Department of Agriculture said surveys since 1997 have shown annual decreases in the land used for farming in Horry and Brunswick counties. In recent years, and since a federally approved tobacco buyout in 2004, a number of area farmers have sold whole farms or portions for development, or diversified their crops to make continued farming profitable. Avery, which Shelley and his son, Cam, now use for small tasks, is a symbol of their family's roughly 60-year farming tradition. The...

Besides witnessing an increase in exhibition space by exhibitors from the previous edition, this year's Conmex will be host to several new international companies dealing in construction related machinery, equipment, and vehicles. Leading international construction machinery and equipment brands sign up for second edition of Conmex . Conmex Monday, June 11 - 2007 Home . E-mail . MediaCentre . User Login AME Info - the ultimate Middle East business resource. The event displays the entire...

The traffic on the narrow roads pop over the hills, and around turns, going so fast that any farm equipment being moved doesn t have a chance, farmer Joe Schilmiller said. From maneuvering large farming equipment on country roads, which were not designed for the traffic volume of 2007, to watching developments build around them and taxes rise yearly, stress, they admit, is a way of life. From maneuvering large farming equipment on country roads, which were not designed for the traffic...

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October 16, 2006 Road To The IGF: St Diffusions' SimTractor Continuing Gamasutras Road to the IGF feature, which profiles and interviews Independent Games Festival 2007 entrants, todays interview is with Benoit Brabant of St Diffusions, developer of SimTractor. October 16, 2006 Road To The IGF: St Diffusions' SimTractor Continuing Gamasutras Road to the IGF feature, which profiles and interviews Independent Games Festival 2007 entrants, todays interview is with Benoit Brabant of St...

As the tractor pulled a piece of farm equipment, a 1997 Volvo struck it from behind. Farm tractor and vehicle collide on road in Granby Friday, June 08, 2007 A 14-year-old Granby boy driving a farm tractor on a dark rural road last week was in a two-vehicle crash, Oswego County sheriff's deputies said. Paine and the driver of the car, Michael E. A passenger in the car, J. Lee Memorial Hospital in Fulton, deputies said.

Zhou Fengwu, a machinery industry analyst at Orient Securities, said Caterpillar has been seeking a controlling share in a joint operation and was unwilling to cut its stake size. That made it unlikely that the plan would ever gain approval, Zhou said, noting that the ministry has been tough on sales in the equipment manufacturing sector. An official working for the securities affairs office of Shanghai Diesel Engine, who asked not to be identified by name, said the two parties could not...

DECATUR - Oil sand miners in Canada have reached into their deep pockets and splashed more than $90 million on 19 of the world's biggest trucks, built by Caterpillar inc. in Decatur. The deal, valued at more than $100 million Canadian, is a major coup for Caterpillar and promises work and job security stretching into years. And with the 797B having a working life of at least 10 years - and usually much longer - a fleet purchase of this size also guarantees a steady demand for service...

The calf, named Lucky, is alive and well and the inspiration for Wagner's latest project _ a just-published book highlighting his good luck in living the life of a livestock farmer. The pages of "My Passion for Good Livestock: God's Plan for a Country Boy" trace the time Wagner devoted to the industry from growing up on a dairy farm southeast of Darmstadt to raising, showing and judging hogs and cattle and traveling with his ultrasound equipment. As part of the "therapy" involved in his...