larson’s
Willow City
farm.
Additional
information
on venues and
dates will be
posted at a later
stage, when
we have had
a chance to
assess weather
and ground
conditions.
Dust Bowl Story –
Back from Exhaustion
The recent PBS two part ‘Dust Bowl’
series is a poignant reminder of the risks
associated with farming… No-Till Farmer
magazine also commented on the series
and asked the question “Could we see
another Dust Bowl era in the US?”
The dry conditions recently experienced
in the South and Midwest states is also a
good reminder how quickly mother nature
can turn farm incomes from prosperity
to poverty in a short period of time…
It is worth re-iterating the key benefits of
a true no-till farming practice and how
these practices can help prevent further
‘dust bowl’ and erosion type scenarios.
Dr John Baker recently wrote a note
summarizing the key reason for scepticism
about no-tillage is that very few people
in North America are actually doing true
no-tillage. The following captures some of
the key points raised in the note. “Many
believed that the main objective of notillage was to stop plowing. But stopping
plowing is not nearly enough. It needs
to be accompanied by a reduction in all
forms of physical soil disturbance and the
retention of crop residues so that they cover
as much as possible of the soil surface.”
“What is now needed is low-disturbance notillage, which does not have the downsides
of either disc or tined openers. And it can be
done, with openers that cause the minimal
soil and residue disturbance that most disc
openers are capable of, as well as all of the
beneficial functions (such as double shooting
and no ‘hairpinning’) of tined openers.
Such openers do exist and their biological
results have almost invariably been
superior to both existing disc openers
and existing tined openers (and certainly
than conventional tillage). They focus
on being biologically-friendly, which in
the end is what maximises crop yields
and sustainability and at the same time
minimises soil erosion. It’s a classic
“win-win”. Cross Slot does this.
For a copy of the original note, please
email me at [email protected].
Back From Exhaustion Video youtube link:
http://youtu.be/Rpv9SwbJ-DU
Red Deer Trade Show
We attended the Red Deer Ag Show in early November. We
teamed up with a group of other Australian (Agrowplow, Northstar
Livestock Handling) and New Zealand (Gallagher, PGG Seeds,
Rotowiper Weed Wipers, Kinghitter post drivers) companies and
technologies on an outdoor site with 6,000 square feet. The show
organizers promoted us as an Australasian feature. Unfortunately
the weather conspired against us dumping several inches of snow
and providing subzero temperatures during the 4 day event. Believe
me it is no fun marketing outdoors in these conditions even with
the luxury of a tent and heating. (See photos below). That aside
we will be back next year and will continue with the joint site.
Congratulations to Ray Schneider for winning the Cross Slot
jacket from our draw at the Red Deer Trade Show.
2013 Tradeshows
We will be attending and exhibiting at a number of trade shows
over the winter months of 2013, see below:
8–10
January
Manitoba-North Dakota ZeroTillage Farmers Association
23–25
January
Minot Ag Expo,
5–7
February
12–13
February
17–19
March
Workshop & Tradeshow
Ramkota Hotel, Bismarck, ND
North Dakota State Fair Grounds, Minot, ND
A new 45 foot machine will be displayed outdoors
Spokane Ag Expo
Spokane WA
Agri International Tradeshow
Bismarck Civic Centre Bismarck ND
Smoky River Agriculture Tradeshow
Falher Regional Rec Center, Falher, AB
A 40 foot Cross Slot will be displayed outdoors
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Mud Scrapers – Rotoscraper
Cross Slot is working with Mark Devloo, Somerset Manitoba on
developing a mud scraper suitable for Cross Slot packer wheels
including both ribbed and flat packers.
Mark is the founder of Devloo Roto Mud Scrapers. The development
work to date is very promising and this option is targeted to be
available for spring seeding in 2013. Visit www.rotomudscrapers.com
NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 2013
North Dakota
Winter Wheat
Trial Results
Contact
your nearest
Cross Slot
representative:
John Lukach, Area Extension Specialist
Agronomy, NDSU, Langdon, ND undertook
a winter wheat/fertilizer trial on Kevin
Larson’s Willow City, ND property
commencing fall 2011. The seeding was
done using Kevin’s Cross Slot drill and
focused on measured fertilizer applications.
A brief summary of the results is as follows:
Trial 1 N applied at seeding was 74 lbs/a,
soils tests showed that residual in-ground N
was 40lbs/a. The total range of N across 7
test plots went from 114lbs/a to 234lbs/a.
Spring applications of N with UAN and
streamer tips varied from 0lbs/a to 120lbs/a.
In two plots Agrotain (a nitrogen stabilizer)
was also used.
Yields ranged from 83.4 bu/a (total N
114lbs) to 90.2 bu/a (total N 234lbs/a).
Trial 2 N applied at seeding was 45 lbs/a,
Harvey Hollman, Penhold, Alberta
Farmer & Custom Seeder
Harvey seeded approximately 3,000 acres last spring using his new
30 foot, 10 inch spacing Cross Slot drill. He seeded alfalfa at 10lbs
per acre 1/2” deep and applied 3 gals per acre of liquid fertilizer. He
was able to take off just over two tons per acre of dry feed. This was
on two fields approximately 8 miles apart, both were seeded at the end
of June and cut the second week of September. One field was silage
stubble and the other was canola stubble worked once the fall before.
Contact Harvey on 403 588 3913 or email him at [email protected].
soils tests showed that residual in-ground
N was 40lbs/a. The total range of N across
10 test plots went from 85lbs/a - 235lbs/a.
Spring applications of N with UAN and
streamer tips varied from 0lbs/a - 150lbs/a.
Agrotain was used on two plots.
Yields ranged from 77.2 bu/a (total N
114lbs) to 89.3 bu/a (total N 234lbs/a).
Trial 3 N applied at seeding was 17 lbs/a,
soils tests showed that residual in-ground
N was 40lbs/a. The total range of N across
12 test plots went from 57lbs/a to 297lbs/a.
Spring applications of N with UAN
and streamer tips varied from 0lbs/a to
240lbs/a. Agrotain was used on two plots.
Yields ranged from 76.1 bu/a (total N
114lbs) to 83.7 bu/a (total N 234lbs/a).
The highest yield of 90.2 bu/a came
from a total N of 234 lbs with a 74lb
application at seeding and a spring
application of 120lbs. The lowest yield of
76.1 bu/a came in with a 17lb application
at seeding and no further applications.
Where Agrotain was used, the yields all
came in at the middle of the trial ranges.
If you would like to see the full
data then drop me an email
at [email protected].
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Gavin Porter:
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SALES &
SERVICE
Kevin Larson
Willow City, ND
701 871 1398
[email protected]
Storrer Implements
Iola, KS
620 365 5692
robert@
storrerimplement.com
Cliff Merchant
Falher, Alberta, Canada
1 780 837 6502
[email protected]
Murray Abel
Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
1 403 872 0612
[email protected]
Jim Cole
Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
1 403 896 2586
[email protected]
Second Hand
Drill for Sale
For more
information, contact
Gavin Porter on
1888 663 7773 or
[email protected]