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Merry Christmas

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Last December we bought a snow blower for the little tractor that’s assigned to take care of all the chores around the farmyard. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, we didn’t get much snow all through last winter, and the snow blower was only used in anger once all season. Even then, it really wasn’t necessary to […] Read more
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Check it out

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I received a press release from the Insurance Bureau of Canada last week that started off with the headline, “Auto thieves in western Canada love their Ford trucks”. According to the IBC’s statistics, the dirt bags that steal vehicles in this part of the country prefer to steal early-to-mid 2000s Ford Super Duty pickups. Remarkably, […] Read more
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The key to organization

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A couple of weeks ago I decided that the rusty old truck tool box that’s been cluttering up a corner of my workshop needs to either get fixed or taken to the dump. It was just occupying space that would be better taken up by some kind of shiny new workshop tool. And Christmas isn’t […] Read more
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Legalizing autonomy

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I had a chance to speak with Jim Walker, VP of Case IH, during the U.S. Farm Progress Show last August. As we stood in front of his brand’s autonomous Magnum tractor we discussed the factors that were bound to affect the widespread introduction of robotic field tractors, just like that Magnum. One of the […] Read more
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And the award goes to…

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While channel surfing with the TV remote control this week, I noticed that the American Music Awards were on. And now the news, and the other fashion programs my wife watches, are busy doing a forensic analysis of the gowns worn by all the celebrity women attending it. I’m sure just some of the shoes […] Read more
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The orange wave

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The upcoming December issue of Grainews will take a look at what’s new in tractors this year. There’s a lot to report. And just when we thought we could probably cram it all into one issue, along comes today’s announcement of another new model from Kubota. The new Kubota M6S-111 tractor is being unveiled at […] Read more
Lees insight

Trump — was that a dream or a nightmare?

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Well that was a shocking, surprising and disappointing U.S. election result. I figured it might be close, but I really didn’t think Trump would pull it off. Did anyone? As yappy and annoying as he is, he might prove to be the best president the U.S. ever had, however he will have to work hard […] Read more
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Good work in handling the TB wreck

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I don’t think I am surprised, but I continue to be impressed with how south eastern Alberta ranchers are handling this TB investigation currently being carried out by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Producers immediately affected have been open and forthright in discussing the fact that one animal produced in this extensive ranching area […] Read more
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It’s alive!

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As thunder crashed and lightning flashed, Dr. Frankenstein shouted those immortal words, “It’s alive!”. Who could forget that classic scene in the old movie? Exactly the same thing happened in my laboratory (ok, workshop) this week. I animated the dead—sort of. As lightning flashed around me, I yelled from the workshop roof on Halloween, “It’s […] Read more
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Social skills

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At the JCB Fastrac product launch in the English Midlands a couple of weeks ago, I had the very pleasant opportunity to reconnect with a bunch of farm machinery writers and editors from England. They’re people I’ve met or written for in the past couple of decades doing this job. The opportunity to talk shop […] Read more

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