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When selecting a personal pick-up you can be forgiven for adding a few bells and whistles that don’t provide a direct economic benefit. But good farm managers can’t afford to carry that idea too far when making business decisions. Every dollar invested in grain production equipment needs to pay a dividend. Choosing farm machinery that

Development Policy Driven By Common Sense, Not Edicts

…most of the recommendations he identifies are drawn from the actual practice employed by many of the leading countries of the world as they went through their development phase. Alast-ditch effort to conclude the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations was held in the summer of 2008 in the hope that George W.


Agco Plans “Reduction” Of Brands

Afarm equipment giant built on accumulation of product lines worldwide has announced a new strategy expected to lead to “reduction” of many of the company’s brands. In a release Nov. 13, the North American Equipment Dealers Association said it was alerted to “major brand changes” within Agco – including the phase-out of the Agco brand

CAREERS Help Wanted

FULL TIME HELP NEEDED on a beef cow/calf farm. Must have experience w/calving cows, be able to operate farm machinery and be able to work independently. Must have a reliable vehicle & drivers license. Phone Garth or Marjorie (204)385-2506 days, (204)385-2361 evenings, Gladstone. Must provide references. HARD WORKING ASSISTANT MANAGER needed for feed-lot in Portage

The Looming Food Crisis?

We are not trying to pick a fight with the scientists and companies who provide the basic research on GMOs, just their pitchmen… their arguments are disingenuous at best and blackmail at worst. We tend to cringe when we hear someone argue that food production is not keeping up with demand. We heard Earl Butz


Equipment Suppliers Feel Recession

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

Farm Equipment Course Offered For Women

“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

Trailers Livestock Trailers

FOR SALE: 6 GOOD 1000×20 tires on rims, 4 good 9000×20 on rims, 3 good P235/75 R 15-in on six hole rims, 4 brand new LT235/85 R16 8 poly ply rating, never used. Edgar Cummer, (204)828-3539. FOR SALE: NEW 18.4×34 skidder tire, 16 ply, $950. Phone Used Tractor Parts. (204)546-3103. www.usedtractorparts.mb.ca NEW GOODYEAR RADIALS 20.8X42.