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WINTER PREPARATION CHECK LIST

Give your home a once-over and tend to winter preparation tasks and repairs. Getting the exterior of the home ready for the cold winds, snow and ice is critical for keeping Old Man Winter out and keeping it warm and toasty inside. By being proactive, you’ll lower your energy bills, increase the efficiency and lifespan of your home’s components, and make your property safer.

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HOW TO FIX CROSSED LOOPS IN A LEGEND

A couple of times this year we have had customers phone in and tell us that when they turn off their fertilizer, that one or more of the towers on the seed say blocked, and the corresponding towers in the fertilizer loop stay green.R eading this blog will give you a better understanding of how to troubleshoot this problem on the Legend system.

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FARMSAFETY

Farm Safety is very important so that tragedy like this does not happen. Every year there are many deaths on the farm.

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WHAT FARMERS WISH YOU KNEW ABOUT FARMERS

From ‘farming is easy’ to ‘farmers are rich,’ there are a million things consumers think they know about farmers. We asked our amazing farm community what the one thing they wish people knew about farmers. These are the responses.

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ANTIQUE BALER

WOOODSTOCK, Ont. — A rare New Holland 1283 self-propelled baler was on hand at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock last week.The balers were built in the 1960s and 1970s.

The one at the farm show sported a Ford 240 cubic inch, six cylinder, gasoline engine, but a 300 was also available. Many had cab coolers and some true air conditioning.

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AGRITECHINCA

AGRITECHNICA – The World’s No. 1

Hanover/Germany November 10-14 2015

The world’s largest trade fair for agricultural machinery and equipment

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GMO’S A GROWING PART OF AGRICULTURE

When genetically engineered crops hit the market two decades ago, some farmers stayed with old-school seed.

For a time, the move paid off. Traditional seed cost less than the biotech stuff. Crops commanded a small premium over the new genetically modified organisms that had consumers skittish.

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HAVE A SAFE HARVEST

When the crops are ready to be harvested, farmers have only a window of time—between weather events, equipment breakdowns, and life events—to get the best quality crop out of the field. To make the most of this time, farm workers trying to get as much work done as possible.

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TOP 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AGRICULTURE

With one of the longest federal election campaigns in our history in front of us, it’s reasonable to expect all sectors, including agriculture, will get an unusual amount of attention.

Right now, as that campaign revs up, those who want to lead our country are still getting their sea legs.

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CANADA’S FARM PROGRESS SHOW

For three days June 17- 19, agricultural buyers and sellers from around the world come together to do business at tone of the most important farm shows in Western Canada.

More than 45,000 people from over 50 countries come to Regina each year to see what’s new in agricultural. Canada’s Farm Progress Show has established itself as the largest dryland farm technology and equipment show in Canada, and one of the most important farm shows in North America.

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