ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER 11 APRIL/MAY 2022 RE VY L U T I ON AGA INST DI SEASE . PLOT A Always read and follow label directions. AgSolutions, REVYSOL and VELTYMA are registered trade-marks of BASF; all used under license by BASF Canada Inc. REVYSOL and/or VELTYMA fungicide should be used in a preventative disease control program. © 2022 BASF Canada Inc. Corn growers can rise up against disease like never before thanks to the outstanding protection of Veltyma® fungicide. It delivers powerful, fast-acting control of a wide range of key foliar diseases and extended performance with the unique binding activity of Revysol®. Visit agsolutions.ca/veltyma to learn more. New Veltyma fungicide, with Revysol technology, provides broader, stronger and longer protection. agricultural machinery on soil in general, it is relevant to all types of crops and soil management systems.” In the trials, cropping history and moisture status of all trial fields is also taken into account. USING RESULTS If track-based farm machinery is found by Heck and his colleagues to be significantly better in terms of reducing soil compaction — and other studies have already found this — this does not mean widespread adoption will occur. Conventional wheeled tractors are less costly, better for travelling distances between farms, and have other operational advantages. (The other solution of deflating tires reduces tractor pull capacity, but it also reduces fuel consumption by up to 15 per cent.) Equipment Ontario (formerly Stoltz Sales & Service), with five locations in southern Ontario, has sold tracked equipment for more than 15 years. Owner Marlin Stoltz says low speeds and high costs have impeded adoption, but speeds have improved. His tracked sales have been less than one per cent, and to farmers who want to reduce compaction and whose topography makes wheeled equipment inefficient. Stoltz has two new orders for tracked equipment for 2022 so far. This project was funded in part by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the government of Ontario and the University of Guelph. l This research project received funding from Grain Farmers of Ontario.
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