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Two-Way Radios Can Be Useful On The Farm

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It seems nearly everyone has a cellphone these days; but although they are useful tools, cellphones have limitations when it comes to communication between machinery operators in farm fields. Unloading from a moving combine is one example of where cellphones can fall short. “The immediacy of cellular communication isn’t fast enough (for jobs such as
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Equipment Suppliers Feel Recession

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After a buoyant 2008, farm equipment dealers are feeling the effects of the recession this year as farmers hold off purchases due to credit and market concerns, the Commons agriculture committee has been told. Strong commodity prices sparked a boom in equipment sales in 2008, John Schmeiser, vice-president of Canadian government affairs for the North
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Farmers Buying Fewer Tractors

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Recession anxiety is causing North American farmers to cut back on buying new equipment and fertilizer, as well as hold off trying out new technology. “They’re being extremely careful with their money,” said Ian Wishart, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a spring where guys are conscious of costs as
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Farm Equipment Course Offered For Women

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“Assumptions are made that everyone should know how to run one of these things. But the reality is it’s not intuitive.” – GLEN BLAHEY, MAFRI PROVINCIAL FARM SAFETY CO-ORDINATOR Dawna Sloane smiles when talking about it now. But she wasn’t smiling then. It was fall and she was needed to drive the grain truck. She’d
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Green Vision Earns Niverville Couple Top Award

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“Green is the new dot-com. I’d like to see this work in agriculture.” – GRANT DYCK This funky new farm home is unmistakenly black, until you meet the couple building it. Then you realize it’s actually green, and embraces this young couple’s hopeful vision for their farm. Niverville farmers Colleen and Grant Dyck’s new home,
Livestock, Opinion

It’s More Than Rude To Intrude

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With spring, fields and land in rural areas are a wonderful mix of mud and green, and that can look very inviting to all-terrain vehicle riders and those with 4×4 vehicles. There are many people who drive responsibly and stay on designated trails and off of private property. And then there are others who choose
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“Remember What We’re Doing This For…”

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“We get so hung up on all the other details, trying to get the work done… that we lose track of what’s really important and take these stupid chances.” – TODD BOTTERILL No one will ever know exactly what was going through Bob Botterill’s mind when he decided to enter that grain bin while loading
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

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U. S. biofuels sector sees ally in Obama

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U. S. biofuel makers, struggling to make a profit at a time of tumbling oil and gasoline prices, look upon president-elect Barack Obama as a staunch ally for growth. Obama has expressed support for the federal requirement to use ethanol, made mostly from corn, as a motor fuel and says he will accelerate the development
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Machinery makers find shelter in global storm

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In a world where heavy equipment sales are stalling due to the housing slump and credit crisis, the farm market is a rarity: a place where demand is still outstripping supply and many customers are still paying with cash. The question is: How long can the agricultural market shelter the equipment companies from the financial

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