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HitchDoc Acquires B & H Manufacturing

HitchDoc has announced the acquisition of B & H Manufacturing in Jackson, Minn. B & H Manufacturing is known for its 9100 and 9600 field cultivators, as well as strip-till, ridge-till units and custom toolbars.

In 1990, B & H Mfg. introduced the 9100 Series Row Crop Cultivator. Its design has made it one of the most popular high-trash cultivators still on the market today. Within a few years, requests from conventional and reduced-tillage farmers for a lighter-weight, easier-to-lift single-shank cultivator began to come in. This cultivator needed to still handle the heavy trash situations encountered by many farmers, but be light enough for smaller field tractors. B & H decided the best solution for these farmers was to take the proven 9100 series and create the 9600 Series Row Crop Cultivator, which was introduced in 1996. As time progressed, B & H Manufacturing expanded their product offering with the purchase of Schweiss snow blowers and zero-turn lawn mower lines, which were sold under Schweiss, Yard Shark, and Jazzer brand names.

HitchDoc began as a manufacturer of motorcycle hitches in 1990. 35 years later, HitchDoc remains family-owned and is recognized for our contract manufacturing services and products, including Travis seed carts, fuel trailers, and industrial-grade snow blowers. Serving a diverse range of markets and known for quality products, HitchDoc recognized the B & M Manufacturing products as a perfect addition to the product line due to their superior build quality. In the coming weeks, HitchDoc will be sending out more information on the tillage equipment.

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Funded by Sask Wheat, the Wheat Pre-Breeding Chair position was established to enhance cereal research breeding and training activities in the USask Crop Development Centre (CDC) by accelerating variety development through applied genomics and pre-breeding strategies.

“As the research chair, Dr. Valentyna Klymiuk will design and deploy leading-edge strategies and technologies to assess genetic diversity for delivery into new crop varieties that will benefit Saskatchewan producers and the agricultural industry,” said Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn (PhD), dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at USask. “We are grateful to Sask Wheat for investing in USask research as we work to develop the innovative products that strengthen global food security.”

With a primary focus on wheat, Klymiuk’s research will connect discovery research, gene bank exploration, genomics, and breeding to translate gene discovery into improved varieties for Saskatchewan’s growing conditions.