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

Harry’s Tractor – for Oct. 8, 2009

Directly off the assembly line this impressive 4440 John Deere tractor adorns Harry and Shirley Dubyts farm entrance south of Belmont, Manitoba. For retired farmer Harry, shop work is a favourite pastime. He used two-inch PVC pipes to construct the skeleton of his latest innovation. By gluing 416 drink cans together, Harry shaped the body,


Tractors On A Mission

“We make smiles,” was the comment of one tractor driver in the second-annual Eden Foundation Tractor Trek on July 25. Forty tractors, 40 years and older, travelled 40 kilometres through six 130-year-old Mennonite villages in southern Manitoba, and all along the route, people lined up to see the parade of antique tractors. After a breakfast

Deere’s Profit Drops

Deere and Co., the world’s largest maker of agricultural machinery, reported sharply lower quarterly earnings May 20 as lower crop prices and farmers’ concerns about the global recession weighed on demand. Deere said a number of factors contributed to a 38 per cent decline in its second-quarter results, including higher raw material costs, the strong