In Brief… – for Oct. 29, 2009

Equipment dealer eyes Enns: Calgary’s Rocky Mountain Dealerships has signed a deal to buy Case IH dealer Enns Agri Sales Ltd. at Winkler, Man., about 110 km southwest of Winnipeg, for an undisclosed sum. The sale is expected to close on or about Nov. 1, the publicly traded buyer said Oct. 20. With Enns, Rocky

Attention All Crafters

Eight new “retro” International Harvester, Farmall, McCormick and Case IH fabrics are available for quilters and crafters. Thanks to overwhelming demand for the first six International Harvester-branded fabrics in their V. I. P. collection, Cranston and Case IH are expanding the line. “In addition to eight new designs and five new blender fabrics, we’re thrilled


The life of a logo

Versatile’s history as a brand dates back to the mid-1940s in a Toronto backyard. That’s where Peter Pakosh in 1945 developed a new type of grain auger, as described in Versatile Tractors: A Farm Boy’s Dream, a 2003 coffee table book by Pakosh’s grandson Jarrod. The elder Pakosh’s company expanded into field sprayers and harrow