we do want to talk about right now with the john deer dealers.here's special rebates and low financing. we brought a couple of pieces that would fit in the studio. we have a couple of push mowers, hand held products, electric string trimmer for a smaller yard or those of you environmentally conscious. the push mower is self- propelled. push mowers start in the 379- dollar range. >> does it come with somebody to do it for you? >> not for $379. >> the mowers, are they self- starters? >> this has a self-starter and you hold the handle down, turn the key and crank it up. >> what else? >> we also, justin is here from our service department to talk about if your not in the market for a new machine, justin wants to give you tips for taking care of the new machine you have. >> we recommend everybody to service your equipment. think about your car. you take it every 3000 miles to get the oil changed and tuned up. same thing for your lawn mower. you want to get your air filter and mark plugs changed out and this is a safety factor here. you have a blade fa

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it has worked for john deere, another illinois-based company. lit now be our strategy to make it work for all the manufacturers, the 100,000 that have 500 or less employees in the chicago area and now have an export strategy that's beyond either zero or 100. and to see -- take the capabilities of ex-im, the marketing strategy and have this city/state function with ex-im so chicago can move up to the proper ranks of having an export-based economy using all its natural assets of people, skills, and technology to gain greater market share. thank you very much. >>> here's a look at the c-span networks today. on c-span live at 12:00 p.m. eastern, the brady center holds a news conference on how to prevent gun violence. victims of gun violence from across the u.s. are expected to speak. coming up on c-span2 live at 1:00 p.m., a look at america's tax policy, an event hosted by americans for tax reform. grover norquist is one toffee chured speakers. and then on c-span 3, a house oversight hearing examining the spending report related to a 2010 las vegas

this 1955 john deere 60 was similar to the one they had as a child.aid his wife like likes it too because it's easy to drive. >> they call it a narrow high is what john deere callst. it's a 42-inch rubber on the back wheel and the front tire. the first tractor i as a child was one like this that was bought brand new. i found it, bought it, took me three years to get it -- back to what it looked like now. it was a little rough when i got it. i had the planter for t i have a plow for it. it's just -- tractor club play toy is what it is. i got it from a guy that owned a little miniature horse rain much and it was to big for what he needed to get it in the barn and stuff because with the axl he was ripping off gates -- i put the b on him and bought it there him. this one is a 32 horse. it's what it's supposed to be. some say 34 but i think it was a 32. it's gasoline tractor, not all fuel. just straight gasoline. the guy that -- had it, had the planters for it. it's got front mounted planters, the dual outlet its on the back of it for two cylinders and the

on my right, samuel allen, the chief executive of john deere. his full bio is in your material. to his right, hall sirkin, managing director of the boston group and then to the far right, dave thompson, chief executive of orbital sciences. i'm just going to give a little bit of introduction. the title of our session is "competing around the world." i would suggest this is a particularly fluid time to be trying to address this question. just to sort of frame it, on the positive side some of might have seen a recent article in "american interest." it makes the argument the u.s. is poised to become an export powerhouse, notes since the end of the recession exports have accounted for fully half of total u.s. economic growth. so the rather weak recovery that we've had would is been positively anemic without the strong growth on the export side. and he notes that the obama administration surprisingly appears to be on track to -- even starting from the depressed face of 2009, there were very few economists thought that was achievable. so barring a real down tun, that number gets hit in

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this on my right samuel allen t chief executive of john deere, his full bio is in your material. i'll do brief introductions. to his right is hal sirkin, the senior partner and managing director of the boston consulting group, doing a lot of work on the manufacturing sector. and then to the far right, david thompson, chief executive of orbital sciences who was introduced by chairman hawkberg at the previous speech. i'll give introduction. the title of our session is competing around the world. and it will focus largely on how the united states and u.s. companies are doing in the competition for international markets. and i would suggest this is a particularly fluid time to be trying to address this question. just to sort of frame it on the positive side, some of you might have seen the article in the american interest by tyler cowan, economist at george mason university. it has a lot of attention and makes the argument that the u.s. is poytzed to become an export powerhouse. notes that since the end of the -- or since the end of the recession, exports accounted for fully half of

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. >> reporter: steven horton is working on a 1947 john deere, while dustin is reforming a super c. these students are required to identify and reconstruct the tractors as they were coming off the assembly line. >> this is something i have an interest in. it's something you can use in the future also. >> reporter: carr and the other students are thankful for the resources they have at the smith farm, are where education covers more than just drive shafts. these two models were at one time the latest in agricultural technology. but according to smith and the students, these two tractors still play a vital role. >> these old john deere tractors, they're a big part of american culture. >> reporter: the high school students hope to come away with the top-winning prize. with the texas farm bureau, i'm nathan smith. >> our thanks to the texas farm bureau for that report. we'll post a link to their website on our home page. next week, we're off to colorado as bird watchers gather for the annual invasion of sandhill cranes. that story next week. up next this weekend, story time with baxter

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. >> we are off to northern washington state for a classic john deere 50.ting it looking good and running properly was no easy task for leon but with hard work and a few changes he made this tractor something to remember. . >> i go to john deere 50 here. i restored it about five, six years ago. it had a tricycle end on it when i first bought it. when i got it ready to paint i -- man from watkim had bought a corn picker and had a tractor, it had a white front end. we traded straight across and that was a good deal for both of us. i put that on it because i always liked them and at end i had a trailer with a ramp. you have to have another center ramp for it so i was real happy so i put the that front end on and had to get the engine board out, had the heads redone, had to get the transmission gone through and now it's -- had the 90,000 out to get the rust out of hwthe bore. any way it's a great tractor now. we do have a plowing day in the spring out in the farming country and anyone wants to go out you can. i have just got, about eight acres and i pulled har

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meet the new definition of durability: the john deere select series. with endless possibilities, what will you create? ♪ learn more about the new select series x310 with power steering at johndeere.com/x310. >> welcome to colombia, site of the summit of americans. there are ten heads of state here as well as more than 250 c.e.o.s from the u.s. and latin america. i'll moderate a panel tomorrow on natural resources and development. president obama arrived here in colombia a few moments ago on a trip that mixes international relation with domestic politics. >> president obama arrives facing a different environment in latin america, more skepticism and perhaps disappointment in the u.s. relationship with latin american countries. any actions or lack thereof from washington. the first meeting three years ago could not have gone better from the white house speculative. the new president was treated as a rock star and vowed to improve ties but polls show people in latin america don't think president obama lived up to his promises. his job approval took a dive

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