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Always a hot topic among farmers, do you prefer to bid live at the auction or stay home and press a button to bid. Do you fully trust the ability to buy safely? Is there any tricks you would like to share that makes for a successful bid?

Here is my 1926 JD Model D that we restored over the last decade. I am trying to remember the exact sequence and steps to start it. I know there is a proper way. Thx In Advance

A conversation over a beer brought up this question. How do you fertilise rice production when it is grown in water? If we get another flood event in 2012 on the Assiniboine we may have to look at alternative crops :-(

Does anyone have a good explanation of how they get Palm Oil ? Seen a Palm tree at the Eden Project in Cornwall UK while on holiday, and that got us wondering how the process actually works. Anyone have a link?

Just read this, it sounds like it is just fuel, why wouldn't it be the fertilizer business too?

I decided not to apply anhydrous this fall because the ground was so dry and lumpy, how much do you really lose in these conditions?

I grew canalo for the first time this year, 5770 and it went about 49 clean under trying conditions in Central Manitoba. I understand it is being phased out, so what should I grow?

Everybody seems to have a preference for transmissions. Which one is most popular and which do you prefer?

Thinking of getting a newer quad, my Honda is getting long in the tooth. Anybody have a Yamaha? They look not bad and decent deal....

Hearing conflicting reports about the oat crop out west, anybody have first hand knowledge? Was very small in Manitoba, and that is where the yields and acreage is usually very high.

How many guys carry an Ipad with them on the farm? What apps are indispensable to you ? Besides AngryBirds?

Do you fold in your grain cart auger when in the field? Especially a smooth field?

Am I the only one that thinks the antics of the CWB directors and the NDP opposition is hurting all farmers, whether they are a monopoly supporter or not? We know the monopoly is dead, why not embrace it and move forward so that the farmers are not penalised by politics and union cluelessness...

Looking for funny and interesting auction sale stories that you are interested in sharing and would be interested in allowing us to use in an article. Funny items, funny bidders, weird and quirky. Whatever you think others will find interesting.

Was thinking about this one day on the combine. What are the limitations to how big equipment will get in the next generation? Combines having to be delivered on two trucks and assembled?

What do you guys do to keep mice, squirrels, rats etc.. out of your combines and trucks?

My 7110 is getting long in the tooth, and it just started to occasionally not want to start or turn over....but then it does. Batteries are fine, is there anywhere else I should look for poor connections or ???? Thx