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Vertical Tillage is Not No-Till

Iowa conservationists with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are disturbed by the number of row-crop farmers using vertical tillage tools. Vertical tillage often leaves the soil covered with crop residue, but it is not the same as true no-till.
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Dealership of the Year 2012: Johnson Tractor

Spend some time at either of Johnson Tractor's two Case IH dealerships (Janesville, Wis., or Rochelle, Ill.), and you'll quickly surmise that the 2012 Dealership of the Year is indeed a "dealer's dealer."? Leo and Eric Johnson are as "blue-collar"? in approach as any dealer-principals you'll find these days, yet they still approach their three-site operation from a very high "thought level."
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Dealership of the Year: Kennedy Implement

No one is discounting the for- tunate set of circumstances that resulted in Kennedy Implement nearly doubling (+98.5%) its revenues between 2010 and 2011, least of all Mark and Kent Buchholz. On the other hand, credit for managing those circumstances to best advantage falls directly on the shoulders of owner Mark with more than a little support from his son Kent and nine other deal- ership employees.
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Don't Become a Statistic

Let's talk about the weather, bad weather. Last year, the U.S. had a record 14 weather and climate disasters that each caused at least $1 billion in damages. Now, let's talk business, closed businesses. More than 43% of businesses won't reopen their doors after a disaster, according to Scott Owens, managing director of BluTinuity LLC, a disaster planning and management consulting company. And, for those that open, 29% will fail within two years, he says.
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Lessons Learned from the Greensburg Tornado

On May 4, 2007 an EF-5 tornado wiped out the town of Greensburg, Kan., including BTI-Greensburg, the John Deere dealership. Just two years later, the dealership opened its doors to a new facility that set new standards for sustainable facilities. Along the way, the BTI leadership team rebuilt and expanded and helped Greensburg become an internationally recognized "green"? community.
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