Implement & Tractor articles from November 2003

Implement & Tractor archives from November 2003

FEMA/FEWA/AIMRA.(I&T's Editors' Words)
November 1, 2003... I just returned from the 2003 joint meeting of FEMA/ FEWA/AIMRA in Saint Louis. This meeting had the highest attendance since 2000, according to FEMA president Jerry Danuser. We'll have reports I garnered from the meeting in future issues. ...

Dealer invents Tram-Rite for his customers: tramline is a management tool for precise chemical applicator marking.
November 1, 2003... Although GPS is being installed on more and more farming equipment, tractor dealer-turned-inventor Jim Lafferty continues to sell a device that allows a tractor-driver to keep up with where he is in the field. It turns the seed flow on selected...

AGCO seeks a tractor for North America: Robert Ratliff gives the press an update on company activities.
November 1, 2003... Valtra could be the last tractor brand to be included in the AGCO empire--in Europe at least. AGCO's top man Robert Ratliff suggested that the corporation still needs a tractor range for North America. He pulled no punches when he said that if...

Dealing with the issue of water scarcity.(I&T's Guest Editorial)
November 1, 2003... Water. It is our earth's most precious resource, essential to human life. While there is no shortage of water on earth, there is indeed, an increasing scarcity of fresh water relative to the needs of our society. In fact, severe shortages...

OPEI addresses CARB problematic draft regulations.
November 1, 2003... * Canadian machinery shows some third quarter strength--2003 farm equipment sales to the end of September are mostly in the black, with tractor sales improving by 3.4 percent compared to the same period in 2002. Although the 40-99 hp segment...

Canadian machinery shows some third quarter strength.
November 1, 2003... * OPEI addresses CARB problematic draft regulations--After reviewing CARB's draft regulations regarding evaporative emissions from lawn and garden equipment, the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) submitted a letter to Cal EPA to...

Ag equipment sales benefit CNH's bottom line.
November 1, 2003... * Ag equipment sales benefit CNH's bottom line--CNH's third quarter was a net loss of 515 million (excluding restructuring charges), compared to a third quarter 2002 loss of $58 million. Driven by strong sales of agricultural equipment across...

Texas A&M to lead rebuilding of Iraq's ag economy.
November 1, 2003... * Texas A&M to lead rebuilding of Iraq's ag economy--Texas A&M University will play a leading role in a US-funded effort to begin rebuilding the agricultural economy of Iraq over the next three years. The university's International Agriculture...

Website addresses agricultural policy trade issues.
November 1, 2003... * Website addresses agricultural policy trade issues--Agtrade.org, an Internet site maintained by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Penn State University, addresses agricultural policy trade issues. Funding also...

OPEAA applauds House passage of small business health plan legislation.
November 1, 2003... * OPEAA applauds House passage of small business health plan legislation--Peter Ariens, President of Stens Corporation and President of the Outdoor Power Equipment Aftermarket Association (OPEAA), applauded H.R. 660, the Small Business Health...

OSHA reorganizes with more "enforcement" implications.
November 1, 2003... * OSHA reorganizes with more "enforcement" implications--The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) announced on August 27 that it was reorganizing by eliminating some offices and creating other offices. Additionally, many of the...

Firestone increases prices of agricultural tires.
November 1, 2003... * Firestone increases prices of agricultural tires--Firestone Agricultural Tire Division increased prices on all Firestone brand agricultural, industrial and forestry tires by three to five percent, effective on all orders placed after...

No postponement for new pollution reducing requirements.
November 1, 2003... * No postponement for new pollution reducing requirements--Caterpillar Inc. and Detroit Diesel Corporation were unsuccessful in their efforts to get the deadline for new pollution requirements extended beyond October 1. Judge Henry Kennedy of...

E-diesel fuel gives fewer emissions.
November 1, 2003... * E-diesel fuel gives fewer emissions--The California Air Resource Board (CARB) told O2Diesel that its diesel blend emits fewer emissions than regular diesel fuel. This should give O2Diesel a leg up in marketing the fuel in California, which...

UK tractor registrations show increase.(International Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * UK tractor registrations show increase--The number of agricultural tractors (over 40 hp) registered in the UK during the first nine months of 2003 was 12,033 units, a 3.0 percent increase over the same period of 2002. The average horsepower...

Slight increase in Chinese agriculture machinery market predicted for 2003.(International Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * Slight increase in Chinese agriculture machinery market predicted for 2003--Figures from the first quarter of 2003 show an increase in both number of units sold and in power size. In addition to 7,852 mini-planting and walk-behind tractors...

