Stemco has announced its lightweight CentriFuse brake drum is now an option on Freightliner and Western Star truck models. The company says the CentriFuse brake drums are designed for weight-sensitive options and at 100 lbs, are the ...
Tags: Transportation, Logisitics
The US acrylonitrile export assessment rose $25/mt week over week Tuesday to a more than 11-month high of $1,940/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on continued tight supply. The assessment reached its highest level since March 5, 2013, when it was at ...
Tags: Acrylonitrile, Chemicals
I love metal working and bandsaws are one of my favorites. DeWALT has finally announced their DCS371M1 band saw. Plumbers and electricians have fallen in love with the Milwaukee 12V band saw now they have a DeWALT option. While the DeWALT ...
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Set to the sounds of soulful electrified blues music, Kia Motors America (KMA) today hosted the global unveiling of the 2015 Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. Scheduled to go on sale in the third quarter of 2014, the Soul EV will be Kia's ...
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The US Department of Agriculture is projecting domestic 2013-2014 soybean production to total 3.289 billion bushels, unchanged from the January estimate, data showed Monday. Projected soybean supplies in the USDA's February World ...
Tags: Soybean Oil, soybeans
Let's face it air hoses blow! Literally lol. They are a pain in the rear to roll up and store, they always tend to unravel. Pneupower has come up with an air hose in a case that removes most of the hassles associated with a conventional air ...
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Science, or rather advancements in science, allow for new or revised tools to aid in selection and management of beef cattle. It's not hard to think of examples; artificial insemination protocol and the accompanying products (CIDRs, MGA, ...
Tags: production environment and individual marketing goals, genomics
If you would have asked me a couple years ago about oscillating tools what I thought, I would have told you I don’t need them and they are a gimmick. The reason being is because an oscillating tool was something I saw on late night ...
ICE Cotton settled almost 150 pts lower for the week at 85.83 c/lbs basis the H4, which wasn’t bad considering Monday started with a 300 pts sell-off. What looked like a near-term top above 88 cents now has to be viewed a bit more ...
Tags: ICE Cotton, Textile
Corn grown as the first or second crop after alfalfa usually requires much less fertilizer or manure nitrogen (N) than corn grown after corn, soybeans or small grains. When alfalfa is killed, some of the accumulated N in the soil and in ...
Tags: Corn, agriculture
I can't say I have installed thousands of hardwood floors, but I have done quite a few. ?When it comes to click and lock or engineered flooring, I haven't done too many. ?I do know that dealing with the glue or the hollow sounds of click ...
Tags: Tools, Hardware, hardwood floors
Most of your basic major brand name tool kits come with a Flashlight, and Makita is no exception.? In this particular kit Makita provides a high illumination, high powered light at 4,500 Lux. The flashlight is consistent with Makita's ...
Tags: Tools, Hardware, Flashlight
Soil potassium (K) levels have been routinely tested for many years. Historically, K levels were quite high in most South Dakota fields and therefore crop producers paid little attention to K levels or fertilization. However, in the late ...
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Today is finally here, something you guys have been asking for us to review for a long time, the Dewalt DCN690 review. ?This is Dewalt's new 20V Nailers, so let's see how it stacks up and what it has to offer. ?People have had a hard time ...
Tags: Tools, Hardware, Cordless Nailer
Now if you know me, you know I am a huge fan of Milwaukee for a number of reasons. However, I was never a big fan of their M18 grinder. ?While it did the job, I had problems with the Overload Protection and how easy it would kick on. ? Well ...
Tags: Tools, Hardware, Industrial Equipment, Components