FARM INDUSTRY NEWS TOUR TO FRANCE AND GERMANYFARM INDUSTRY NEWS TOUR TO FRANCE & GERMANY February 21 – March 02, 2003 France: With a population of 2.2 million people in an area of 41 square miles... MIG welders: Machines for the modern farm shopBy: Wayne Wenzel David Anderson of Hobart Welders says he’s talking to more farmers who are interested in buying a MIG welder for machinery repairs. Why? Compared to a... Plan to complyBy: Wayne Wenzel A Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) is the best way to develop a workable strategy and prove that you are in compliance with upcoming EPA... Weed stopperBy: Wayne Wenzel Syngenta Crop Protection’s launch of Callisto broadleaf corn herbicide last season was the company's most successful product launch ever, garnering 4... Speed-shift McCormickBy: Wayne Wenzel Fingertip gearshift operation is now available on McCormick MC and MTX series tractors. The McCormick Speed Sequencer transmission's internal controls... Four-steer skid steerBy: Wayne Wenzel Mustang Company will bring six all-wheel steering (AWS) loader models to market through selected dealers in North and South America. Three of the models... Beyond EthanolBy: Wayne Wenzel Corn growers associations have pointed with excitement at the potential to use ethanol as the preferred hydrogen source in fuel cells. Now chemical engineers... Synthetic tranny/hydraulic fluidBy: Wayne Wenzel Expensive transmissions and hydraulics deserve maximum wear protection. And Petro-Canada says it has the ultimate with its new Duratran Synthetic formula... Who owns Bt corn, RR cotton?By: Wayne Wenzel Syngenta has filed two separate lawsuits against some of its largest competitors in the seed industry. The company’s legal action asserts that YieldGard... Euro yellow combineBy: Wayne Wenzel Introduced in Europe and Canada last summer, the sleek, yellow, Euro-styled New Holland CR series Twin Rotor combine is coming to America. Though the... Steep-incline conveyorBy: Karen McMahon A new truck-unloading conveyor gently squeezes the grain between two belts to convey grain instead of using an auger with flighting.... Row croppers returnBy: Wayne Wenzel Perhaps a positive sign for its future, New Holland now has a worthy replacement for the popular Genesis tractor line that it spun off and sold to Buhler... Growing Degree Unitshttp://industryclick.com/microsites/index.asp?srid=10974&magazineid=15&SiteID=5... Contest!Win a test drive If you've always wanted to test drive a new ATV, utility vehicle or pickup truck, here's your chance. Farm Industry News is planning... New from the World Ag ExpoBy: by Daryl Bridenbaugh and Karen McMahon Team FIN couple Daryl and Peggy Bridenbaugh headed west to Tulare, CA, last winter to cover the 35th anniversary of the World Ag Expo. This massive show provides 2 million square feet of exhibit space for 1,400 exhibitors. The Bridenbaughs combed the show for two days, picking out new, innovative equipment.... Less bullish on corn prices/fertilizerBy: by Wayne Wenzel Merrill Lynch said today that the USDA forecast of a 4% increase in corn plantings this spring is above expectations and will depress corn prices.... More about diesel emissionsBy: by Wayne Wenzel As promised at the end of our Mid-March 2002 article "The future is clear", here are more topics and links related to diesel emissions.... More from the National Farm Machinery ShowBy: by Karen McMahon, Wayne Wenzel and Mike Boyatt Nearly 300,000 people visited the exhibits at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY, this year. We walked the aisles and picked some of the newest products to showcase here for you.... Wall Street bullish on agricultureBy: By Wayne Wenzel Analysts think a jump in farm income and ag stock prices is imminent.... WeedSoft is hard on weedsBy: Rhonda J. Brooks New software calculates the economic return from weed control.... Hay, wait a minuteBy: By Wayne Wenzel Hay equipment is once again rolling out of Case IH plants. ... |