Evidence continues to mount that ag is an attractive place to invest these days. News during the past few weeks has reinforced the trend of international investments in agriculture — especially in farm equipment. While many of the deals are coming from within the industry, a high level of interest is coming from financial investment [...]
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Farm Equipment Attracting Investment, Especially for International Expansion
Posted in News, tagged News, farm, CNH, Ag, Farming, Deere, AGCO, Investments, Industry trends on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Strikes Optimistic Tone
Posted in News, tagged Ag, farm, Farmers, USDA on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As the campaign season heats up, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Missouri yesterday to spread the message and priorities outlined by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech Tuesday. Echoing the same theme from the president’s speech of fighting for the middle class, Vilsack sought to portray actions by the [...]
USDA says Rural Development progress made
Posted in News, tagged Community, farm, Farming, Fiscal year, Growth, money, Rural, Taxes, USDA on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The head of the USDA Rural Development Office says the work they’re doing is having a positive impact on Rural America. Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager says the 2011 Rural Development Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report shows they have invested almost $29 Billion dollars and “created or saved an estimated 440-thousand” jobs through the rural business cooperative, [...]
Mobile App Now Available For the National Farm Machinery Show
Posted in News, tagged #NFMS12, Ag, Android, App, farm, Farmer, Farming, iphone, Louisville, National Farm Machinery Show, technology on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The National Farm Machinery Show continues its tradition of meeting demands of its attendees by offering a mobile app for the February 15-18 show. The first-ever mobile app, called “NFMS ’12,” for the National Farm Machinery Show is now available for free on smartphones (iPhone, Android and Blackberry) and features an interactive exhibitor map and [...]
Hot Topics in Ag
Posted in Hot Topics in Ag, tagged Ag, farm, Hot Topics, John Deere, Weather, wheat, World Ag on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
John Deere Sets World Record With Combine Constructed from Food: It’s a new world record! John Deere’s Project “Can Do” created a full-sized combine made entirely from food – 308,448 cans of food and 11,268 bags of food to be exact… Read More World Ag Expo Celebrates 45th Anniversary: World Ag Expo will celebrate 45 years [...]
Farming Through the Unthinkable
Posted in Features, tagged Family, farm, Farming, Legacy, Planning on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned. It certainly didn’t for the Dell family of Maryland. A succession plan must be flexible to accommodate for the unthinkable. A situation that Greg Dell, the patriarch of the family, never thought he’d have to experience. “I had in my head the plan, how I thought it was going [...]
Cute Baby + Fastline = WINNING
Posted in Features, tagged Ag, Babies, Family, farm, Fastline Fans, Photos on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Fastline, I hope you enjoy these photos. My Great Granddaughter, Emma, was 19 months old when her Grandma took these pictures. From the time she could walk and talk it was all about tractors. My husband and I own and operate a 3,000 acre farm with our son Adam Capogreco. The boy in [...]
Schaffert Mfg. & Sales Introduces New G2 Liquid Fertilizer Disc
Posted in News, tagged Ag, Disc, farm, Fertilizer, New Products, Schaffert Mfg. & Sales on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Schaffert Mfg. & Sales, the leader in Seed and Fertilizer Application Systems is excited to introduce our NEW, Generation 2 – 2 x 2 Fertilizer Disc. Its unique one-piece design will keep the down pressure even on both press wheels as they move in unison. The arm of the G2 is mounted on a pivot [...]
AEM Releases 2012 Agriculture Equipment Outlook
Posted in News, tagged AEM, Ag, Equipment, farm, Forecast on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In its 2012 Outlook, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)recaps the results of its survey of members in the ag sector for U.S., Canadian, and Rest of World markets. And they provide data that reviews 2011 data and forecasts into 2014. Manufacturers also ranked influencers on their business, including weather, energy costs, interest rates, Tier [...]
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