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  1. Auction Pete to hit the road this week

    1992 MF 8570 combine with 2432 engine hours sold for $41,250 on north-central Iowa farm auction Wednesday - 7/27/2012 Quite a No. of very high interest machinery auctions coming up here folks. 2 days ago (July 25, 2012) I was up in West Fargo, ND covering Steffes Auctioneers big AgIron 61...
  2. Check-off Program Now Available to Canadian Grain Farmers

    Canadian Government Delivers Voluntary Check-Off Program By Graham Dyer, Farms.com Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced July 27, 2012 that the producer check-off is now in place for Western Canadian grain farmers. The check-off helps to fund research, market development and...
  3. Wheat board headed to highest court?

    The dispute over whether the Harper government broke the law last fall when it introduced legislation to rid the Canadian Wheat Board of its monopoly powers may wind up before Canada's highest court. Eight former wheat board directors and the farm group Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board said...
  4. Minogue: Crops research focused on Prairie competitiveness

    Researchers are co-operating to create a brighter future for Prairie agriculture. Agronomists and scientists from Saskatchewan Agriculture, the Wheatland Conservation Area, the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation (IHARF),the Canola Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food...
  5. Recipes Beat The Clock Pasta

    3 cups dry rotini pasta 6 eggs 1 container (300 g) light ricotta cheese 2 tsp vegetable seasoning (see Notes) 1 tsp dry mustard 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/4 tsp pepper 2 cups assorted cooked vegetables (e.g. broccoli florets, diced carrots, peas, sliced green beans) 1/2 cup shredded light Cheddar...
  6. Recipes Crunchy Noodle Salad *award Winning*

    1 (12 ounce) coleslaw mix (or you can simply shred a head of cabbage) 2 (3 ounce) packages oriental-flavor instant ramen noodles, other flavors are good too 1 bunch green onion, chopped 4 ounces sesame seeds, toasted (optional) 4 ounces slivered almonds, toasted 1/2 cup...
  7. Disease risk has Prairie farmers spraying fungicides

    Most western Canadian farmers have finished applying herbicides for the season, but aren?t finished spraying yet. Producers are starting up fungicide spraying operations because the risk of disease in crops is high this season, an industry official said. "The heat and the moisture we?ve got in...
  8. Auction A machinery mystery solved

    In a recent column Machinery Pete questioned why farmers in their 70?s and 80?s are bidding up the price of small, used machinery. To him it seemed that buying machinery that is small and out dated at their age was counter intuitive. I am now in that age bracket so I can shed some light on the...
  9. Quebec?s grain growers wind down wheat pooling

    Quebec?s grain growers? organization has officially halted any plans for wheat pooling in 2012-13, as per the results of a wheat growers? referendum this spring. The Federation des producteurs de cultures commerciales du Quebec (FPCCQ) said in a newsletter Wednesday that its board of directors...
  10. Auction Record levels to stay on used iron

    Greg Peterson writes "Machinery Pete" column for Successful Farming magazine and appears on the Machinery Show on RFD-TV, talking about trends in the used equipment market . At a recent retirement auction in northeast Wisconsin ? on March 13, 2012, to be exact ? a farmer asked me how long the...
  11. New look, faster browsing as Firefox returns to Android

    Nearly a year in the making, Mozilla unveils a new approach to Firefox for Android with a new interface, faster page-loading, and Flash support. The first major update to Firefox for Android (download) since January has arrived, and it brings with it a new interface, some new features, and a...
  12. Ducks blown off their feet by the wind

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SEBLt6Kd9EY
  13. Recipes Help Feed the World With GROWMARK Cookbook

    GROWMARK employees have created a cookbook to help a group focused on feeding the world. In celebration of the International Year of Cooperatives, GROWMARK has announced that proceeds from sales of a new cookbook will go to Farmers Feeding the World, an industry-wide campaign to rally North...
  14. Recipes Double Layer Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

    4 ounces packages cream cheese, softened 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 tablespoon cold milk 1 cup peanut butter 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed 1 9-inch graham cracker crust 2 (4 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix 2 cups cold milk 4...
  15. Wheat board controversy put to rest by Amanda Brodhagen

    The Federal Court of Appeal ruled that Ottawa did not break the law By Amanda Brodhagen, Farms.com The controversy over the existence of the Canadian Wheat Board has been stirring since the Conservatives had promised to end the monopoly when they came into power. On Monday, the Federal Court...
  16. Auction Pete's Point of View

    CaseIH 7220 MFWD tractor with 4200 hours sold for $61,000 on northeast Wisconsin farm sale yesterday - 6/14/2012 NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SALE YESTERDAY Lots of strong sale prices yesterday (June 13, 2012) from my friend Gregg Miller with Miller 'N Co. Auctions & Appraisals on their farm...
  17. Canada?s Outdoor Equine Expo Starts Friday

    June 8, 9 & 10, 2012 at the Iron Horse Equestrian Complex in Burlington, Ontario The third annual Canada?s Outdoor Equine Expo is scheduled to open its gates this Friday, kicking off an entire weekend of equine education and fun. This collection of horse enthusiasts and equestrians will gather...
  18. CWB retools processing of producer contracts

    Farmers who share their crops or crop revenue with landlords or other parties will no longer be able to sign all of them onto one CWB contract. Starting in the 2012-13 crop year, those who share in a producer?s returns can no longer be included in the same contract signed by the actual...
  19. Recipes Buffalo Wings

    2 quarts (2 L) oil for frying 1/2 cup (125 mL) all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp (1 mL) paprika 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground red pepper (cayenne) 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt 2 lb (1 Kg) chicken drummettes 1/4 cup (50 mL) butter 1/4 cup (50 mL) red pepper sauce 1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) black pepper 1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) garlic...
  20. Auction Pete's Point of View

    1981 IHC 6588 2+2 tractor with 5000 hours (good) sold for $14,500 on recent northeast Iowa farm estate auction - 6/1/2012 VERY HOT USED TRACTOR: IHC 1468 From 1996 - 2005 the highest auction sale price I saw on an IHC 1468 Tractor was $15,250 (4/6/05 farm auction southeast MN for a 1972...
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