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Now that the Ag Days farm show in Brandon, MB. is wrapping up, another important event will soon begin in that city. The Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Workshop is set to start. Getting a chance to sit down and discuss leading edge production research at events like this one could be the best investment of […] Read more

One of North America’s newest farm machinery shows opened its doors on Friday in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2011 AG Connect Expo, the second to be held, was paired with the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) convention at the Georgia World Congress Center. Members of ASABE are the ones who design the farm […] Read more

When I started on this blog, I didn’t intend to include any topic more political than debating favourite machinery colours. But after a visit from a neighbour this weekend, I felt obliged to to break that rule. Here’s why. That neighbour brought some legal papers with him when he came to see us. He asked […] Read more

2010 is almost history, and overall things have been reasonably good on the agricultural front. Commodity prices aren’t too bad—although they could always be better. And depending on which expert prediction you read, there is a fair chance that will continue. Farm machinery manufacturers think so too. Here’s how John Deere’s fourth quarter financial report […] Read more

Last wednesday, Reuters News Agency reported that AGCO’s chairman, president and CEO, Martin Richenhagen, publicly stated he wanted to buy CNH Global, the company that controls New Holland and Case IH. Mr Richenhagen reportedly revealed during an interview with an Italian newspaper that he had met with Sergio Marchionne, Fiat SpA’s chief executive, to discuss […] Read more