TEN WAYS TO CUT FUEL COSTS ON THE FARM

Ten Ways to Cut Fuel Costs on the Farm
With fuel costs sky-rocketing, many farmers are searching for ways to reduce their fuel usage associated with the upcoming spring planting season reports Bob Frazee, University of Illinois Natural Resources Educator. To help answer these questions, producers need to first look closely where their fuels are being used. Fuel consumption varies widely due to variations in tractor efficiency, soil moisture conditions, crop yields, and other factors.
Frazee has outlined the following ten major ways farmers may be able to reduce fuel usage this spring:


http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/mclean/factsheets/agnr679.html

Hi Folks,
Here are some tips (click on above link) to saving money on the farm. These are useful methods of cutting down on fuel usage from Bob Frazee, a University Guy who knows his stuff. Hope this is useful to farmers the world over. If you farmers have any other useful fuel saving tip you would like to share with fellow farmers, then please add to this Posting. (Ethoskiwi)

HOLIDAYS PUT ON HOLD ....... THIS IS NOT GOOD

Hey Good Folks,
This is not good or even right !! These rising fuel prices are putting the lives as we used to know it on hold or forcing us to make severe restrictions to our already stressed lives. Now the times we need to relax and recharge in are being forced away by these rising fuel prices. Here are 4 news reports on how high fuel prices are curtailing vacations or making them cost heaps more. (comment by Ethoskiwi)


http://blog.mlive.com/michigan_travel/2007/05/fuel_costs_cramping_boaters_st.html

http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=11293

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05/26/news/nation/8_16_335_25_07.txt

http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=20584§ion=News&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=36176123&CFTOKEN=44446134&jsessionid=88301987224e70494307