Implement & Tractor articles from May 2006

Implement & Tractor archives from May 2006

Are you selling "adult toys"?(Editor's Words)
May 1, 2006... Frank Lee talks about selling to customers he calls Weekenders in this issue's Sales Tips column. A few years ago at an equipment show in Louisville, I first heard the name Hobby Farmers being used to identify this new target market group. ...

Iowa implement dealer diversifies with Chinese tractors: after 20 years in the implement business, Bill Mayer has taken on a new tractor business venture.
May 1, 2006... When I first met Bill Mayer in person, I knew he was a down-to-earth, hands-on dealer--someone to whom strangers are just friends he hasn't met. He had just returned from a trip to China during the past year and, despite having jetlag, had an...

Foton Motors Inc. gets exclusive import rights, looks for dealers.(AT PRESS: Items received just prior to printing this issue of Implement & Tractor)
May 1, 2006... Foton Motors, Inc., a newly-formed U.S. corporation, will have exclusive rights to import equipment made by the Shandong Foton Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. into North America, effective January 1, 2007, according to Kenneth Waggoner, CEO of Foton...

Frank Anglin out at Case IH, replaced by former AGCO VP.(AT PRESS: Items received just prior to printing this issue of Implement & Tractor)
May 1, 2006... On May 29, 2006, Frank Anglin III, who was Vice President, North American Case IH Agricultural Business, issued a short statement to Case IH territorial managers, thanking them for their hard work and support during his tenure with the company....

Charter Software has been endorsed by the Mississippi Valley Equipment Association (MVEA) as the recommended business system provider for its members.(Industry Notebook)
May 1, 2006... Charter Software has been endorsed by the Mississippi Valley Equipment Association (MVEA) as the recommended business system provider for its members. Charter, located in Littleton, Colorado, provides a complete software system used by outdoor...

Hall Manufacturing.(Industry Notebook)
May 1, 2006... Hall Manufacturing, North Little Rock, Ark., has added farm-style tanks to its rapidly growing Bush-Whacker line of products, which company President Robert Hall said was a natural outcome of the recent purchase of Hall Tank. The tanks range...

Deere & Company--John Deere Waterloo Works presented a model 7920 tractor to the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering department at Iowa State University.(Industry Notebook)
May 1, 2006... Deere & Company--John Deere Waterloo Works presented a model 7920 tractor to the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering department at Iowa State University. Ramesh Kanwar, department chair, said the tractor will be used by the...

Colorado Machinery LLC.(Industry Notebook)
May 1, 2006... Colorado Machinery LLC completed a merger in April that increased its number of stores from five to nine and broadened its geographic service area and its product mix. The Colorado Springs-based equipment company merged with Romer Mercantile...

Donaldson Company, Inc.(Industry Notebook)
May 1, 2006... Donaldson Company, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., a leading manufacturer of filter systems and replacement parts, has received an award for outstanding 2005 performance from NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., a global manufacturer of lift trucks...

Ron Schardt.(People)
May 1, 2006... Ron Schardt, Chairman and CEO of Reinke Manufacturing since 1979, retired from the company on May 1. During his leadership, he was instrumental in the domestic and international mechanized irrigation growth and in the launch and growth of the...

The five new independent members of the CNH Global N.V. Board of Directors, effective April 7, are: Leo W. Houle, Rolf M. Jeker, Peter Kalantzis, John Lanaway, and Jacques Theurillat.(People)
May 1, 2006... The five new independent members of the CNH Global N.V. Board of Directors, effective April 7, are: Leo W. Houle, Rolf M. Jeker, Peter Kalantzis, John Lanaway, and Jacques Theurillat. They join the six reelected Board members: Harold D....

Escorts/Farmtrac declines Montana's acquisition bid.
May 1, 2006... Seeking to quell recent take over rumors, Ashok Chadha, Chief Executive Officer, Escorts Limited, issued this statement following a board meeting of Beaver Creek Holdings, the holding company of Escort's Farmtrac North America: "The board has...

Auction action.
May 1, 2006... Ever notice how change kind of sneaks up on you? You look around one day and it just sort of hits you. Hey, how come all the kids are walking around with little earphones on? They're Ipods. The used farm equipment market, something you...

My life with Deere & Company, Part 2: sometimes good ideas never made it into production, sometimes they did.
May 1, 2006... Editor's note: Part I of this two-part article, which appeared in the March/April issue of Implement & Tractor, reviewed a variety of projects that Wendell Van Syoc worked on during his early years as a John Deere engineer--two-cylinder...

New Holland TG Series II.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... This series features four models, ranging from 175 to 255 PTO hp, up to 44 PTO hp growth and 56% PTO torque rise. The six-cylinder turbocharged 8.3-liter New Holland engines are Tier III compliant and have electronic engine management. The...

