Tracking Santa's Progress

Dec 24, 2013
By Denise Faguy
Assistant Editor, North American Content, Farms.com

Everyone at Farms.com would like to wish all of the farmers, producers, ranchers, agri-business, and agriculture suppliers – everyone who works in agriculture – a wonderful Christmas and Happy and prosperous new year. As you may know, to celebrate the holiday season, Farms.com was counting down to Christmas with its annual Holiday Countdown Calendar from the first of December to Christmas day.

Because we understand that people who work in agriculture seem to have especially tight ties to their family, the Holiday Countdown Calendar featured a different daily farm-themed or family-fun activity -- puzzles, games and videos --the Holiday Countdown Calendar is full of festive activities. If you did not get a chance to countdown, you can have lots of fun on Christmas day, partaking in each of the activities with family and friends. You can share the Farms.com Holiday Countdown with friends and family, near and far.

The December 24th calendar item is a link to Norad Tracks Santa, to make it easy to track Santa’s progress today. All of the games will work on tablets, including iPad and iPhone. Please note that to create these games so they work on newer devices, some games may not work on old browsers though (IE 8 and lower) as those browsers do not support HTML 5.

Farms.com and its family of companies, AgCareers.com, Farms.com Media, PigCHAMP, Farms.com Risk Management, AgBuyersGuide, Farms.com Professional Services and CareersInFood.com would like to wish you and your friends and family a very merry holiday season!

Farms.com Holiday Countdown Calendar

Video: Air Command Section Control for Pro-Force Spreaders

This patented section control system uses air to divert material on to different areas of the spinner disks for precise 4-section control, for an economical design by eliminating the need for added conveyor belts or movable spreader components. The section control uses the Raven RCM ISOBUS controller and a customer’s field boundary and coverage map to automatically turn off any of the four sections at any time to avoid applying valuable fertilizer in areas where it’s not needed.

This results in fertilizer savings which means more money in your pocket for a maximum Return On Investment. The powerful blower fan sends air through a 4-section manifold while the conveyor automatically speeds up or slows down as sections are turned on or off for consistent and precise fertilizer application.

• The revolutionary patented Air Command section control utilizes a pneumatic system to accurately place fertilizer onto the spinner disks to give you individualized 4-section control of your spread pattern.

• Pinpoint accuracy of four individual sections allows you to operate the system with ease. This robust design with few moving parts offers no gimmicks, just real-world results.

• The new Air Command section control option is available on pull-type models 2250 and 1850 with the new PTO drive system, and on 1450, 1250 and 1050 pull-type models with standard single hydraulics.

• Continue to do it all with the Unverferth pull-type Pro-Force Spreader. Use the Air Command section control for spreading fertilizer and in-seeding applications, while converting to single-section lime or litter application in a matter of minute