Ready to Speed? 

By: By David Hest

Farm Industry News readers are more likely to access the Internet with a high-speed connection than are farmers and ranchers in agriculture at large....

Droppable Laptop 

Panasonic's new business-rugged Toughbook notebook computer line is designed for maximum reliability and rough handling including a drop from a foot off...

The Need to Speed 

By: From the editor, Karen McMahon

Farmers who can't find a machinery part or locate an agricultural equipment company sometimes call our office for help. Our Talk page, popular with many...

HOPE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE 

By: By Edward Clark

THE RISING cost of health care is nothing short of a crisis for many farm families, with premiums well over $1,000 per month for some. How serious is...

EAR TAG TRACKER 

THE NEW Farnam LTS tag recorder is a rugged Palm-based personal digital assistant (PDA) with an integrated reader for recording radio frequency identification...

CROP INSURANCE CHANGES 

FEDERAL CROP insurance plans may drop from five different policies to only one combination policy under a proposal offered by USDA's Federal Crop Insurance...

Product of the week 

By: By David Hest

PDA records RFID ear tags...

THE NEW RECRUITS 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

JUSTIN RAHN OF MT. CARROLL, IL, COULD HAVE worked for an agricultural retailer in Carroll County after graduating last March with a degree in agricultural...

FARMING THE WEB 

By: By David Hest

WHETHER YOU use it to stay abreast of weather, markets and the latest agricultural research, to gather information before purchasing a product, or to...

ANIMAL ID SYSTEMS 

THE SCOUT universal wireless interface (shown in the photo) from Ranger ID provides tough, reliable, portable wireless communication that can be adapted...