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My daughter did it again and won the barrel racing world championship held in Texas this last week. She is only the second person to ever win it back to back.

If you can pick up the new copy of Popular Mechanics there is an excellent article in there on the truth about alternative fuel and reality of fuel in general for the future.

Haymaking secrets revealed on RFD-TV A John Deere Live edition on RFD-TV, called "Hay Making Secrets Revealed," will air April 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET. John Deere hay expert, Doug Stogdill, and Frontier Equipment specialist, Pat Hosty, host and answer caller questions. RFD-TV is available in the...

The topic of sulfur and lubrication comes up repeatedly and is hotly debated here. I'm not posting this to start another of those debates. It has been my contention that loss of sulfur leads to significant lubrication issues. Without going into alot just take that for what it's worth. But...

Dealer delivered my new gator today. It's the revised HPX 4x4. They now come standard with rollbar and three point seatbelts. Ergonomics are changed, steering is improved, and starting is greatly improved for cold weather. I'll post some pics monday and give a more detailed explanation...

I just have to brag a little bit here. We've been on the road quite a bit rodeoing and barrel racing. The last two weeks we have been in Texas for the World Championship in barrel racing. My oldest, 9 yo, came through the toughest horses in the world and won it!! For those of you that don't...

I was at the deere dealer today and they had several new mini-book like brochures there on haying, buying a compact tractor, etc. I thumbed through a couple and if you are looking for some great basic information they are well worth picking up. Best thing was they were free.

There are alot of questions on Deere pricing. Deere is very, very easy to see what kind of deal you are getting without having to ask. Every Deere tractor available has a build and price section at the Deere website. You can figure up the RETAIL price here. Based on the retail price if...

Normally I do very little if any shopping. I hear stuff on here about made in china and all the mahindra, kioti, and other mfg. like deere and nh being produced overseas. However we have been building an addition on our house and I have spent way more time in stores than I would have liked...

After a recent post about grey market tractors here is what JD has to say.

What a truck! This new truck is a haulers dream. It has upgraded the brakes to what we used to put on them aftermarket. They now have a built in brake controller to go along with the built in engine braking system with the transmission. NO more checking your shorts at the bottom of a big...

Would you guys be interested in a pictorial of breaking a horse? A local paper is doing a story on our operation. One of the things they wanted was to see how we break our horses. I thought I would post some of the pics and some commentary if you guys were interested.

One of the original Case/IH plants is closing in Moline, IL that makes the bigger tractors and combines. Most of the mfg will be switched to overseas mfgs. Extremely disturbing and heart breaking to keep seeing all of our original tractors being produced by foreigners. I just wonder when, if...

A good friend of mine had a barn fire yesterday. It was started by some square bales of hay that we had put up about two weeks ago. The hay was very dry and wasn't wet in the least. It actually should have been baled the day before but I couldn't get over there with the square baler for him...

I was at the dealer yesterday getting some parts and noticed a clean older 3020 there. I got to talking with the salesman who has become a pretty good friend. They just got it in on trade and he said if I really wanted it he could shoot me a heck of a deal if I wanted to take it before they...