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Nov 25, 2020
Top Destinations to Ice Fish This Winter
This winter, there’s no better time to explore the great outdoors in your own backyard. And one winter activity that’s both fun and family-friendly is ice-fishing! Even the kids can enjoy this popular winter pastime and come home with exciting stories of their great catch. It’s easy to create long-lasting memories of a day out on the frozen lake: just bring along your fishing gear, hot cocoa, and a little bit of patience. Whether you’re a seasoned angler or new to ice fishing this winter, Flaman has you covered with many of the ice fishing accessories you need for...
Posted by: Jennifer Thompson
Category: Local News
Tags: ice fishing | winter recreation | ice fishing shack
Oct 14, 2020
A long-distance grain rescue made possible by Bin-Sense
You can anticipate grain spoilage as a farmer, but you can never be sure when it’s going to pop up. Or where you’ll be when it does. And what happens if your grain starts to spoil or heat up and you’re nowhere near home, but thousands of kilometers away on a family vacation? That’s what happened to Blake Bergen of 3B Acres in Drake, SK in the fall of 2019 when his Florida vacation was interrupted by news that a canola bin was heating up. He was getting alerts from his Bin-Sense Live wireless grain monitoring system, an award-winning...
Posted by: Jennifer Thompson
Category: Product Information
Tags: grain monitoring | grain bins | Bin Sense | grain temperature
Oct 7, 2020
Grain Bag Storage Maintenance Tips
When dealing with a high volume crop, you may decide that short term storage is best to maintain the quality of your harvest. Grain bag storage is a flexible, cost-effective solution for short term storage of bumper yields, provided certain quality control steps are taken. Site preparation, site maintenance, and machine servicing all need to be done properly and timely to ensure your grain holds its quality and value. Below you’ll find tips on the preparation and maintenance steps required to ensure that grain bagging is a successful storage option for your operation. Site preparation makes for easier maintenance Selecting...
Posted by: Calla Simpson
Category: Product Information
Tags: Pro Grain | grain bags | grain bagging | grain baggers | grain storage | harvest
Sep 14, 2020
Move your grain with the all-new AGI Hutchinson Double Run Chain Conveyor
The AGI Hutchinson Double Run Chain Conveyor is a brand new product to the Flaman lineup. It is built in Western Canada with the prairie farmer in mind. Manufactured at AGI’s plant in Swift Current, SK, it is designed to handle delicate crops grown on the prairies, like pulses, far more gently than an auger would. The UHMW plastic paddles gently convey grain Maneuverable in Tight Spaces: Modeled after the clean grain elevator on your combine, its UHMW plastic paddles convey crops to your bin in a gentle manner. A huge benefit of this is the ability to operate at...
Posted by: Paul Boechler
Category: New Products
Tags: AGI | Hutchinson | Double Run | chain conveyor | grain handling | grain systems | Flaman
Sep 11, 2020
Beat the Weather with Grain Bagging
The benefits of grain bagging are far and wide, chief among them being the ability to use the weather to your advantage. Since the weather can always turn and change on a dime, it’s important to work around it whenever possible, which is where grain bagging comes in. The airtight, controlled environment inside of a grain bag allows you to store grain and plentiful harvest in a dry space, even when the weather outside is less than ideal. By extending the storage life of your grain, allowing you to store more at once and giving you more flexibility in the...
Posted by: Calla Simpson
Category: Product Information
Tags: Pro Grain | grain bags | grain bagging | grain baggers | grain storage | harvest