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The World Pork Expo is in Des Moines on June 6-8. While it is the major equipment and allied industry show for US producers, it is growing in importance to the international production community. Each year sees growth in the number of foreign visitors. Foreign visitors come for a variety of...

In the Star Wars movies, moisture farmers on dry planets like Tattoine use droids to help with the repetitive, back-breaking labor, but that's in a galaxy far, far away. There's no doubt that robots are cool, but are robots on farms far off in our future? Actually, the future is already here...

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For the CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL RODEO ASSOCIATION - 2012 TENTATIVE RODEO SCHEDULE go to http://www.rodeocanada.com/rodeo_schedule.htm

The joke used to be that if you want to hold a meeting on the farm, all you really need is a mirror. But you don?t hear that joke so often anymore. And even when you did hear it, it was never as true as the joke tried to make it seem. Farmers may not always have had meetings, but they?ve always...

It's enough to make a race fan cry. This image taken by Dick Carlson is from the 2005 Brian Redman International Challenge at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Allegedly, half of the pack fell behind and sped up to close the gap between the leaders, who were behind the pace car at the time...

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MS Gregson N1000 and N1250 Sprayers 
 MS Gregson Novation sprayers come in N1000-gallon and N1250-gallon models, with a Novation design that is targeted toward operators who want a simple, clean sprayer with a rate controller and 60- to 90-foot booms. 
 Gregson...

As the world population heads toward 9 billion by 2050, there has been much hand-wringing over how to properly feed so many. In the developing world, it turns out mobile phones may be the best hope for growers looking to improve yields, market crops and move out of subsistence-level farming...

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A restructured CWB has no plans to initiate any further sales of organic grains. CWB, as the Canadian Wheat Board recently retitled itself, announced Monday it has carried out all purchases and deliveries for its 2011-12 organic marketing program and ended that program entirely. Winnipeg-based...

Looking around INDYCAR, Latin American drivers are representing in full force. Drivers from Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, and other regions make up a large portion of the IZOD IndyCar Series and Mazda Road to Indy rosters. You?ll notice one country missing from that list though?Mexico. Previous...

Alberta Premier Alison Redford?s returning cabinet will include her previous attorney general and justice minister as her new minister for agriculture and rural development. Redford on Tuesday announced lawyer Verlyn Olson, the MLA for Wetaskiwin-Camrose since 2008, will take over the...

Spring wheat and barley growers, especially those in the black soil zones, may appreciate a new Axial brand from Syngenta. Axial Xtreme combines the broad-spectrum annual grass control of Axial Herbicide with the broadleaf herbicide fluroxypyr. Axial should deliver a high level of control of...

Canada?s iconic Tim Hortons chain has given its pork suppliers until the end of this year to have ?clear plans? in place to phase out sow gestation stalls. The Oakville, Ont.-based quick-service restaurant firm said it also set a target of purchasing at least 10 per cent of its eggs from...

No resistance from Canadian, U.S. competition watchdogs Swiss commodity giant Glencore International has received the all-clear from Canadian and U.S. antitrust watchdogs to buy Canada?s largest grain handler. Glencore reported Friday it has received a ?no action? letter from the office of...

RV shows present a rare opportunity to see many recreational vehicles without driving from RV dealer to RV dealer. Most RV shows charge an admission, but for most RVers it's a modest investment for the opportunity to see such a wide-range of motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth wheels, truck...

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"Never trust a dog to watch your food." -Patrick, 10 "When your dad is mad and asks you, 'Do I look stupid?' - don't answer." -Hannah, 9 "Never tell your mom her diet's not working." -Michael, 14 "Stay away from prunes." -Randy, 9 "If life gives you nothing but lemons, make up a better...

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- A proposed rule requiring automakers to double average fuel economy by 2025 may reduce gasoline-tax collections for U.S. highway and transit systems by $57 billion over 11 years, the Congressional Budget Office said. President Barack Obama's administration proposed in...