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Below are PFR 08/09 SHOW HIGHlIGHTS for Canadian and Northern Plains States network (not RFD-TV) which begins October, 2008 & runs through until the spring of 2009Each of the episodes will repeat in the order listed in the late winter, spring and early summer of 2009
- Inventions (1): Inventions and innovations featured on this program are built by farmers to efficiently handle a wide variety of work around the farm or ranch. Features include a 120 foot self-propelled sprayer that can also spray as narrow as 20 feet at the end of a field to save money on inputcosts. You’ll also see a handy skid steer built out of salvaged parts from several self-propelled swathers, a 1945 International W-9 tractor with a that’s been reversed for easier handling of large bales, and a hydraulic Quick Hitch system that allows the operator to save valuable time by hooking up farm implements without getting out of the tractor.
CONTACT INFO:
Quick Hitch: Allen Schwitzer 306-728-4906
 
- Farmyards: A well kept farm yard is a wonderful place to be, whether you’re hard at work or just relaxing and enjoying all the sights and sounds. This episode includes visually stunning farmyards with farm built features such as ponds with waterfalls, an amazing variety of colorful flowers and shrubs, a play structure for visiting children, hand crafted sculptures, attractive pillars made from salvaged sewer pipes, eye-catching vine covered archways, a sunken gazebo positioned about three feet below the rest of the yard, winding cobblestone walkways and retaining walls, a rose bush with two different colored roses grafted on to one stem, and a centrally located teahouse that allows even handicapped visitors to enjoy the farm yard.
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- Machinery of the Past (1): Today’s farm equipment may be large and efficient, but there’s still something special about seeing the classic antiques in action. See how a stationary hay press that’s over 100 years old makes small square bales, powered by horses and plenty of manual labor. This episode includes an extremely rare International Mogul tractor with an unusual engine that has two cylinders that fire alternately. You’ll also see the Fargo Power Wagon from the 1950’s that could be used either as a truck, or as a tractor to pull tillage equipment in the field.
CONTACT INFO: George Mowat regarding Mogul Tractor & Hay Press at Heritage Acres, Pincher Creek, Ab. 403-628-2167.
- Crop Profiles: If you’re looking for potential moneymakers to plug into your crop rotation, this is the program to watch. Crops profiled include winter peas and lentils harvested earlier the following year than spring seeded pulse crops thus avoiding damage by mid summer heat, as well as winter barley which may be harvested early enough to get a second crop in the same year. You’ll also see a large volume winter triticale that grows five or six feet tall and is still ready to silage earlier than other silage crops, and a 10 acre apple orchard that has disproved the myth that you can’t grow fruit on the prairies.
CONTACT INFO: Winter Pulses & Barley: Ken Coles at sara.research@connectcomm.ca or 403-381-5118, Winter Triticale: Kevin Elmy at kevin.elmy@friendlyacres.sk.ca or 306-744-2332, Prairie Apple Orchard: Craig & Yvette Hamilton @ 306-827-2269 or yoanna2269@yahoo.ca
- Inventions (2): This program profiles inventions that make it easier to handle large farm equipment, save money by efficiently eliminating unwanted pests and the problems they cause, and improving the efficiency of fertilizer. Features include an auger steering system for easier maneuvering around obstacles and lining up to grain bins, a simple trap that allows a farmer to quickly get rid of hundreds and even thousands of yield robbing gophers, a modified cultivator shovel that levels mole hills in hay fields to prevent damage to haying equipment, and a loader-tractor made out of salvaged combine components to provide good floatation in wet conditions.
CONTACT INFO: Auger Steer & Scale: Dean Toews at www.triplestarmfg.com or 205-871-1175, Gopher Trap: Lee Schwartz @ www.leestrapworks.com or 306-778-2083, Mole Hill Shovels: Beri Haukaas @ www.haukaas.com or 306-355-2718, Fehr-Magnum Tractors, John Fehr @ jsranch@mts.net
 
