As ethanol production expands and corn prices go up, more livestock producers living near ethanol plants are supplementing their feed with distillers dried grains. ARS agricultural engineeer Kurt Rosentrater has turned DDGS from corn-based ethanol production into high-quality pellets using processing equipment at a commercial feed mill. Currently the product can not be efficiently transported very far from the ethanol plant, limiting the number of producers who can take advantage of it....

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Older model tractors and cars, gas engines and farm toys were on display throughout the show, which also featured blacksmithing demonstrations. Sunday s show was typical of the farming of yesterday or today in that it featured a machinery breakdown. Helwig said he used to sit on top of the threshing machine as a boy and watching his father harvest grain. It always fascinated me to watch the tripper when it would trip the grain, he said, referring to the mechanism that dropped the grain out...

There are some real interesting pieces of equipment, he said, from handmade models of larger engines to a line of tractors. Steele said his collection at one time had 42 pieces of antique machinery, but now is down to about 30. Jerry Bohren, another exhibitor at the show from Prairieburg, said his collection of items, found at swap meets, flea markets and other antique shows, also required some work. Steele agreed, saying that when he and his wife, Becky, take day trips, he likes for her...

But yesterday the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), a federal Government research organisation, said minerals and energy exploration spending this financial year had reached $4 billion, the highest in real terms since the previous commodities boom in 1982-83. THE China-driven commodities boom is finally flowing through to minerals and energy exploration spending, which has jumped to double the average for the past 25 years. But yesterday the Australian...

At the same time, soaring costs for current and former employee benefits have resulted in a huge cost advantage for foreign automakers building cars in the U. One thing the UAW might consider is the contract reached several years ago with another big manufacturer: Caterpillar. After a bitter battle with the union during the 1990s and several strikes, one of which lasted 17 months, Caterpillar emerged with a two-tier wage system that has allowed it to grow and prosper. General Motors, Ford...