The harvest is almost over, and farmers gathered for the weekly market in the nearby village of Lagfaf say most of the wheat is good enough only for the animals. It says many grain farmers have joined an insurance scheme to protect their incomes and are benefiting from advice to help a shift to alternative crops like olives, fruit and chickpeas. An alternative -- to lease land to a bigger landowner with the financial clout to buy the equipment -- still leaves small farmers at risk. They...

We take a favorable view of the deal, which should enable Deere to expand tractor sales to local farmers and expand its domestic capacity. While financially immaterial, the deal fills out Deere's tractor production, and provides an exporting platform and a wholly-owned manufacturing operation in China. As such, growth in the farming equipment segment is likely to lift earnings expectations, helping to offset weakness in the construction and commercial segments. Deere has sold into the...

An investigation showed that Brandenburg had used his position with the Sheriff's department to alter records and evidence related to the stolen tractor. The tampering with records charge stated that Brandenburg directed a dispatcher in April 2006 to change the vehicle identification number entry in a department computer after a theft report regarding the tractor was made. Committing the act of receiving stolen property and altering documents to impede the recovery of the stolen tractor...

He loved his family and he loved farming and he loved driving his tractor and he just loved life. Lance Ropte of Humboldt, who farmed by night and worked as a driving instructor by day, was killed Thursday night when his tractor was struck by a car operated by a drunken driver, authorities said. Farmers have the same right to be on the roads in their tractors, as you do you in car. Ropte was thrown from the tractor and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the State Patrol report....

Biti was commenting on Mugabe giving farming equipment to some MDC officials, in an attempt to appear to be working with the opposition. The Zimbabwean - An Independent Zimbabwe Newspaper The Zimbabwean. The state media projected the story about opposition officials who were given farming equipment and use it to portray a magnanimous Mugabe, a move observers said could a smokescreen created by the regime to cloud its blocking of efforts at a political settlement to end the Zimbabwean...

One of the biggest changes I see with today's tractors is that now there is only a 1.5 gallons per hour difference between the high and low users," said Browning. A comparison I did between four tractors found the difference between the biggest and least fuel users to be 775 gallons," said Browning. Browning says service, parts inventory and availability, machine quality and ease of use are all important in picking out a tractor. Because farmers and those involved in controlling weeds...

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 18 - 2007 Home . E-mail . MediaCentre . User Login AME Info - the ultimate Middle East business resource. The event displays the entire...

Though the situation is well-documented, child labour is widely used in Sri Lanka in the forms of domestic aid, helpers in transport sector and often as casual and unpaid workers in the agricultural sector. Some of the child labourers are orphaned and do not have any place to stay at and are always on the move from one place of work to another, after being subjected to exploitation. Working for long hours under the scorching heat of the sun, children risk hurting themselves with the...

With a legacy of turning ideas into action, members forecast sustainability savvy and fascinating future technology In the years ahead, intriguing and exciting work for agricultural and biological engineers will include the development and refinement of locally adapted agro-industrial ecosystems. With a legacy of turning ideas into action, members forecast sustainability savvy and fascinating future technology In the years ahead, intriguing and exciting work for agricultural and biological...