Home Resources Resources Pivotal Issues Blog MOST RECENT EXERCISE IN THE COMBINE November 26, 2021 By: Jodi Henke Stiff joints and muscles are a common complaint from long hours sitting in the combine during harvest season. Exercise is probably the last thing you’re thinking about once you’ve parked the combine for the day, so the best pain prevention is to get up and move while you’re out in the field. […] Read More Preventing Tractor Overturns November 19, 2021 By: Jodi Henke Every year we hear stories of how somebody was injured or killed from a tractor rollover. These things happen in a split second giving the rider no time to think and react. You can’t always prevent an overturn, but your chance of survival is almost guaranteed if there is a rollover protection […] Read More Program Helps New Farmers Find ‘Entrepreneurial Edge’ November 12, 2021 By: The Daily Yonder Starting a farm comes with risks. After long careers in the military and education, Troy and Annette Allan, 47, knew this when they opened their Utah fiber mill during the pandemic. They often heard the assumption that most new agricultural operations don’t survive even two years. But becoming students of the […] Read More Steel Deals – How to Get the Equipment You Want November 5, 2021 By: Jodi Henke We’ve been talking about the extreme shortage of new and used machinery all year and how hard it is to find what you’re looking for. There are some pieces of equipment on dealer’s lots – but just some. And good luck finding anything at auction. Dave Mowitz is the executive machinery editor […] Read More Combine Fires: A $20M Avoidable Problem October 29, 2021 By: Dave Mowitz A $20 million problem resides in combine engine compartments, warns John Shutske of the University of Wisconsin. Most combine fires start in the engine compartment, he explains. These fires appear to be on the rise, possibly due to the increased age of combines as a result of lower new harvester sales since […] Read More Minimizing Soil Compaction During Harvest October 22, 2021 By: Jodi Henke Harvest machinery is getting larger and heavier, which means an increased risk of compacting the soil as it travels through the field. Soil compaction has a significant impact on water infiltration, root development, and even yield losses the next year. Jodi Dejong-Hughes is a regional extension educator at the University of Minnesota. […] Read More Clean Your Equipment Between Fields October 15, 2021 By: Jodi Henke Combines are impressive machines. Following harvest of an individual field, as much as 150 pounds of biomaterial is captured, including chaff, grain, and weed seed from escapes that made it through the season. Once the weed seeds go through your machine, you’re unintentionally planting next year’s weed crop. Angie Johnson is the […] Read More 48 Fire Departments Awarded Grain Rescue Tubes October 8, 2021 By: Laurie Bedord In the past 50 years, more than 900 instances of grain engulfment have been reported, according to researchers at Purdue University. Of those incidents, 62% were fatal. In 2020, grain entrapments led to 20 deaths. “It only takes seconds, or a simple mistake, for an adult to sink in the quicksand-like flow […] Read More Using Ag Data to Prove Crop Damage in Court October 1, 2021 By: Todd Janzen Farmers are given many reasons to collect ag data about their farming practices, but using that data in court is rarely one of them. However, at a recent trial about crop damage, we proved just how useful ag data can be to help a court understand complex multi-year, multi-field farming operations. Our […] Read More 3 Can-do Farm Shops September 24, 2021 By: Dave Mowitz Take a look at these three Midwest farm shops after undergoing innovative structural changes that improve working conditions for their owners. Raise-the-roof Remodel Nathan Todd is one of those people who makes a first-rate make-do engineer. The Madrid, Iowa, farmer wanted a shop and found the structure he needed in a post-and-beam […] Read More 1 2 3 … 55 TOLL FREE 1-800-330-4264 MAIN OFFICE 1-402-462-4128 THE T-L DIFFERENCE Continuous Movement No Spoking No Copper Theft High Reliability Low Maintenance Safety Unmatched Warranty PRODUCTS Center Pivots Corner Pivots Linear Irrigation Systems Quick Tows PMDI™ Pivot Control Options Titan Hi-Dration Lug COMPANY History Careers Power & Pump Division Galvanizing RESOURCES Testimonials Literature News Pivotal Issues Blog eNews Sign Up Media Library Financing Events © 2021 T-L Irrigation Sitemap 151 E Hwy 6 & AB Rd •PO Box 1047 •Hastings, NE 68902-1047