[November 02, 2011] John Deere to Build Full-Size Sculpture of Combine with Over 300K Cans of Food in World Record Attempt Tweet Nov 02, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- To recognize the role that America's farmers play in feeding the world this harvest season, John Deere said it is attempting a world-record at constructing a full-sized sculpture of its new S-Series combine from more than 300,000 cans of food at the John Deere Pavilion in downtown Moline, Illinois. According to Nicole Schneider, project manager, communications for John Deere Ag & Turf Division, the John Deere Project "CAN DO" combine sculpture and food donation program are designed to raise awareness of the essential role farmers and ranchers play in producing safe, healthy and abundant food for a growing world population, while supplying much needed food supplies to a local food bank during the holiday season. "With the global population expected to increase from seven billion to more than nine billion by 2050, farmers will need to increase food production by 70 percent while using the same amount of land, water and other resources," said Nicole Schneider. "New equipment technologies, like the John Deere S-Series Combine, are important tools in helping farmers meet that demand." Anyone interested in participating can go to the John Deere Facebook page to submit their name and a photograph, which will be wrapped around their virtual personalized food can as part of a virtual sculpture. The more than 300,000 cans of food needed to complete the sculpture are donated by John Deere with delivery from Hy-Vee Food Stores. When completed, the sculpture will be 60 feet wide, 80 feet long and 16 feet tall and will weigh nearly 170 tons. The sculpture depicts John Deere's new S-690 Combine. Deere & Company is a provider of products and services for those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world's increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure. More Information: http://www.facebook.com/johndeere ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]