December 1, 2006
Features
Climate change winners and losers
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Hest
If Climate changes that are predicted as a result of global warming turn out to be true, the U.S. Corn Belt will be one of the winners in a world where...
Wind power your future
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Katie Sauck
Midwest Farmers and landowners are getting involved in the fastest-growing electricity source in the world: wind energy. Wind power has the potential...
Easy to be green
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Katie Sauck
Twenty percent of the CO2 pollution in the United States comes from the Midwest, according to the Environmental Law and Policy Center, so it's no surprise...
Reasons to SPEED
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Hest
If you don't have high-speed Internet, it may be hard to understand what all the fuss is about. Most readers of Farm Industry News may be in exactly that...
High-SPEED options
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Hest
High-Speed internet service is available virtually everywhere in the Corn Belt, and in all but a few locations anywhere in the U.S. That reality is contrary...
New From Sunbelt
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mike Boyatt and Karen McMahon
Compact tractor A new Kioti 4-wd compact tractor offers features usually found on higher-horsepower tractors. The DK45SE is equipped with a 45-hp engine,...
Bigger, better and redder
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
In step with its earlier announcement to launch 27 new products before year's end, Case IH unveiled another dozen products for 2007 at farm shows this...
Macho-up your truck
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Sarah Day
Many farmers think that half the fun of owning a truck is to trick it out with accessories or upgrades. Whatever the reason people choose to upgrade their...
Buyer's market for MONEY
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Edward Clark
It's a buyer's market for money. That may not seem to be the case, coming on the heals of Federal Reserve Board interest rate hikes of more than 2% in...
Buy
Six Left Standing
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, From the editor, Karen McMahon
Growers may think they are in a tough business, but they should look at the large crop protection companies and be thankful. The crop protection market...
Sygenta Wins Court Cases
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Sygenta received two favorable rulings in recent court cases with Monsanto. An arbitration panel ruled to dismiss Monsanto's efforts to terminate license...
Equipment Sales Flat
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Agricultural equipment manufacturers report that they expect equipment sales in 2007 to be flat or slowing. The annual Association of Equipment Manufacturers...
Autofarm Investment
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Autofarm announces an investment in gps-Ag, a provider of precision agriculture products that can be moved from vehicle to vehicle. The Australian company's...
KFC Goes Healthy
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Kentucky Fried Chicken says it will reduce the trans fatty acids in its fried foods by switching to oil from low-linolenic soybeans. Jerry Steiner, executive...
Guy No. 2
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Team FIN member Jeff Ryan writes a column about his life and work on the farm. Read the light-hearted and entertaining tales from Guy No. 2 on our Web...
Learn
Dashing Phone
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
T-Mobile's new Dash smart phone has a long list of features, including voice calling, personal and business e-mail, a 1.3-megapixel camera and Wi-Fi....
Financial Software
Dec 1, 2006 12:03 PM
Financial management software CenterPoint now has a version 2.0 with updated reporting and data entry components. Developed by Red Wing Software, CenterPoint...
Bird Flu Protection
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
DuPont introduces three biosecurity kits designed to help businesses and individuals reduce the spread of viruses and bacteria. The farm kit is designed...
Wi-Fi Camera
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Nikon's new Coolpix S7c camera is packed with features designed to help you capture the best photographs possible. It also simplifies transferring them...
Drive
Large-Volume Tires
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Michelin wants you to consider large-volume tires for your high-horsepower tractor. Large-volume tires have two main benefits, says Kevin Lutz, technical...
ATV Tires
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Drive your ATV through the harshest conditions without worrying about your tires with Dunlop's new Quadmax ATV tires. The tires are constructed with two...
Work
Red Rotor Turns 30
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
Chet and Dan Eyer from Anchor, IL, were among the first in line to buy a Case IH Axial-Flow combine when it was introduced in 1977. We wanted something...
Talk
Talk
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Moisture Tester: I am looking for a part for the Dole Moisture Tester model 400. It used to be from Eaton Corporation.Donny Millervia phone call Eaton...
