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Co-Alliance Agronomy Manager Phil Brewer (left) stands with Gordy Barnet, manager of Co-Alliance's new fertilizer hub.
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Co-Alliance employees unload fertilizer for railcars. The new hub is capable of loading amd unloading a railcar in just seven minutes.
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The new Scircleville, Ind. fertilizer hub sits in the middle of the farm fields it will serve.
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The new $3.9 million Co-Alliance LLP fertilizer facility is located in Scircleville, Ind.
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Railcars wait to be unloaded at the recently opened Scircleville Fertilizer Hub Plant in northern Clinton County, Ind.
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A 36-inch-wide conveyor belt is used to move fertilizer throughout the Co-Alliance hub. A catwalk runs parallel to the conveyor belt.
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Only three employees are needed to operate the automated system at the Scircleville fertilizer hub. These controls are used to unload blended or unblended fertilizer into drive-through vehicles.
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Mac Donaldson has a herd of about 1,500 cattle on his Arizona ranch.(br>
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Mac Donaldson moves cattle across his expansive Arizona ranch by horse.
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These heifers get some extra feed on the 72,000-acre ranch southeast of Tucson, Arizona.
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The ranch uses some windmills but can't rely on them when cattle are looking for water.
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The cattle on Mac Donaldson's ranch get water from dirt tanks filled from wells with submersible pumps and generators.
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The Family Living Center at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. featured many vendors, including this one that offered items such as John Deere tote bags.
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Farm equipment and services weren't the only things offered at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. last week. The Family Living Center offered a wide assortment of goods.
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A variety of colors, styles and shapes were found at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. last week.
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The National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. last week was a place to see the latest equipment, like this John Deere tractor, up close.
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Even the youngest visitors to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. last week needed a place to rest.
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A visitor to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. last week used this piece of Caterpillar equipment as a place to take a phone call.
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Visitors to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. last week checked out the latest tractors from New Holland.
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The grass is beginning to look green on the grounds of Cove Springs Nature Preserve in Franklin County, Ky.
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This waterfall decorates the woods at Cove Springs Nature Preserve in Franklin County, Ky.
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Water rushes down around a waterfall in central Kentucky.
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Farm buildings wait for spring fieldwork to begin in central Kentucky.
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There's always something to be done on the farm. A Franklin County, Ky. farmer takes advantage of last week's nice weather.
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