Flaman Agriculture Blog

Aug 31, 2020

Reduce labour when filling bins: Automate your grain handling site with a Walinga Blower System

A Walinga Pneumatic Blower System may be one of the most versatile pieces of equipment you can add to your Grain Handling lineup. The Ultra-Veyor is designed to fill bins of various heights and distances from the ground up, allowing you to easily add the system to any pre-existing site. Walinga Sales Rep Doug Termeer explains how a blower system works Many yard sites weren’t originally designed with the thought of adding a grain handling system or grain dryer down the line. As farms continue to grow, larger bins are being installed and grain storage is being built further and further...

Aug 26, 2020

Early season utilization: Increase the grade of your grain with a NECO Grain Dryer

As harvest is well underway in most areas of the province, many producers are utilizing their grain dryers early on this season and increasing the available window to combine. Some farmers have even noticed increases in their durum quality as their grade improves after drying. 20% moisture durum before going into the NECO grain dryer (left) and 14.5% moisture durum after being dried (right) Nolan Gettis, a farmer in central Saskatchewan, discusses how his NECO Grain Dryer has improved his operation: “Two years ago, I would have been waiting to combine saying, ‘It’s getting close’. Right now, I’m full on harvesting...

Aug 20, 2020

How to Address Farming Challenges with the Right Equipment

With grain bagging at your side, farming challenges won’t loom over your head. As we begin to enter the new days of the upcoming farming season, there’s one constant: the harvest challenges that will lie ahead. A huge part of being in the farming business is being able to anticipate challenges and to pivot to them, and every good farmer understands that. However, every good farmer also desires to rise above the challenges presented to them, which is where the right equipment and the right mindset come into play. In the 2019 harvest season, we saw challenges ranging from supply chain management issues...

Aug 17, 2020

Tips and Resources for a Safe Harvest

As harvest begins to start in many parts of Western Canada, Flaman is here to provide the tools and equipment you need to get your crop off quickly and safely. Along with our wide variety of Harvest Helpers to aid you in your work, we’ve collected some important and useful safety tips for harvest time. We want to make sure all our customers return safely from the field and have the resources to support their employees and family members on the farm.   This post will look at 4 main types of safety: Grain bin entrapment Fire safety and prevention...

Aug 4, 2020

The Top 10 Reasons to Use Grain Bags

Grain bagging has been gaining acclaim and popularity among farmers for being a resourceful, flexible, and time and money-saving grain storage option. The benefits are many, and farmers appreciate the efficiency of this innovative storage technique. If you bag grain, you can expect to experience the following 10 benefits during your harvest season: 1. Saves the farmer's time. When you bag grain, you reduce time loading grain into trucks and transporting it to grain bins or elevators. You can harvest the grain and store it right there in the field, which drastically cuts down on work time by eliminating so much...

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