Reading Time: 2 minutes I can’t explain exactly why it is that marketing lends itself to slogans. I don’t mean the kinds of slogans that companies use, the Just-do-it’s and the Built-Fordtough’s. I mean the jingoistic nuggets that you see on book jackets, the “sell-the-sizzle, not-the-steak” kinds of aphorisms that reap so much arrogant scorn from so-called serious disciplines, […] Read more
Market Quotes
Machinery Guide – for Oct. 12, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes AGCO DT Series ACGO s DT Series tractors, including the DT205B, DT225B, DT250B and DT275B, range in pto horsepower from 205 to 275 hp. According to Agco, the DT series is fully engineered from the ground up incorporating the best technology and the most advanced engines and transmissions ever to go to the field. The […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for Oct. 12, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes AGCO DT Series ACGO’s DT Series tractors, including the DT205B, DT225B, DT250B and DT275B, range in pto horsepower from 205 to 275 hp. According to Agco, the DT series is fully engineered from the ground up incorporating the best technology and the most advanced engines and transmissions ever to go to the field. The new […] Read more
Go Fast, Go Slow
Reading Time: 2 minutes Go hard. Then go even harder. Expand fast, then expand some more. This is the moment that farmers have been waiting for. There are so many more mouths to fill, so many more consumers who want more meat on their plates, and so many more gas tanks that only farmers can fill. Or, go slow. […] Read more
LETTERS TO EDITORS
Reading Time: 2 minutes Points from letters >>>The following are excerpts from some of the e-mail you sent in response to our special June/July GuidePost issue with our tour to meet farmers across Canada. Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated. I’m at [email protected],or you can reach me at 519-674-1449. Beside supply management If Oxford County is an agricultural […] Read more
GUIDE WEATHER – for Aug. 31, 2009
Reading Time: 3 minutes BRITISH COLUMBIA Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Fair with isolated showers. Seasonal to warm. Frost touches higher levels. Sept. 6-12: Variable weather with some rain. Seasonal temperatures but frost higher elevations. Sept. 13-19: Highs in the teens except 20s interior. Patchy higher level frost. Scattered rain. Sept. 20-26: Fair overall with scattered rain, heavier west and north. […] Read more
Points from letters >>>The following are excerpts from some of the e-mail you sent in response to our special June/July GuidePost issue with our tour to meet farmers across Canada. Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated. Iām at tbutton@twi
Reading Time: 2 minutes Beside supply management If Oxford County is an agricultural powerhouse because of supply management, it should be noted that powerhouses are never well-liked, and are rarely, if ever, missed especially when, as in supply management, the power is restricted, by legislated entitlement, to only a select few. Your article (June/July 2009) should have included an […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for Aug. 31, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pre-separation boosts Lexion efficiency The Lexion 500 Series rotary and straw walker models are designed to boost both harvest and fuel efficiency with an award-winning threshing and separation design. The Class IX 595R / 590R and other 500 Series rotary models feature the Lexion Hybrid System, a combination of conventional threshing cylinder technology and a […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for Aug. 31, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes More centrifugal force with New Holland The New Holland CR9000 series combines rely on the New Holland s exclusive Twin Rotor design for threshing and separation efficiency. On the largest CR9000 combines, the twin rotors are 2,638 mm long with a diameter of 559 mm. According to New Holland, these twin rotors generate 36 to […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for Jul. 6, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes Case IH Magnum T Series This year, Case IH brings several new members into the Magnum family with the launch of its new Magnum 180, 190 and 210 models, loaded with 150, 165 and 180 PTO horsepower respectively. According to Mark Hackett, Case IH North American product specialist, the company’s goal with this new mid-range […] Read more
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