AGCO RT Series.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... These tractors are equipped with the new turbocharged Tier II 6.6 liter AGCO (SisuDiesel) engine that runs quieter and uses less fuel. The power range in the RT Series is extended from 100 to 155 hp with models RT100A, RT120A, RT140A and RT155A...

Mahindra 2815 HST.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... The 15 Series 4WD tractors were designed with objectives of strength, ruggedness, durability, versatility and value. This 2815 model has a three-cylinder, four-stroke, indirect injection, water-cooled diesel engine with 28 horsepower. It is...

Challenger MT 500BRM.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... The governmental/municipal market is targeted with two new roadside mowing (RM) systems, the MT400BRM and MT500BRM, equipped with Little Industries mowing system, Powered by Caterpillar's 4- and 6-cylinder engines, respectively, the tractors...

Grouser Blade.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... Grouser Products developed the 5200 Series Front Blade for CNH STX/TJ 480 and 530 Series tractors and the 2100 Series Front Blade for the John Deere 8030 Series (PST, IVT or ILS). These blades were designed to have the highest lift and the...

CDS-John Blue NGP.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... The NGP (Next Generation Pump) line of piston metering pumps includes single piston models 6055 (21.0 gpm max flow) and 7055 (34.2 gpm max flow) and double piston models 8055 (42.0 gpm max flow) and 9055 (68.4 gpm max flow). Built on the LM...

Kondex disc mower knives.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... Each production lot of these disc mower knives is subjected to a rigorous battery of tests to make sure these high performance standards of ANSI/ASAE S483 are met. In addition, each Kondex disc mower knife bears a stamped Traceable Sequential...

Batchen Stinger weed control.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... The Batchen Stinger, a propane-powered thermal weed control machine for orchard and vineyards, has pump capable of operating for seven hours without refueling. It is trailer mounted and designed for towing by a tractor or 4WD vehicle. The...

Bullseye seed tube.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... The design of Precision Planting's Bullseye seed tube, distributed by S.I. Distributing, represents the latest technology in the industry. An offset inside of the tube keeps the seed from hitting the seed sensor. The offset thus prevents the...

E-learning combine courses.(Product Review)
May 1, 2006... Case IH designed these computer-based combine educational courses as interactive programs with text, photographs, illustrations, audio and video. The programs are divided into two course levels, directed to both novice and experienced combine...

U.S. farm exports projected to hit $67 billion.
May 1, 2006... U.S. agricultural exports will reach $67 billion during the current fiscal year which ends Sept. 30, according to the USDA's forecast. This estimate is up $2.5 billion from USDA's February estimate, due to higher prices and export volumes for...

Further declines in OPEI forecast.
May 1, 2006... A predicted decline in housing starts of 14.4% and a decline in sales of existing family homes of 11.2%, both from 2005 to 2007, is expected to negatively affect the market for hand-held products, consumer products and commercial turf care...

More corn-based ethanol means fewer corn exports.
May 1, 2006... Projected corn use in 2006 shows that ethanol may overtake exports, according to Keith Collins, USDA Chief Economist. "We are embarking on a profound change in our agricultural economy," he said in an article that appeared in the May 25...

New research facilities announced.
May 1, 2006... The USDA recently opened two new facilities: the U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center (USALARC) in Maricopa, Arizona, and an addition to the North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory (NCARL) in Brookings, S.D. The USALARC is the...

FAPRI says fuel costs will remain high.
May 1, 2006... It is probably no surprise to farmers that planting crops this year cost them more--an average of 113 percent more than they paid four years ago, according to Lori Wilcox, an energy economist with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research...

Can technological advances in agriculture reduce conflict and terrorism?
May 1, 2006... Yes, because these are the keys to solving problems in poverty-stricken countries, according to Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy at Cornell University, Pinstrup-Andersen, winner of the 2001...

Battle the growing meth crisis affecting US rural areas.
May 1, 2006... Methamphetamine, the highly-addictive drug commonly referred to as meth, is especially costing rural America in lives and dollars. In 2005, meth abuse among rural Americans increased by 82 percent, and 5.3 percent of those users were under 12...

Sales tips.
May 1, 2006... Selling to the Week-end Farmers There are many names given to this customer--including weekend farmer, hobby farmer and lifestyle farmer. I prefer Weekender and will use that name. These are people who own a small piece of land they visit...

Cleaning up the hurricanes' messes: with the help of donated Kubota equipment, FFA chapters are helping rebuild their schools and communities.
May 1, 2006... Donations of new Kubota equipment to FFA chapters are helping rebuild the ag programs of schools that were severely damaged or, in some cases, totally lost due to hurricanes Katrina, Charley and Rita. The equipment donations from Kubota Tractor...

Auction sale prices on DMI fertilizer applicators.
May 1, 2006... Auction Sale Prices on DMI Fertilizer Applicators Compiled by Greg Peterson, EA. CT's Report Model Year Cond. Price Date Location 11 SHANK G $2,050 2/27/2003 WCIL 11 SHANK G ...