- Feed Handling: The methods you use to feed your livestock can make the difference between profit and loss in your livestock operation. Helpful feed handling ideas profiled on this program include a combine attachment that creates chaff piles for winter cattle feeding at minimal expense, an innovation that allows one tractor to pull two haybines to maximize productivity and minimize labor requirements, and two farm built bale processors- a tow behind unit built around an old sprayer cart and a self-propelled bale processor mounted on an old International four wheel drive tractor.
CONTACT INFO: Chaff Box: Ken Schumacher @ kschumacher@sasktel.net
 
 
- Rural Attractions: Rural residents already know it, but city dwellers are just starting to discover that rural areas are filled with entertaining and educational attractions. Attractions profiled on this episode include a standard grain elevator built in the 1920’s that has been declared a heritage site and converted into a wheat museum, a classic 1950’s hip roof barn that has been restored and turned into a museum that houses a variety of educational collectibles, and a restored farmhouse from the early 1900’s which is now a museum filled with all kinds of farm and rural related items ranging from acetylene generators for operating various household items to a classic coal heater.
CONTACT INFO: Hepburn Elevator Museum: Vic Peters @ 306-947-2026, Charlie's Barn Museum: Don & Irene Johnston @ 780-349-2026, House Museum: Dale Keeler @ 306-668-4650
 
- Grain Handling: How you handle your grain could easily decide whether your farm is profitable or losing money. This episode contains a variety of efficient grain handling ideas including a farm family that built two conveyors which minimize grain damage and can be used on all crops, one 40 foot pull-type unit and one 80 foot self-propelled system mounted on a utility tractor. Also profiled is an easy to use system for getting consistent samples from your grain bins, a low-cost manual assist system that helps you move your auger over or around obstacles, an insert for grain bin door to keep rodents out and allow you to easily remove a single load without making a mess, and a grain cart mounted on tracks to save you from making ruts in your fields if conditions are a bit soft during harvest.
CONTACT INFO: Manual Auger Assist: Philip Simrose, @ pksimrose@sasktel.net or 306-355-2709, Grain Bin Door Insert: Beric Haukaas @ 306-355-2718 or www.haukaas.com , Grain Cart On Tracks: Vic Zacharias @ 204-829-3342, The Sample Bin: Brian Krywko @ bkrywko@xlpornet.com or 780-939-7462
 
 
- Rural Craftspeople: Rural areas produce a variety of gifted craftspeople and artists, and several of the best are featured on this program. See profiles of a metal artist that creates amazing art from all different types of metal including recycled discer blades from old farm equipment, a craftsperson that utilizes willow and other types of wood to build a variety of unique pieces of furniture, and an artist that produces amazing western themed glass art by gluing together different colored pieces of glass.
CONTACT INFO: Steel Your Art Away: Jan Allen @ www.steelyourartaway.ca or 204-757-4859, Willow Furniture: Sue Parcels @ www.bluemesawillow.com or 403-886-4409, Glass Art: Melissa Hay @ inbalancewellness@yahoo.ca or 780-786-4186
 
- Machinery of the Past (2): If you are one of those classic farm equipment enthusiasts that can’t get enough of seeing vintage tractors in action, this episode is especially for you. Featured on this program is a Twin Cities tractor from the early 1900’s that had one of the first in-line six cylinder engines, a rare Farmall collection that includes the rare white Farmall ‘A’ Demonstrator as well as a rare unit known as the Shop Mule, and a Cockshutt collection with everything from the Cockshutt 60 built in the 1940’s to the 570 from the early 1960’s.
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- Re-Run Inventions (1)
- Re-Run Crop Profiles
- Grazing Management: Content TBA
- Rural Ventures: Content TBA
- Inventions (3): Content TBA
- Farm Shops: Content TBA
- Vintage Fever: Content TBA
- Inventions (4): Content TBA
- Cattle Handling: Content TBA
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