Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Austin

Beautifully restored International Harvester tractors, trucks and farm machinery are coming from all corners 
of the western provinces as the 2018 Feature Attraction Display of this year’s Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion 
and Stampede.
Local news, News, Other

International Harvester collectors’ club to visit Austin

Visiting Western Canada IH Collectors Club (Chapter 38) is a brand new 
attraction for the 64th annual Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede

By
Is that Grandpa’s tractor? Is that the truck Dad proposed to Mom in? Anyone with a love of the history, products and memorabilia of the International Harvester Company won’t want to miss the upcoming Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede. For the first time, the Western Canada IH Collectors Club (Chapter 38) — a mix of
Helmut Neufeld (l) and Garth Crooks.
Local news

VIDEO: Threshermen on the threshold of a Guinness World Record

From the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry

By
With the help of a wooden Nichols & Shepard thresher and a 1912 Rumely tractor, Helmut Neufeld, Garth Crooks and their team of threshermen get ready to lend their efforts to break the Guinness World Record for the “most threshing machines operating simultaneously.” In this video, get an up-close look at each machine as the
threshing in action in Austin, Manitoba
Local news

VIDEO: Harvesting hope and harnessing agricultural spirit

From the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry

By
What does it take to put on the world’s largest pioneer harvest? According to Elliot Sims, one of the co-chairs and organizers of Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry, start with tens of thousands of man-hours, over 800 volunteers, nearly 150 machines and you’re on the right track. The range of antique
Lisa Roy and Erron Leafloor fork stooked wheat into a 1952 McCormick Deering threshing machine at the Red River Exhibition fairgrounds Aug. 18, part of a sneak preview of Harvesting Hope, scheduled for July 31 next year at Austin.
Crops, Local news

Goal set for threshing record bid

An event in Austin next July seeks at least 125 machines

By
Organizers of a world-record-scale charity threshing bee, to be held next summer at Austin, hope to have at least 125 threshing teams on hand for the win. Harvesting Hope, scheduled for July 31, 2016 at the Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion, has announced its goal of having 125 antique threshing machines running simultaneously to harvest a field
Lisa Roy and Erron Leafloor handle the task of forking stooked wheat into the thresher.
Local news, News, News & Opinion

PHOTOS: Getting organized to thresh for the record

By
Volunteers from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Manitoba Agricultural Museum brought their skills, and their iron, to Winnipeg Tuesday to show the sort of work a world-record threshing bee is made of. The demonstration of old-school threshing was held at the Red River Exhibition fairgrounds as a preview of Harvesting Hope, an event scheduled for
Alloway straw cutter makes combines run smoother
Our History

Alloway straw cutter makes combines run smoother

Our History: August 1965

By
The Alloway straw cutter advertised in our August 5, 1965 issue was said to be simple to install, and due to the drum design and weight, would actually make the combine run smoother. The issue contained several photos from the Threshermen’s Reunion at Austin. Encouraged by another excellent turnout, the directors were considering expansion and
threshing machines
Crops, Local news

Wanted: technicians who know how to operate a pitchfork

Volunteers sought for biggest-ever threshing bee in 2016

By
If you think the days of the threshing bee are long past, you’re mistaken. And if you know what a threshing bee is, the Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) may need your help. In August 2013 a group at Langenburg, Sask. set a world record by having 41 machines
woman with antique ironing equipment
Country Crossroads

VIDEO: The labour of laundry

A load of laundry was anything but a load of fun as display of old-fashioned 
irons and washboards depicts at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum at Austin

By
It’s a job and an era those who remember would probably rather forget. But a small exhibit at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum (MAM) reminds us again about the sort of work women did to get the farm laundry done in bygone days. All kinds of sad irons, plus washboards, sock stretchers, galvanized tubs and mangles
Hogs, Livestock, Local news

Significant animal welfare issues found at Austin hog barn

It was more than two years ago that provincial officials had to shoot 1,300 hogs near Austin

By
No charges will be laid following a two-year investigation into circumstances leading to the mass euthanization of hogs at a barn near Austin in September 2012. A spokesperson for the Office of the Chief Veterinarian said the case was handed over to Manitoba Justice last summer after a significant investigation, which included interviewing multiple witnesses.

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Nov. 28, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →