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Dick Schirado has created motion-activated watering systems for cattle and other gadgets to make farm/ranch life easier, but says the real challenge is convincing others to bring his work to market.

LOS ANGELES — Milton Levine, co-inventor of the classic Ant Farm toy that gave millions of youngsters a sneak peak into the underground lives of insects, has died at age 97. Levine died of natural ...

Dick Schirado has created motion-activated watering systems for cattle and other gadgets to make farm life easier. But he says the real challenge is convincing others to bring his work to market. Dick ...

Milton Levine, co-inventor of the classic Ant Farm educational toy, has died. He was 97. His son, Steven, tells the Los Angeles Times that Levine died of natural causes on Jan. 16 at an assisted-care ...

When a farmer looks at shiny new equipment and can’t tell the difference between a price tag and a toe tag, expect innovation to emerge. With equipment and technology costs hanging like the sword of ...

“Planning for Succession: Small Business or Farm” is the topic of the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting on Sept. 11. Attendees will learn what business succession planning is, the seven core ...

Milton Levine, the co-inventor of the classic Ant Farm toy that gave millions of youngsters a sneak peak into the underground lives of insects, died Jan. 16 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 97. Uncle ...