Tharran Gaines

Missouri

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Solar Energy Is Powering Irrigation

2 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Tharran Gaines

“It was a no-brainer.” That was the conclusion Rick Elnicki came to when he considered installing solar panels to power a new irrigation system on a 113-acre field in southeast Kansas earlier this year. He had already decided to install a NutraDrip drip irrigation system under the plot to encompass more acres than a pivot could cover. Plus, he figured drip would be more efficient, since the water drawn from a 23-acre pond is delivered directly to the root zone.
SOLAR ENERGY IS POWERING IRRIGATION

3 weeks ago | muckrack.com | Tharran Gaines

“It was a no-brainer.” That was the conclusion Rick Elnicki came to when he considered installing solar panels to power a new irrigation system on a 113-acre field in southeast Kansas earlier this year. He had already decided to install a NutraDrip drip irrigation system under the plot to encompass more acres than a pivot could cover. Plus, he figured drip would be more efficient, since the water drawn from a 23-acre pond is delivered directly to the root zone.
Do I Need a CDL to Drive My Semi?

3 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Tharran Gaines

Over a decade ago, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation were studying whether farmers should be required to have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) when operating larger trucks. Fortunately, due to input from a number of state legislators and farm organizations, no new rules were implemented. That doesn’t mean, however, that there aren’t benefits to having a CDL or to getting it sooner rather than later.
‘Hear my cry for mercy’: MODR volunteers bring hope to California fire survivors

1 month ago | mbcpathway.com | Tharran Gaines

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MODR) – Following any disaster, it’s only natural that the survivors want to recover anything that hasn’t been destroyed. It doesn’t matter whether they’ve experienced a flood, tornado or hurricane. The natural response is to locate any belongings that may have survived. Unfortunately, the situation is usually much worse following a widespread fire like those that occurred in Hawaii in August 2023 and more recently in southern California.
Continued Hurricane Helene response requires flexibility

1 month ago | mbcpathway.com | Tharran Gaines

BURNSVILLE, N.C. – A common motto among Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) volunteers is to always “Be Flexible”. That has certainly been the case with response to Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida over four months ago. MODR volunteers initially responded by providing chainsaw teams, mass feeding teams and shower and laundry units to Augusta, Ga., in a matter of days.
Missouri DR's Ann Stevenson receives national award • Pathway

1 month ago | mbcpathway.com | Tharran Gaines

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Anyone who knows Ann Stevenson is used to seeing her with a chaplain’s shirt and badge—accompanied by her trauma-trained dog, Steele—as she visits with victims of disaster. Or maybe they’ve seen her provide key leadership in MODR childcare. However, Stevenson recently took versatility to another level when she coordinated two disaster relief responses in Pulaski County, where she lives, within seven months of each other.
It’s Time to Go Back to School

1 month ago | agriculture.com | Tharran Gaines

If you were like most kids growing up, you couldn’t wait to get out of school or college. But if you’re a serious antique tractor enthusiast, there are some good reasons to go back to school. One of those is the wonderful Thresherman’s Lunch that comes with the Powers Tractor School, put on by Aumann Auctions, Inc. Yet, there’s a lot more to be gained from attendance at the annual school than a delicious chicken or sausage lunch.
Every Tractor Has A Story: Rich Bergeson’s Passion for Rare Orange Horsepower

2 months ago | agriculture.com | Tharran Gaines

Even though he has nearly 70 classic tractors in his collection, Rich Bergeson insists every one of them has a story. That even goes for the 15 Allis-Chalmers D21 models he owns. It’s not surprising that the largest percentage of tractors in his collection are Allis-Chalmers models. Bergeson, who farms with his brother, Bill, near Ransom, Illinois, can still remember the day their dad went to a sale in Kentucky to purchase an Allis-Chalmers D10.
Drip Irrigation Supports Three-Way Cropping in Missouri

Jan 21, 2025 | agriculture.com | Tharran Gaines

The scene on Matt Woodward’s farm, north of Freistatt, Missouri, is much like that of any other farm in that southwest part of the state. You see fields of winter wheat and corn, and a few hundred head of cattle. What you don’t see, though, are the miles of drip irrigation tape running beneath 545 acres of those fields. It allows Woodward to maintain a three-way program consisting of wheat, row crops, and cattle.
All Work All The Time For This Fleet Of Classic Allis Tractors

Jan 8, 2025 | agriculture.com | Tharran Gaines

t’s hard to tell whether Geoff and Travis Postin are farmers first and tractor collectors on the side, or if it’s the other way around. Either way, Geoff says they’re basically “two farmers who are stuck in the 1980s.” Like many collectors, the two brothers have a vast collection of tractors between them. In this case it amounts to 30 or more Allis-Chalmers models.