China exports more ag products than the country imports.(International Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * China exports more ag products than the country imports--A recent USDA report, "China's Exports Outpaced Imports During WTO Year One," says that China's worldwide agricultural imports increased by $369 million, from $10.383 billion to $10.752...

Saskatchewan amends Agricultural Implements Act.(International Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * Saskatchewan amends Agricultural Implements Act--Following the presentation by PIMA, which included their own and other organizations' request for amendments to the Agricultural Implements Act, the Farm Implement Board of the Saskatchewan...

Can WTO panel end gridlock?(International Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * Can WTO panel end gridlock?--Following the breakdown of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Cancun, the WTO formed a committee to find ways to simplify the consensus decision-making model. The eight-member committee is discussing...

Case IH.(People)
November 1, 2003... * Kevin Dow has been promoted to marketing manager for Case IH planting & seeding products. A professional agrologist who specialized in mechanized agriculture, he was most recently platform marketing manager. He joined Flexi-Coil in 1994,...

JSI Industries, Inc.(People)
November 1, 2003... * Allin Butcher has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for the Roto-Mix Division of JSI Industries, Inc., Dodge City, Kan. He has extensive sales experience in agricultural and industrial equipment product lines and most recently served...

Crary Company.(People)
November 1, 2003... * Scott Rietsema has been promoted to Sales Manager, Agricultural and Marine Division at the Crary Company, West Fargo, N.D. He is responsible for sales plans for most of the southern US and for overall management of the Crary sales staff. He...

Lindsay Manufacturing Co.(People)
November 1, 2003... * Ingvard Find has been appointed Regional Sales Director--Latin America for Lindsay Manufacturing Co. With more than 20 Find years of international sales experience, Find will manage sales and marketing teams and build dealer relationships.

Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) has acquired 100 percent of the stock of Attachment Technologies, Inc. (ATI), Delhi, Iowa.(Company)
November 1, 2003... * Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) has acquired 100 percent of the stock of Attachment Technologies, Inc. (ATI), Delhi, Iowa. The new company will be known as ATI Attachment Technologies, Inc. ATI has facilities in Delhi and Laurens, Iowa, Wausau,...

AgriStar Global Networks.(Company)
November 1, 2003... * AgriStar Global Networks has expanded its high-speed Internet connectivity service for rural America nationwide. The expansion, which includes an information service center for each subscriber, follows the successful completion of a final...

SMA West, Fresno, Calif., is the new name of Meyer West, according to owner Southern Marketing Affiliates (SMA), Jonesboro, Ark.(Company)
November 1, 2003... * SMA West, Fresno, Calif., is the new name of Meyer West, according to owner Southern Marketing Affiliates (SMA), Jonesboro, Ark. SMA is a privately-held farm parts distributor with warehouse operations in Jonesboro, Corsicana, Texas and...

AutoFarm, a division of IntegriNautics Corp., received an award from the German Agricultural Society (DLG) during Agritechnica 2003, November 9 in Frankfurt, Germany.(Company)
November 1, 2003... * AutoFarm, a division of IntegriNautics Corp., received an award from the German Agricultural Society (DLG) during Agritechnica 2003, November 9 in Frankfurt, Germany. The company received a silver medal at the Agritechnica Innovations Show...

Danish welcome visitors to Agromek: Agromek 2004 marks 30 years of hosting the agricultural equipment, exhibition.
November 1, 2003... The annual Agromek Exhibition in Herning, Denmark, is intentionally and authentically a global event, drawing visitors from around the world. At former Agromeks, I have meet the Danish Secretary of Agriculture, had dinner and conversation with...

National FFA starts with Virginia group.(Founders)
November 1, 2003... The National FFA Organization has wrapped up its 75th year, and is working on creating the next successful 75 years. Its roots are in the Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV), a group that started shortly before the national organization and set...

Are tire cracks harmful?(I&T's Maintenance & Repair)
November 1, 2003... Q: Even though our dealership does not offer tires or tire-repair services, here are two questions we encounter reasonably frequently in regard to tires with cracks in the sidewalls: What causes these cracks, and will they harm the tire? ...

Split remote hydraulic cylinder.(I&T's Maintenance & Repair)
November 1, 2003... Q: We have a customer who is unhappy with his tractor or his pull-type disk harrow or his tractor hydraulic system. He really isn't sure which one to blame. All he knows is that all three are "our color" and he expects us to be able to tell him...

