n Expect to see more agricultural equipment on roadways during the busy agricultural seasons such as the spring planting season and the fall harvest season, but be alert for farm equipment on the road at any time of year. This can be a dangerous situation for a motorist going at 55 mph on the highway approaching farm equipment at 15 mph can be on the equipment's back door in less than seven seconds (while traveling 400 feet) As farms become larger in size and spread out over more area,...

Expect to see more agricultural equipment on roadways during the busy agricultural seasons such as the spring planting season and the fall harvest season, but be alert for farm equipment on the road at any time of year. As farms become larger in size and spread out over more area, farmers are spending a lot more time traveling with their tractors and equipment on public roads. Agricultural equipment on the road can be hazardous to both farmers and motorists. Farm equipment is becoming...

His sprawling premises near the FarmFest field days site on the outskirts of Toowoomba are now the resting place of one of the most diverse collections of old farm memorabilia anywhere in the state and is a veritable time capsule of early to mid-20th century machinery. His love of unusual pieces of machinery influenced him to buy at least one piece of equipment at every sale he attended, principally because he was disappointed that rare pieces of machinery increasingly were being knocked...

Lower sales of agricultural products drive down sales in "other products" sector Wholesalers of "other products" mainly agricultural products, chemicals as well as recycled materials and paper products also posted a significant decline in April, as sales fell5. ca Wholesalers posted sharply lower sales in April, as declines in a number of major sectors erased all of the strong gains made over the previous two months. Lower sales of agricultural products drive down sales in "other products"...

The programme, intended to repair the damage caused by Mr Mugabe's seizure of white-owned farms, has now become so corrupt that cronies are receiving the machinery instead of Zimbabwean dollars, which have been made almost worthless by inflation of nearly 5,000 per cent. Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, is trying to shore up his regime by giving farm machinery to loyalists - many of whom do not even own farms - as millions of his people face starvation. The programme, intended to...

Central Chronicle--Madhya Pradesh. Chronicle News Service Jabalpur, June 24: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the Centre, state government and vehicle testing Agencies for not manufacturing as per specifications leading to accidents claiming several thousand lives every year. HC on defective manufacturing of vehicles. Chronicle News Service Jabalpur, June 24: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the Centre, state government and vehicle testing Agencies for...

The demonstrations, say attendants, are what make this tractor and equipment show a one-of-a-kind event. Potato diggers and green bean pickers, along with a host of others, were demonstrated by their eager owners from sunrise to sunset Saturday. Barbara stressed the importance of agriculture and farming in general. What many of today s kids don t realize is if you don t have agriculture, then you have nothing. Sowing the seeds of agriculture. She said, This show is a good way to show kids...

allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Govt Distributes US$25m Agricultural Equipment (Page 1 of 2) A MAJOR milestone was reached yesterday when Government started distributing agricultural equipment it imported through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe under its ongoing agricultural mechanisation programme that is aimed at providing resettled farmers with equipment to boost production. A MAJOR milestone was reached yesterday when Government started distributing agricultural equipment it imported through the...

Thompson has been coming to the Tomah tractor pull from his hometown of Janesville for over 20 years, but he s only been competing at the national level for five years. His wife, brother and father all pull their own tractors, and the boys still steal parts from their father to vamp up their own rigs. Jerry Thompson began competitive pulling with his parents garden tractor when he was 15 years old. Today his tractor is a lot more powerful, but not much bigger. This year he switched tire...