During cold weather, maintaining the proper moisture and temperature are key to ensure grain stays in condition until spring.

Grain Weevil’s robot digging through a grain bin. Photo provided by Grain Weevil ... not fully autonomous.” Beyond moving into all spaces where their product can be beneficial, Johnson said Grain ...

Out of its Alberta manufacturing operations, the business moves probably 3,000 bins and fuel tanks a year, with Beerling ...

The Grain Weevil is a remote controlled specialized robot designed to engage with the grain directly to aerate, move and manage the ... have to go into a grain bin again?’ says Johnson.

The Maple Plain Fire Department has received a grant to buy specialized grain bin rescue equipment. The United Farmers Cooperative awarded the department a $3,200 grant to buy ...

Canola growers are encouraged to check their bins for heated seed during this cold weather. Breanna Miller Friesen is an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. She says it is during ...

Speed: Auger diameter and angle affect the rate at which grain enters a bin. Moving a lot of grain? Consider a larger-diameter auger at 540 rpm for more than 20,000 bu. per hour. Moving a little?

“When a farmer is harvesting in September and figures out he needs another grain bin ... road or not.” To move a 5.5-metre diameter bin from Alberta to Saskatchewan, there could be eight ...

He said the ability to quickly remove grain from a bin is vital when every moment matters. “This thing will move about 800 bushels an hour, so it’s four inch tube, they stick that alongside ...

Todd Taylor knows there’s a big market next door, but he finds selling into Alberta “frustrating.” Taylor co-owns Dwayne ...