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A couple of weeks ago Canada’s largest farm equipment retail chain, Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc., announced it had undergone yet another expansion and acquired two Manitoba ag equipment stores. These businesses had been operating under the name Murray’s Farm Supplies and are reported to have had revenues of about $15 million annually. The deal is […] Read more

“A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind.” You’ve no-doubt seen those words printed on a coffee cup in someone’s office. It’s meant, of course, to mock the overachiever down the hall with the tidy workspace and allow us to feel better about on own disorganization. On the farm, the workshop is a […] Read more

If you live on a farm in Western Canada, odds are there is a gravel road going past your driveway. While gravel makes for a functional road surface, it’s a little hard on vehicles. Tires that log most of their miles on gravel don’t last as long as those run over pavement. Paint and windshields […] Read more

As the calendar is about to flip over to December, Christmas music is now playing everywhere and people are starting to think about the upcoming holiday and year end. Along with that comes the annual look back on the year that is quickly passing into history. For executives at the major farm equipment manufacturers, there’ll […] Read more

One thing is for sure: we gear heads love tools. Maybe it’s just a guy thing. It’s certainly a farmer thing. It’s hard not to notice that fact at auction sales when a bunch of farmers gather around a wagon loaded with the contents of someone else’s workshop. Everyone eagerly sifts through the pile of […] Read more