Add LP gas to intake for heavy load?(I&T's Maintenance & Repair)
November 1, 2003... Q: One of our better customers tells us of reading an article in one of the farm magazines in which an out-of-state reader claims to have successfully increased the power of his diesel tractor by adding an arrangement that allows him to control...

I&T's auction action.
November 1, 2003... Time is money. I got a call yesterday from a Deere dealer in southeast Minnesota. Seems he had a customer wanting to trade in a 3950 forage chopper. Not running across this item very often, the dealer got on the phone to a few of his...

AutoFarm StepOne.(Precision Farming Products)
November 1, 2003... StepOne is the newest DGPS tractor steering system from AutoFarm, a division of IntergriNautics Corp., Menlo Park, California. StepOne is an entry-level system designed for accuracy in tillage, spraying, spreading and other broadcast practices....

Ag Leader SMS Basic 4.0/SMS Advanced.(Precision Farming Products)
November 1, 2003... SMS Basic 4.0 integrates seamlessly with Ag Leader monitor/control equipment, allows simple variable-rate prescription creation and includes support for soil sampling analysis, field data layering and the ability to read from and export to a...

Global Technologies for Agriculture.(Precision Farming Products)
November 1, 2003... AGCO's new Global Technologies for Agriculture includes AutoGuide Satellite Navigation Systems, Fieldstar Precision Agriculture Systems and Soilteq Geographic Information Systems (SGIS) and Falcon II. Previously, precision agricultural...

Ag Leader INSIGHT.(Precision Farming Products)
November 1, 2003... This new precision farming system features a 10.4" color touch-screen display, which enables users to view on-the-go information--yield maps, variable rate application maps, as-planted hybrid/ variety maps and other real-time field maps--as...

Mid-Tech FieldPilot.(Precision Farming Products)
November 1, 2003... Midwest Technologies, a division of Spraying Systems Company, recently unveiled Mid-Tech FieldPilot, an automatic steering and product control system that was specifically designed to maximize day or night operation during product application....

FieldScan.(Precision Farming Products)
November 1, 2003... The manufacturer tec5Hellma, Inc., Plainview, N.Y., produces FieldScan, a system which measures diffuse reflection of biomass or any other large-scale structured surface illuminated by sunlight. The viewing geometry overcomes problems with...

Direct Drive SCS Sidekick.(Precision Farming Products)
November 1, 2003... Raven Industries, Sioux Falls, S.D., says the SCS Sidekick Direct Drive System retains many benefits of the previous SCS Sidekick system, including direct interface with most control consoles, precision control for up to seven boom inputs,...

Midwest Technologies, AGCO sign use agreement.(Ag Electronics News Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * Midwest Technologies, AGCO sign use agreement--Midwest Technologies has signed an agreement with AGCO Corporation for the non-exclusive rights to manufacture and distribute multiple product, variable rate application systems. This means that...

Low-cost GPS is adequate for some precision ag practices.(Ag Electronics News Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * Low-cost GPS is adequate for some precision ag practices--The hand-held Global Positioning System receivers that are popular with hunters, boaters and hikers can also provide farmers with a low-cost means of adopting precision agriculture,...

Raven standardizes 10 Hz in its WAAS Receivers.(Ag Electronics News Briefs)
November 1, 2003... * Raven standardizes 10 Hz in its WAAS Receivers--Raven Industries, Sioux Falls, S.D., has standardized 10 Hz in all Raven WAAS receivers. Higher update rates in DGPS receivers help all precision ag tools operate more efficiently and...

New tax savings offer unprecedented opportunity to update equipment.
November 1, 2003... A strong farm bill, a break in drought-like conditions, and a favorable growing season throughout much of the US--these are just a few reasons to believe there will be significant growth in farm revenues in 2003-04. As a result, the advantages...

NGK spark plugs.(Dealer's Retail Shelves)
November 1, 2003... NGK's Commercial Series of spark plugs is designed specifically for small engine applications, such as lawn mowers, pressure washers, snow blowers and other lawn and garden equipment. NGK says the Commercial Series are a heavy-duty,...

"Bone-ster" mechanic's creeper.(Dealer's Retail Shelves)
November 1, 2003... Pegasus Products Company manufactures this smaller version of its "Bone" auto creeper with the same quality features. The "Bone-ster" model retains the one-piece body molded of the same engineering-grade co-polymer and the patented dog-bone...

ToolPak Utility Bag.(Dealer's Retail Shelves)
November 1, 2003... TookPak introduces this rugged, professional tool organizer for out-of-the-shop jobs. The 11" x 5-1/4" x 6-3/4" Utility Bag features a wide mouth and two zipper pulls, for easy access to tools inside, and the durable nylon zippers have lockable...

