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With only a few hours left before the doors close for the final time on Agritechnica 2011, more than a few people were trying to squeeze in a final visit. The exhibition halls were busy, to say the least. Because it’s Saturday, there were parents and kids almost everywhere. With a journalist’s press pass, though, […] Read more

Yesterday, I gave you a few stats on just how many exhibits were on site here at Agritechnica in Hanover Germany. But here’s a little trivia on the facility itself—or the Hannover Messe, as it’s known locally. Hanover is in the northern region of Germany and the Messe (fair grounds) is located on the south […] Read more

Every second year, the German Agricultural Society, DLG, hosts Agritechnica, the largest farm machinery exhibition on the planet. It’s held in Hanover Germany. By any standard, the show is enormous. 2,700 exhibitors from 48 countries are showing their newest and best. But unlike nearly all other venues, many manufacturers are also giving you a glimpse […] Read more

The northern lights have seen queer sights but the queerest they ever did see, was… an agriculture conference in the subarctic, maybe? At least that what I would have thought a few weeks before I was invited to Whitehorse to be a guest speaker at one. Now, as I sit in the Vancouver airport on […] Read more

Senior management at Versatile had a lot to talk about on the 26th of October. The Clarence Avenue assembly plant in Winnipeg celebrated completion of the 100,000th tractor built there since it began production in 1966. The milestone model, a 305 MFWD, along with the dealer that sold it and the customers who bought it […] Read more

No, that caption wasn’t my attempt to be the first one to sing a Christmas carol this year. My trip to the grand opening of Seed Hawk’s expanded production facility earlier this month made me think about those words. It became clear to me that owners of the many prairie-based implement manufacturers, like Seed Hawk […] Read more