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A long-awaited event took place this past week; and I’m not referring to groundhog day, although a rodent did play a part in the lead up to it. What happened that was so special? Electricity was finally restored to my workshop—for the second time since September. Underground electrical service lines are great. You don’t need […] Read more

This past week I spent a couple of days wandering the aisles of the Manitoba Ag Days show in Brandon. After you’ve logged as many miles walking through machinery exhibits as I have, you become pretty tuned in to the subtleties. I find myself comparing not only the show to other machinery events, but also […] Read more

2011 was a remarkable year in the farm equipment sector, unlike any in recent memory. The number of new machines introduced to the market this year was more than impressive. John Deere held what it referred to as the largest introduction of new machinery in its 174-year history. AGCO described its new product launch as […] Read more

As I stood at the local card lock fuelling station recently, a sign on the pump cautioned me that it would cut out when I’d loaded 300 litres, everyone’s daily quota of diesel fuel these days. A couple of weeks ago someone had crossed out the previous 500 litre amount on the sign and wrote […] Read more