- Farm Equipment magazine is recognizing David Kahler (former CEO of Ohio-Michigan Equipment Dealers Assn.) with a special “Distinguished Service Award” during the 16th Annual National No-Tillage Conference on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. Kahler spent his entire 38-year career advancing the interests of equipment dealers, the last 20 as CEO of the association serving Ohio and Michigan. For more information or to register for the half-day event, contact Bree Greenawalt (breeg@lesspub.com), 800/645-8455, ext. 408.
- Ford Motor Co. has licensed its technology for soy-based flexible seat foam to Deere & Co. and Sears Manufacturing Co., so those companies can develop it for John Deere farming equipment and other applications. Ford says the soy-based foam is more environmentally friendly than petroleum-based foams, and soy foam reduces carbon dioxide emissions and takes less energy to produce.
- Following recent publicity surrounding recalls of consumer products, Americans are increasingly concerned about product safety. According to an analysis of 1,000 American adults by legal information services provider Thomson West, Eagan, MN, 61 percent of Americans are worried or very worried about product safety, 55 percent of Americans say they are more worried today about product safety than they were a year ago and 73 percent of Americans have owned a recalled product. For more study results, click here.
