Scissortail Productions buys "Implement & Tractor," Starts magazine.Scissortail Productions (Cedar Falls Cedar Falls, city (1990 pop. 34,298), Black Hawk co., N Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. 1854. It developed as a milling center in the late 19th-century after the coming of the railroad; its name is derived from the cedar tree. , IA) has acquired Implement & Tractor magazine from Agra Informa USA (Washington, D.C.). No terms were given. Scissortail is a new company headed by Mary Sheppard, the acquired magazine's publisher at Agra Informa USA. Established in 1885, the magazine is published six times a year and distributed on a controlled basis to 7300 ag equipment dealers, manufacturers, distributors, and growers. Editorial covers such topics as importing and exporting, 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. equipment, multi-dealership concerns, customer retention, accessories, doing business electronically, precision farming technology and industry shows. Agra Informa will continue to produce such ag resources as Food Chemical News, Food Traceability Report, Obesity Policy Report, Pesticide pesticide, biological, physical, or chemical agent used to kill plants or animals that are harmful to people; in practice, the term pesticide is often applied only to chemical agents. & Toxic Chemical Any chemical which, through its chemical action on life processes, can cause death, temporary incapacitation, or permanent harm to humans or animals. This includes all such chemicals, regardless of their origin or of their method of production, and regardless of whether they are produced News and the FoodRegulation.com web site. Also, Scissortail will begin the publication of AgEquipment Manufacturer with a Fall issue. The new quarterly title will be targeted to managers and supervisors of manufacturing companies that design, develop and produce whole goods, components and aftermarket Aftermarket See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. products for agricultural use, including field, farmstead and livestock. Editorial will cover a variety of business and production operations is such areas as legal concerns, component and production machinery selection, financial issues, marketing, personnel, technology, sales and customer relations. |
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