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		<title>Focus on Farm Safety This Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tragedy of an agricultural death or injury can cause the personal loss of a friend or family member. It also causes an economic and social burden when a productive member of a community is incapacitated or dies. &#8220;Safety Counts—Your Community Depends on It&#8221; is the theme for this year’s National Farm Safety and Health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=5182&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 4th of July from Fastline!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are on the farm or in the city, we sincerely hope you and yours have a very happy and safe 4th of July holiday. Fastline will be closed on Monday in observance of the holiday, but will return to regular business hours on Tuesday. For Previous Fastline Blog Posts- Click Here<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=3348&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soggy Weather Conditions Dampen Corn Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corn can handle a lot of moisture, but standing in water multiple days can ruin the yield potential of even the hardiest plants. With any luck, the excess moisture Midwest farmers have recently endured will abate and allow corn growth to resume. If the soil is able to dry out, some of the potential yield [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=3318&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fastline connects on the air with Rural America!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this video of Matt Coniglio, Fastline&#8217;s National Accounts Manager.  The video is a live stream that Matt Coniglio participated in on the Michael Libbie Show yesterday (6/23).  Matt did an outstanding job of representing Fastline and differentiating our company from the competition. Also, his level of industry knowledge and professionalism are quite evident [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=3283&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sprayers Can Be Complex</title>
		<link>http://blog.fastline.com/2010/06/07/sprayers-can-be-complex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sabrina829</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the day, farmers filled a sprayer with 200 gallons of spray mix, used a simple chart that told them what speed to drive and what spray pressure to maintain when using a specific spray nozzle, and they sprayed their crops. For all the computerized complexity of modern self-propelled or pull-type sprayers, that&#8217;s the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=3140&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to be Part of the Fastline Team?</title>
		<link>http://blog.fastline.com/2010/01/21/want-to-be-part-of-the-fastline-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sabrina829</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.fastline.com/?p=2167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[National Accounts Manager Position Excited and Stimulated by Change and Innovation? Fastline Publications, a progressive, growth oriented media company, and publisher of over 25 trade publications, is seeking a competitive, assertive, creative thinker who likes challenges to join its expanding national accounts sales team. In this highly visible role, you will develop national account strategies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=2167&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Implements New Crop Disaster Assistance Program</title>
		<link>http://blog.fastline.com/2009/12/28/usda-implements-new-crop-disaster-assistance-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.fastline.com/2009/12/28/usda-implements-new-crop-disaster-assistance-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sabrina829</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program (SURE) in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. Vilsack also encouraged producers to visit their USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office beginning on January 4, 2010, to participate in the program if they suffered crop production losses during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=1966&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deere Closes Deal on Joint Venture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sabrina829</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a press release issued by Deere &#38; Company yesterday, all legal requirements have been completed to form a joint venture in India. The venture is between Deere&#8217;s Worldwide Construction &#38; Forestry Division and Ashok Leyland Limited, the flagship of the Hinduja Group. The venture will be named &#8220;Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment Company [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=667&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Bureau Cares About Ag Education</title>
		<link>http://blog.fastline.com/2009/06/24/farm-bureau-cares-about-ag-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sabrina829</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, in cooperation with the AFB Women’s Leadership Committee, has awarded 23 $500 mini-grants to communities across the nation. The grants will be used to create or continue funding for Ag education programs in the selected communities. According to the press release, 23 communities received the $500 mini-grants. “Through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=485&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto Opens a Water Utilization Learning Center</title>
		<link>http://blog.fastline.com/2009/06/18/monsanto-opens-a-water-utilization-learning-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Monsanto opened Agriculture&#8217;s first Water Utilization Learning Center in Gothenburg, Nebraska.  The new $6 million facility is one of  three Monsanto learning centers in the United States. The 135 acre farm and learning center will be home to over 80 cropping and irrigation demonstrations, 20,000 square foot breeding station, and three conference rooms that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.fastline.com&amp;blog=7567097&amp;post=412&amp;subd=fastlineblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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