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Jun 16, 2022
Grain Cart Unloading Done Just Right
It really does matter how you look at it. Watching those harvest bushels pour out of your auger may do your heart good, but your back and neck don’t fare so well. That’s because traditional grain carts unload on the left-hand side, causing you to turn away from your tractor controls. Meanwhile, anyone in your buddy seat has to do his own contortions to stay out of your way while you try to accurately offload grain. All that straining and stretching to see what’s happening makes for a long, unpleasant day - and a sore, sleepless night. Thankfully,...
Posted by: Jeff Brown
Category: New Products
Tags: J&M | grain carts | right side auger | x-tended reach | grain handling | harvest
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 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
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...
Posted by: Calla Simpson
Category: Ag news
Tags: Pro Grain | grain bags | grain bagging | grain baggers | grain storage | harvest
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...
Posted by: Jennifer Thompson
Category: Ag news
Tags: harvest | safety | farming | grain bins | electrical safety