Milwaukee Cordless Driver/Drill.(Dealer's Retail Shelves)
November 1, 2003... The new Compact Series of 12 and 14.4 volt Cordless Driver/Drills are designed for working in tight spaces and delivering high RPMs for fast and efficient drilling and fastening. The 12 volt drill has a 3/8" capacity chuck, and the 14.4 volt...

Positive Systems, Inc., Whitefish, Mont., and its partner, S&K Technologies, have finalized a contract with the Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) of the USDA to provide digital images of hardcopy aerial photomaps at all Farm Service Agency Service Centers throughout Montana.(People)
November 1, 2003... Positive Systems, Inc., Whitefish, Mont., and its partner, S&K Technologies, have finalized a contract with the Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) of the USDA to provide digital images of hardcopy aerial photomaps at all Farm Service Agency...

North American Equipment Dealers Association.(Association)
November 1, 2003... The North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA) and Ohio State University agreed to terms on a license agreement to allow the association to promote an OPE technician skills test. The university and the Ohio-Michigan Equipment Dealers...

Association of Equipment Manufacturers.(Association)
November 1, 2003... The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has named Megan Carpentier as Manager of Government Affairs. Based in AEM's Washington, DC office, she will assist with the association's expanded public policy initiatives that address legislative and...

Outdoor Power Equipment Aftermarket Association.(Association)
November 1, 2003... The Outdoor Power Equipment Aftermarket Association (OPEAA) reported that its members who participated in the association's 2002 Federal Express Program collaboratively saved $200,000. One member saved a total of $85,956 on 54,919 packages...

Association of Equipment Manufacturers.(Association)
November 1, 2003... New member companies recently elected to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers include: Black Cat Blades, Alberta, Canada; Calvin Heaters Corporation, Bristow, Okla.; CASECO Manufacturing, Inc., Tulsa, Okla.; IHI/Compact Excavator Sales,...

The North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA) has selected Currie Management Consultants, LLP (CMC) to manage the association's 20 Group Program.(Association)
November 1, 2003... The North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA) has selected Currie Management Consultants, LLP (CMC) to manage the association's 20 Group Program. CMC will administer most facets of the program, including scheduling and conducting...

Association of Equipment Manufacturers.(Association)
November 1, 2003... Elected to head the Association of Equipment Manufacturers board of directors were: Vice Chairman--Agriculture--Allen Rider, Vice President-North America New Holland Ag Business, CNH-New Holland, New Holland, Penn.;...

Outdoor Power Equipment Aftermarket Association.(Association)
November 1, 2003... Newly elected officers of the Outdoor Power Equipment Aftermarket Association for 2003-2004 are: President--Peter Ariens, Stens Company, Jasper, Ind.; Vice President--Don Martin, Rotary Corporation, Glennville, Ga; Secretary--Jack Woodruff,...

Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association.(Association)
November 1, 2003... The new president of the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association (FEMA) is Vince Tomlonovic, Hiniker Company, Mankato, Minn. Jerry Danuser, Danuser Machine Co., Inc., Fulton, Mo., 2003 president of the association, turned over the reins of the...

Used Equipment Locator benefits dealers & customers: Case IH program enhances the available options.
November 1, 2003... Case IH revamped a popular website tool for its dealers last January. The Used Equipment Locator now allows dealers to more effectively find the used equipment their customers want, or they themselves would like to bring to their lot. The...

I&T's politics in perspectives.
November 1, 2003... Who is going to be the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2004? You will know in January. The candidate who raises the most money by the end of the year always gets his party's nomination, according to research by William G. Mayer, a...

US/Canadian tractor & combine sales.
November 1, 2003... US/Canadian Tractor & Combine Sales US UNIT RETAIL SALES--SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 Farm Wheel Tractors 2 WD 2 WD 2 WD Total AEM 0-40 HP...

Vermeer and Lely form strategic alliance: new alliance will market Lely equipment in the US.
November 1, 2003... Vermeer Manufacturing Company and Lely USA, Inc. have formed a new strategic alliance to market Lely equipment in the US. Based at Vermeer's corporate operations in Pella, Iowa, the alliance became effective October 1, 2003. Under the...

Tractors Galore at German show: Agritechnica draws new models and prototypes.(I&T's European Scene)
November 1, 2003... Visitors eager to see new tractors at the 2003 Agritechnica machinery show in Hanover, Germany, were not disappointed. They got the opportunity to get a close look at MF's new 5400 series and new JCB models. Furthermore, McCormick officially...