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Nebraska farmer wins Zimmatic Irrigation Giveaway.


Joe Houska, a farmer in Wahoo, Neb., received more than he bargained for when he got a call from his Zimmatic dealer--Houska was the lucky winner of a Kawasaki Kawasaki (käwä`säkē), city (1990 pop. 1,173,603), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay. Located in the Tokyo-Yokohama industrial area, it has steel mills, shipyards, oil refineries, engineering works, and  Mule in a Zimmatic Irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice.  Giveaway. "I was shocked when I first heard the great news, and I still cannot believe it because I've I've  

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 never won anything in my life," Houska said. Houska's name was selected from thousands of entries in a random drawing conducted at Lindsay Manufacturing Lindsay Manufacturing Co. (NYSE: LNN) is a Nebraska-based manufacturer of center pivot irrigation systems, most notably under the "Zimmatic" brand name.

Founded in 1955 in Lindsay, Lindsay Manufacturing currently employs about 650 people.
 headquarters in Omaha, Neb. Lindsay Manufacturing and its Zimmatic irrigation dealers initiated the giveaway to show appreciation to Zimmatic customers for their business.
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Title Annotation:FYI News & Notes
Publication:Agri Marketing
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2004
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