City meets Monday Nov 21, 2009
-- Declare a Model 530 manure spreader as surplus equipment. Madison Daily Leader 2009. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Farmers combine where the ground is firm Nov 13, 2009
Across the countryside, combines, tractors, trucks and self-propelled fertilizer or manure spreaders were started up around 9 that morning. I still saw some fields of soybeans standing in my 270-mile round trip. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Hi Neighbor: Acute case of nostalgia Nov 12, 2009
My taking an apple pie to an ailing neighbor by hitching a ride on our horse drawn manure spreader, on the way to an adjoining field, sticks in my mind just like the horse tail hair did to the pie after the dish towel cover blew off. Oh, yes, there is more to remember, but I'm feeling better, now. (Kalona News, IA)
Open Forum: Obama isn't qualified for his job Nov 11, 2009
The Minnesota Manure spreader was down in Iowa I must admit they seemed to like his manure. John Kline and Michelle Bachmann were spreading the same in D.C.. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Alliance helps build cattle quality/quantity in east central Minnesota (2) Nov 8, 2009
Members are using squeeze chutes, head gates and alleyways rather than manure spreaders and hay rakes to get cattle in. Members learn how to handle cattle correctly to minimize stress. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Mock Manure Spill Showcases Proper Reactions and Response Oct 23, 2009
Using a side slinger manure spreader to spread solids, as shown in photo 5, onto spilled liquid manure creates a sponge like effect. It gives us a chance to come in with a skid steer and scoop it up, he explained. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Looking Back Oct 22, 2009
Some good bargains in buggies and manure spreaders at Miller 's. John Hampsher will sell his household goods, next Saturday and will then move to Nebraska. (Kalona News, IA)
IMS holds Annual Tractor Driving Contest Sep 24, 2009
Thirdly, there is a two-wheel driving event in which students are asked to drive a manure spreader through a maze and back into a stall with a limited amount of clearance. Finally, in the four-wheel driving contest students pull a wagon from one stall and back into another stall with a limited amount of clearance. (Kalona News, IA)
Four injured in separate Chickasaw County crashes Sep 19, 2009
At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Adam Rosenbaum, 24, of Waucoma was struck from behind by a liquid manure spreader being pulled by William Elliot, 67, of Fredericksburg. The crash occurred at Vanderbilt Avenue and 290th Street in rural Fredericksburg. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Doing his work with Pride and Joy Sep 8, 2009
Landsiedel harnesses the sister team for several farm and recreational purposes from pulling a sickle bar mower, hay rake, plow and manure spreader to pulling a wagon or a two-person cart. The 72-year-old retired farm implement mechanic has nothing against machinery, but he knows mechanical breakdowns are common in the field. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Barn fire nearly saps Cornell of city water supply Aug 19, 2009
There were a couple of silos damaged in the fire, also along with a tractor and a manure spreader, Klass said. Eleven fire tankers poured 300,000 gallons of water on the fire. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Farm Equipment on Public Roads: Call For National Guidelines Issued (2) Aug 16, 2009
- Rural road bridge damage and failure from larger and heavier grain trucks and wagons, manure spreaders, and tractors and tillage equipment. - Ag equipment carrying hazardous materials like anhydrous ammonia, pesticides and animal waste in quantities that can pose significant environmental and personal injury risks. (Agri-View, WI)
Planet Green Expands Its Programming Breadth and Storytelling Scope With a Robust Development Slate and Pilot Strategy Jul 31, 2009
There is only one problem - the would-be farmers don't know a manure spreader from a cheese spreader. However, not to be discouraged, the two quickly learn it truly "takes a village" as they enlist the help of the local community, population 529, to help them with a full range of farmstead challenges, from wrangling feisty piglets, to navigating their first honey harvest, to the mysteries of soap making. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Rural Kalona resident Iowa's Poet Laureate Jul 23, 2009
It also recalls a grandmother, who after finding herself the owner of the family farm in Western Iowa, continued to farm it the old-fashion way with four-way crop rotation and manure spreaders. It's also obvious that she both loves and admires the lifestyle of her Amish neighbors. (Kalona News, IA)
Dorothy De Haven Jul 11, 2009
She bought herself a big round baler, a couple tractors, a skid steer and manure spreader to clean barn, a bale transport, a square baler, drag and multiple trailers. She's even modified a feed cart for more convenient grain-feeding. (Agri-View, WI)
Jerome Christenson: Palin family as ordinary people Jul 8, 2009
Still, if it hasn t happened to us, most of us know someone who s grabbed the brass ring and found it was hooked to a loaded manure spreader. A bad career choice is a bad career choice. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Rural Mutual Celebrates 75 Years of Service to Farmers (152) Jul 1, 2009
Because he grew up used to being surrounded by cement, Pelizza is not about to complain if he gets caught driving behind farm equipment on rural roads I don t even mind getting behind a manure spreader, he said. Pelizza spent 24 years with Sentry Insurance at Stevens Point. (Agri-View, WI)
Gallagher: Going green has these fellows in the pink Jun 4, 2009
They used a John Deere utility vehicle and a John Deere manure spreader ... Jiggs and Spike pulled the manure spreader across 10 acres of hay ground. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Dakota couple hold auction to benefit church May 29, 2009
Items up for bid include a planter, manure spreader, grain drill and a 1953 Farmall Super H tractor. The couple decided this past winter it was time to get rid of much of the equipment they no longer needed since their children aren t going into farming. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Cultivated, rooted in this place May 9, 2009
(Nothing is quite as ironic as a city dweller who moves to the country, then begins to complain about the manure spreader nearby. . (Albany Times Union)
For Amish, hard work weathers recession May 9, 2009
And it s a world that demands versatility on the job, whether it is milking cows or building fences, cutting firewood or handling a team of horses pulling a manure spreader. I can build a house from the ground up, says Bontrager. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Theyll pay to kill, but not to help people Apr 30, 2009
DG wrote on Apr 29, 2009 8:33 PM:" Mr. Bill, like so many others, is fed his arguments from Limbaugh/Hannity/Orielly/et al. Im getting really sick of the constant regurgitation of the vile sewage spewed by these blowhards. I have news. Limbaugh is an ENTERTAINER, as is the rest of the AM talk show manure spreaders. They are not experts in anything, they do not have inside information not available to anyone else. What they have is a ratings figure to maintain so they get paid. The left has... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Good day for spreading manure Apr 17, 2009
At another farm, there was one guy driving a three wheeled manure spreader, while another guy drove a tractor with chisel plow-like tool to cover the manure up with soil. A good rain is overdue. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Obama should fail on abortion, card check Apr 1, 2009
DG wrote on Mar 30, 2009 8:29 AM:" Yes, a failing Obama would be really great. Expand 8 years of utter failure to 12. Somebody's been listening to the world's biggest manure spreader again... Turn off the radio and take a deep breath. ". I hope it fails wrote on Mar 30, 2009 7:36 AM:" This whole article is just trash and ignorance. Who cares how a child is raised as long as it is taught love and respect for mankind. And why should I tell a woman what decisions she should make? The whole god... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Composting manure before hauling it to fields has advantages Mar 29, 2009
ft. that would have required 15 loads with a 550-bushel manure spreader to haul to the field ... ft. requiring only four and one-half trips with the manure spreader. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Off the record: Pork spending stinks Mar 21, 2009
Each spring, Id go into the barn where about 50 head of Herefords had hung out all winter, get me a pitch fork, throw the manure on the manure spreader, haul it to the field, spread it and then do it all over again and again and again. My solution to the smell. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
