Better Farming Ontario | August 2024

What do we test for? Material (Resin) Carbon black range of 2% to 4% for UV control - Ensures durability Size Guarantee Pipe diameter is tested to +3% and length to -1.5% - The size you order is the size you receive Pipe Stiffness (ASTM D2412 plate test): The pipe shall have a minimum pipe stiffness of 30 psi [210 kPa] at 5% deflection - Strength you can trust Brittleness (ASTM D2444): Using 2.5 kg tup and 1.5 - 1.8 meters drop, with the specimen previously conditioned at -3.9°C - Built for Canadian winters Perforation Inlet Area Guarantees a minimum inlet area of 21 cm2/m for adequate water capture and land drainage - Drains water the way you need it to CSA certified pipe is the Canadian benchmark for quality, reliability and durability. Do it right the first time! Armtec supplies CSA and BNQ certified pipe in Ontario. Call a location near you. Comber 519-687-2338 Tillsonburg 519-421-1102 Forest 519-786-5742 Walkerton 519-392-6929 armtec.com 51 Drainage Directory | August 2024 Advertising Section | All content supplied by LICO and took over farming the property at the age of 18. A rolling piece of Haldimand, Lincoln and Smithville clay, the farm runs south to the creek. Historically, the property had smaller fields and had hay in the rotation, but things started shifting there in the 1990s. As the fencerows were removed, gullies started to form and grew bigger by the rainfall. Like many farmers, McQueen liked the bigger fields for farming, but saw the havoc they caused on the landscape. Every spring, many farmers there spend a few days fixing ditches, says McQueen. And by fixing, he means moving soil into the gullies where they are bound to wash out again over the course of the year. “You’re not ‘fixing’ anything at all,” he says. And with a busy spring delivering Pioneer seed to customers, he doesn’t have time to be earthmoving. McQueen is a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) and recalls it was at a CCA Drainage Day nearly ten years ago when it really clicked for him that he would Bruce Laidlaw photo Laidlaw Farm Drainage will be doing a live drainage installation on August 29th.

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