The province is burning up this summer. Fire departments through out the interior are using First Out fire suppression machines as an invaluable tool to battle spots, flare ups, remote, and interface fires. Designed with input from the Oliver Fire Dept...
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Back in May I was contacted by a representative for the Oliver Roots and Fruits festival asking if we had an antique tractor we could display at their show this year as they were centering the festivities around the towns...
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I had a couple of people ask me about changing the belts on our vine trimmers and after looking through the owners manual I realize that only the belt tensioning procedure is there and not the belt changing procedure. So I...
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Summer is raging on and we have been running our feet off, but I thought I would take the time to recap a couple of shows we took the time to go to. First it was off to beautiful Duncan...
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We had the opportunity after leaving the cold climate convention to visit the Dancing Dragonfly winery in St Croix Wisconsin to drop off their new Munckhof Tower sprayer. And winemaker Ken Salemi generously took the time to give us tours and tastings...
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With the Cold Climate Conference over, we are on our way to the Atlantic farm mech show in Moncton N.B. A serious drive, but what the heck, were already half way there! This show is held every two years in the...
Read MoreWhile on the show in Minnesota we had the opportunity to talk with some customers and wine media writers and we discovered that our pre pruning equipment is now in use in a Wisconsin study to determine the effects of pre pruning on the cold climate...
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The annual cold climate conference in St Paul Minnesota runs from Feb 21-23 and is a show dedicated specifically to growing in northern cold climate regions. The following in an excerpt from conference chair Teresa Savaryn: this year's conference theme has been titled, "The Grape Collaboration... Grape Minds Think Alike." The conference will...
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The Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers is putting on their annual convention again in Kennewick Wa. at the Three Rivers convention center. this show is one of the largest gatherings of wine makers and growers in the american north...
Read MoreIt appears not all wine growing regions shared our stellar growing season this year; while most areas of North America have enjoyed fair crops and good returns for their product, mega producing countries such as France, Italy, Australia and Argentina have been hit hard...
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