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

Spraying EquipmEnt

FARM MACHINERY Snowblowers, Plows Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding Air Drills FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding Various TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors Allis/Deutz FARM MACHINERY Tractors John Deere FARM MACHINERY Tractors 2 Wheel Drive HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING GOODS USED TRACTOR


Machinery makers find shelter in global storm

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