Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM

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National Farm Machinery Show videos

Farm Industry News will travel to Louisville, KY, where we will look for the hottest new equipment on display at the National Farm Machinery Show. In daily videos, we'll let you see firsthand what's new, popular and unique. Considered the largest indoor farm show, NFMS will once again fill all 27 acres of its exhibit space. New videos will be posted February 11 to 14.
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For more information about the National Farm Machinery Show, visit farmindustrynews.com/tv/nfms09

Trimble introduces new display

Trimble continues its growth in the agricultural automated guidance and implement steering business with a new monitor. The AgGPS FmX Integrated Display is a terminal that works for either stand-alone guidance or as an assisted or automated steering system. It works with the Trimble AgGPS Autopilot and AgGPS EX-Steer 500 assisted steering systems. Trimble executives introduced the new display to dealers and media at a recent meeting in Denver, CO. See features of the display at:
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TALK

Link to parts

I saw the question about Clayton Mark parts on your talk section [October 2006, page 56] and thought it may help people to see the parts. We have them available at www.griggindustries.com/servlet/the-Clayton-Mark-Parts/Categories.
Jeff Grigg
Grigg Industries

Grain elevator

I am looking for parts for a Kewanee grain elevator.
John Peters
Monticello, IN

Bush Hog carries some parts for Kewanee products. Call your local Bush Hog dealer or contact Bush Hog, Box 1039, Selma, AL 36701, 334/874-2700, www.bushhog.com.

Hanson snowblower

One of our readers is looking for a transmission housing for a 1968 Hanson 3-pt. hitch snowblower. Hanson Equipment is now Hanson Snowblower Manufacturing in Rockford, IL, and it makes snowblowers for pickup trucks only.

If anyone knows where our reader can find parts for this 3-pt. hitch snowblower, please contact us at 800/722-5334 or fin@penton.com.

Attack the blend wall

Ethanol proponents will need to “attack the blend wall”and promote E10 ethanol blends across the country, reports Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen. Recently Dinneen revealed his 2009 outlook for ethanol. Read the full story and other biofuel items on the Farm Industry News Biofuel Lines blog by Lynn Grooms.
http://blog.farmindustrynews.com/biofuellines

From FIN TV

“Big Think: The future of robotics on farms“

“It would be ideal to have a whole flock of robots, like 20 or 30 of them and let them roam around [weeding your field].”
Tony E. Grift,
ag engineer, University of Illinois

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