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Kings of Equipment
Three episodes of “Machines of Glory,” a Discovery Channel show originally scheduled to debut this spring, will air this Sunday beginning at 6 pm eastern/pacific. The premise — a high octane construction equipment rodeo pitting three crews of operators against each other — has gotten fans and detractors talking on the Heavy Equipment Forum.
December 27, 2012
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CNH, Kobelco end agreement
CNH and Kobelco Construction Machinery (owned by Kobe Steel) are “unwinding” their joint ownership and equity positions in all companies and eliminating any geographical exclusivities, both companies have announced. CNH says it will continue to manufacture excavators incorporating Kobelco technology at its plants in Calhoun, Georgia; Italty and Brazil, and source select models such as short-radius excavators, from Kobelco for no less than five years.
December 27, 2012
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5 Quick Internet Marketing Tips
One of the biggest challenges facing landscaping business owners that I talk to is that of generating well qualified leads for their business. Relying on word of mouth for sustainable business growth and meeting sales and revenue objectives is rarely if ever enough.
December 27, 2012
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EPA Administrator Steps Down
Statement by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announcing her leaving cabinet after State of Union: I want to thank President Obama for the honor he bestowed on me and the confidence he placed in me four years ago this month when he announced my nomination as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
December 27, 2012
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School Wins Grant for Landscape
The Toro Company named Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 as the winner in the “Green Spaces Make Great Places” grant program. The school will use the $7,000 grant to renovate the landscape and hardscape surrounding the playground at Laura B. Sprague Elementary School in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
December 27, 2012
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Dosko Announces New Distributor
Dosko has announced that Continental Engines will provide distribution and dealer support for Dosko’s line of stump grinders, brush chippers, chipper/mulchers and log splitters in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
December 26, 2012
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EPA Certifies Toro Irrigation Controllers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that as many as three and a half billion gallons of water are wasted on residential irrigation each dayin the United States. This amounts to over 40,000 gallons of fresh water lost each second, which can be reduced through advances in technology and proper setup.
December 26, 2012
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Capturing Water Before it Becomes Urban Runoff
Watching water stream under parked cars and through the gutters every time it rained made Alice Abler cringe. “What a terrible waste,” Abler recalled thinking, pondering all the pollutants being swept down drains and into waterways.
December 26, 2012
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CNH Parts & Service Introduces New Smartphone Applications
CNH Parts & Service has implemented new smartphone applications that make it easy for farm and construction equipment customers throughout North America to find and order the CNH Original Parts they need.
December 21, 2012
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How Many Pavers Does Lou Holtz Have?
Belgard Hardscapes and Coach Lou Holtz are celebrating Notre Dame’s contention for the national football championship with a Facebook contest that invites fans to guess how many Belgard pavers are in Coach’s new driveway for a chance to win a Chicago Brick Oven.
December 21, 2012
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A Downtown Farm? It’s Up On the Roof
The rooftop of a sprawling urban warehouse may not seem like the classic locale for a farm, but a group of urban gardeners in St. Louis is seeing it a different way.
December 21, 2012
A photo rendering of The Food Roof, which is planned to be a rooftop community sponsored agriculture (CSA) farm. The Food Roof will included an outdoor gathering space for community events and educational opportunities. The site affords a view of downtown. The location of The Food Roof is 1335 Convention Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The Food Roof is a project of Urban Harvest STL
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Cornell Puts Lawn in Library
It’s increasingly popular for college and university libraries to soothe the savage undergraduate at finals time by providing a dose of contact with nature. Therapy dogs are a common choice, but the Cornell University Library went a more unusual route, installing a ”green sward” which remained there through December 14.
December 20, 2012
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Kioti Donates Auction Proceeds to Cancer Center
KIOTI Tractor, a Division of Daedong-USA, Inc., recently donated all proceeds from the silent auction of a pink CS2410 subcompact tractor to the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Douglas Earwood, Director of Sales and Marketing, presented a check in the amount of $15,267.00 to Jennifer Bowman, Special Events Coordinator of UNC Lineberger, on Dec. 6, 2012.
December 20, 2012
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Toro Launches Mobile Website
Access helpful information from anywhere with Toro’s new mobile website, www.m.toro.com/LCE , specifically designed for professional landscape contractors to deliver optimum performance on smart phones.
December 20, 2012
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Set Yourself Apart
If you’ve been on the site lately, you’ve noticed we’ve announced the 12 finalists for Equipment World’s 2013 Contractor of the Year. I love this program. Visiting finalists is one of the best parts of my job; they always turn out to be great people I feel privileged to know. So, every year I jump at the chance to help sister magazine Total Landscape Care with their crop of Landscaper of the Year finalists, who are also amazing.
December 19, 2012
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Paladin Donates to Hurricane Sandy Relief
Paladin Attachments recently made a contribution to the Salvation Army’s Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund by donating a total of $11,882 raised by the company.
December 19, 2012
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GCBAA Honors Agronomist with Don A. Rossi Award
The Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA) has named James R. Watson, Ph.D., as its recipient of the Don A. Rossi Award. “To those in the turf industry, Watson is a pioneer and teacher with a lengthy legacy,” said Justin Apel, executive director of the GCBAA.
December 19, 2012
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Botanical Garden
Officials with the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden unveiled their 25-year master plan to the public Wednesday, offering a vision of what the 170-acre site could become.
December 19, 2012
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