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Crop Advisor’s Solution Solved — What’s Wrong With Air Seeder

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lloyd was dealing with missing plants, dead plants and one-leaf plants in his wheat field near Redvers, Alta. During our visit, we had a lot of factors to consider. Lloyd’s first concern was frost damage, even though wheat has a high tolerance. We ruled this out as the damage was more evident on higher ground. […] Read more
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REFLECTIONS – for Jul. 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Her family has farmed in this area for three generations.” The speaker at a high school graduation points out that Cindy, the class valedictorian, is the child of two previous graduates. Cindy’s parents married soon after graduation and are well known in the community. Her father is the reeve of the municipal district. Her mother […] Read more
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David (Sometimes) Beats Goliath

Reading Time: 2 minutes Malcolm Gladwell loves the story of David and Goliath. That means a lot to us because as we ve been working our way across Canada for this year s GuidePost issue, Gladwell is someone we ve been thinking a lot about. Gladwell is author of business best-sellers including The Tipping Point and Outliers: The Story […] Read more
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Machinery Guide – for May. 15, 2009

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Reading Time: 2 minutes John Deere Pro-Series XP row unit The John Deere Pro series XP row unit has new components which the company says will extend life, reduce maintenance time, and increase the value of ownership through reduced costs over the life of your planter. The design has a unique ductile iron casting shank which replaces the traditional […] Read more
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Our Four Rules

Reading Time: 2 minutes The farmer on the end of the phone was the nicest guy you could imagine. “I want you to know why I’m not renewing my subscription,” he said. “It hasn’t got anything to do with you personally. It’s just that I’ve heard all this business and this feed-the-world talk before, and it isn’t any more […] Read more
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Every Year, More And More Canadian Farmers Walk Through The National Farm Machinery Show At The Kentucky Exposition Center In Louisville With Its 800 Exhibitors And 1.2 Million Square Feet Of Indoor Exhibit Space. Here’s What Caught My Eye For 2009

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Reading Time: 2 minutes John Deere DB120 Planter Here s a corn planter to help eastern farmers grow their crops with western efficiency. In fact, though, the biggest market for the new John Deere 120-foot DB planter may be on diversified farms west of the Ontario border. Either way, your neighbour will turn heads for sure if they buy […] Read more
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Machinery Guide – for Mar. 30, 2009

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Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the most important decisions farmers can make is what seed they will plant. However, handling that seed and getting it into the drill is a different challenge. “Back in the day” that may have involved toting bags or even a pail to fill up a drill. However, those days are increasingly in the […] Read more
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AGCO grows up

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Reading Time: 2 minutes “ Our goal is to take market share away from the green guys, the blue guys, the red guys…” — Martin Richenhagen It’s clear we aren’t talking about yesterday’s AGCO. While in Atlanta for the launch of the world’s first all-AGCO tractors, global president and CEO Martin Richenhagen sat down with COUNTRY GUIDE to tell […] Read more
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Well, It Is About The Tractors Too

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the huge jump in research spending, other innovations are coming, says Bob Crain The results are impressive. AGCO’s global sales are nudging $9 billion, up from $3.8 billion when Richenhagen signed on in 2004.Netearnings are setting records too, and the company is investing $200 million a year in research and development, up from $50 […] Read more
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Pure-Play Is The Right Play

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s one thing that Richenhagen hasn’t changed at AGCO, and that he says he never will change. AGCO is a pure-play agriculture company. Richenhagen ensures its tagline “Your agriculture company” is everywhere, and that all its machinery is made for farms, starting with the hobby farm market but with its focus intensifying as the size […] Read more

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