New Big Iron is more efficient and environmentally friendly

Ag Days is a signature venue for agricultural equipment manufacturers and is the place where Prairie farmers often get a first peek at new products. A lot of the Big Iron on display for 2012 will be showcasing not just equipment, but some new, factory-installed technology to help make farmers more efficient and environmentally friendly.

Crowds Watch Plowmen Compete

Co-operator Staff | alexander The horses are catching up to the tractors at least they were at this year s Manitoba Provincial Plowing Association s annual plowing match. Seven horse-drawn teams were featured in this year s event , and they joined an equal number of tractor entrants competing on a field owned by Jim


U.S. Listeria Death Toll Hits 18

news reuters Eighteen people infected with listeria have died so far in the deadliest foodborne outbreak in the U.S. in more than a decade. One hundred people in 20 states have been infected with one of the four listeria strains involved, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Listeria monocytogenes is a frequent

Deere To Help Indian Farmers Mechanize

Deere &Co. is making 500 tractors available for use by farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat to help them mechanize their farms and potentially increase crop yields, the company says in a release. John Deere, in partnership with the local government, will open small agricultural implement resource centres across Gujarat, making tractors available to


In Brief… – for Jan. 27, 2011

Saudis to raise wheat reserves:Saudi Arabia plans to increase wheat reserves to one year from six months in around three years, the head of the grains authority said Jan. 16. The kingdom would increase grain storage capacity by 550,000 tonnes in four cities within three years to reach that goal, Waleed ElKheriji told reporters. Last

Oil Spill Helps Biofuel Image

Renewable fuels like corn-based ethanol will get a boost as the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico feeds worries by Americans about long-term dependence on oil, a top U. S. private agricultural economist said on June 8. “The spill has heightened the concern about our dependence on fossil fuels so that quite naturally


Deere Eyes $500-Million Investment In Russia Farm Boom

Deere and Co. , the world’s largest farm equipment maker, is on track to spend $500 million building new plants in Russia and offering credit lines and other services to farmers within the next six years. Deere chairman and chief executive Samuel Allen said April 27 that Russia, the European Union, South America and Asia

Deere Considers Sale Of $1-Bln Wind Portfolio

Deere & Co. has retained Goldman Sachs Group to help review options for its $1-billion wind-energy portfolio, including a possible sale, the U. S. agricultural equipment maker said. The world’s largest maker of tractors and harvesters said it owns 34 wind farms in seven U. S. states that are capable of generating 706 megawatts of


4-H Reports – for Mar. 4, 2010

The Co-operator will publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by email to [email protected],by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1 or by fax to 204-954-1422. OAK LAKE BEEF The club met Feb. 7 at the Oak

Farm Technology Push Must Speed Up

Agriculture needs to increase productivity rapidly and expand in key farming areas like the Black Sea and Africa for world food needs to be met, J. B. Penn, chief economist at farm equipment maker John Deere said in an interview. “Regardless of the impact of climate change, we are going to have to produce a