Equipment

Even the slightest differential in tire pressure can add extra wear on your tires and affect the functionality of equipment. Dan is trying out a new easy to install air pressure monitoring system from Trelleborg Wheel Systems on his sprayer. He talks with Trelleborg's Luke Brown about the pretty affordable TLC Plus system.

As soon as Chad takes the wheat out of his field he is going to work with Advanced Drainage Systems to take care of some drainage issues with some new tile. Stay tuned!

Dan is replacing his old pivot with a new pivot irrigation system from Valley Irrigation. Dan speaks with Jeff from North Central Irrigation about some of the more interesting features on his new pivot system, including Valley's Precision Corner technology and the Valley Insights camera system.

If you utilize a disc filtration system to clean up the water that goes into your irrigation system, then you know the pain of having to clean each of the individual discs. Kevin uses a disc filter to remove sediment and contaminants from his source water before it travels through his Netafim subsurface drip irrigation system. In this video, he shares the system that he recently started implementing to effectively clean the discs in a more efficient manner.

Arkansas produces over 9 billion pounds of rice per year (nearly half of all US rice production) and it is the state's top agricultural export. In this video, Matt Miles and Robbo Dedman take you on a tour of their complex rice growing operation. You may not be growing rice yourself, but there is a lot to learn by listening to these two rice experts talk shop in the field.

Lee Lubbers walks us through his planter tender trailer and discusses the changes and additions he has made to increase the efficiency and overall ROI of his planting operation.

Kevin takes a break from the planting action to give members a tour of his tender trailer set up and explains the strategy behind the design and placement of each component. He knows first hand that a more efficient tender trailer results in a more efficient planting season.

Kevin is taking on his drainage issues with a new installation of drain tile from ADS (Advanced Drainage Systems). In this video, he shows a new slit design of drainage tile that eliminates the need for using a sock to keep fines from clogging the pipe.

In this video, Dan shares a unique way that he developed to solubilize Copper Sulfate before application. He utilizes the homemade method as a way to extend the coverage of his supply of copper sulfate when input prices are high and dry spreading is not feasible.