Retired Chicago radio-television ag guy. Lifetime Farmall guy.
Joined February 2009
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12 Oct 2024
FIRE THREAT persists. Extinguishers and chisel plows on standby again today. IN farmer I know put out a fire yesterday…this friend in NW Ohio wasn’t as lucky.
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1979. Harvestore was still riding the wave of success. But within five years, the picture changed.
(Oh, and a toast to Dairy Month!)
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Sobering Stats: Three dozen grain entrapments a year in the United States, with roughly a dozen to fifteen deaths annually. (Purdue University tracks the incidents.)
Steven Haase near Mt. Carmel, Illinois was 21.
1 dead following grain bin entrapment in Wabash County tristatehomepage.com/news/lo…
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Steven Haase near Mt. Carmel, Illinois was 21.
1 dead following grain bin entrapment in Wabash County tristatehomepage.com/news/lo…
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STEVEN HAASE, near Mt. Carmel, Illinois was 21.
1 dead following grain bin entrapment in Wabash County, IL tristatehomepage.com/news/lo…
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WSJ profiles the Welkers. “The Family Farmers Making More From Clicks Than Crops.” Favorite quote: “Internet fame has the shelf life of a banana.” (Max note…Story doesn’t explain how personable those guys are.) wsj.com/business/the-family-…
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May 30
STRAWBERRY FACTS. 20% of fresh strawberries consumed in the U.S. are imported, with 98% of those from Mexico. CA leads our production, followed by FL (distant 2nd) then OR, NC and NY. Per capita U.S. consumption is 8 lb., 2x what it was 40 years ago.
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May 26
Art Chiappetti. He hauled livestock in Northeast Illinois with his 1948 IH KB-5.
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May 25
May 25, a Friday in 1979. Just after 3:00 p.m. 273 died. American Airlines Flight 191, a DC-10 bound for Los Angeles, fell into an open field 30 seconds after takeoff from Runway 32R at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
When you saw the huge column of black smoke from 10 miles away on that sunny afternoon, the magnitude hit home.
#chicagohistory #aviationdisasters
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May 21
Simi Valley fire…caused by a tractor striking a rock, they say. 43,000 forced to flee as Sandy Fire explodes near LA. share.google/kc1eMqYbpCz2DJ3…
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May 17
Corn demand. Uh oh. “The World Is Awash in Bourbon.” #badnewsgoodnews wsj.com/business/retail/bour…
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May 12
Fill in the blank:
“…runnin’ runnin’ runnin’ with the _ _ _ _ _ _.”
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May 12
The Melton Running Rabbit could be seen on their trucks and driver uniforms up until at least the 80’s. I think they also ran commercials looking for drivers on the overnight trucker radio shows.
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May 10
Brought the world into the house. How many channels?
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May 10
Some people I knew on Chicago’s north side had to aim their antennas away from the Hancock and Sears towers because the reflection of the signals was so bad.
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