M&M plans to bring low cost tractor Abhinaba Das Friday, June 22, 2007 (Mumbai): Ratan Tata caused quite a flutter when he announced his dream to build a one lakh rupees car and now Anand Mahindra is getting ready to do a Ratan Tata in the farmlands of India. M&M plans to bring low cost tractor Abhinaba Das Friday, June 22, 2007 (Mumbai): Ratan Tata caused quite a flutter when he announced his dream to build a one lakh rupees car and now Anand Mahindra is getting ready to do a Ratan Tata...

The girl's jacket then became tangled with the shift lever when she got off the tractor, forcing it to lurch forward, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground. It's unknown if the girl's father will face any charges for letting her operate the tractor, as state police continue to review the town's laws regarding the operations of tractors. She was then run over by the rear of the tractor. The accident resulted in injuries to an 8-year-old girl's pelvic area and right leg....

ARGO owns a number of manufacturing, service and distribution companies as well as some prestigious trademarks, all operating exclusively in the traditional agricultural machinery sector. The joint venture will further improve AGCO s product offering of harvesting equipment and is expected to provide a foundation for long term product development. Collar continued, Overall, the integration of harvesting development activities for Europe will significantly improve AGCO s base of resources...

This longtime news writer has moved over to cover agriculture and manufacturing for the Tulsa World. I grew up on an acreage outside Moore, where we raised some livestock for a short time, grew corn and watermelons for a short time and swam in muddy ponds - for a long time. I'm a wanna-be grease monkey who can't change a filter without looking at my Chilton's repair book, but I'm writing about people who earn their keep making things. Another recent story focused on Thad Doye, a Walters...

Families receiving honors were selected by their local county Extension committees and have demonstrated a commitment to enhancing and supporting agriculture and agriculture production. This years Farm Families show the broad range of food produced by Minnesotas farmers -- everything from corn and dairy to newer crops like wine grapes and handcrafted cheese, said Allen Levine, dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. Profiles of the 2007 honorees and...

Garden tractors are still made, he said, but today, they usually are a combined tractor-lawnmower. He said he started the project in October 2006 "and just finished it last week. In fact, some folks keep getting more and more things. I overhauled the motor and did the refinishing, and now it's just for show. The baler was in poor shape when he purchased it. Featured as the "Motor of the Show" was a 1922 Jaeger 5 horse power Hit or Miss motor, restored by Frank and Barbara Grilz, Frontenac....

Privations of past were even worse, it seems, for those living on farms YOU must have grown up in a wealthy neighborhood, was the way one of my readers greeted me when I chanced to meet him. They didn t attend our schools, but had to walk miles in all kinds of weather to their one-room school houses where one teacher would teach eight grades at the same time. We never realized the extra hardships the farm folk endured and the chores the young folks had to attend to while we were...

The Farming Independent caught up with him to see how the tractor is performing -- and to get his views on wider issues in the contracting industry. When you're knocking heavy crops and grouping three swaths into one you really do need all that power -- and more!,"The 936 has noticeably more muscle at its disposal, so it's easier to get through the acres. So far neither has given any real trouble to speak of, except for an air-bag (part of the cab suspension system) that needed replacing...

Charles lasted barely an hour Wednesday, as company officials abruptly adjourned the otherwise low-key event as soon as a handful of activists opposed to Caterpillar's sales of bulldozers to Israel jumped up and began chanting, "Take responsibility and do the right thing. Charles lasted barely an hour Wednesday, as company officials abruptly adjourned the otherwise low-key event as soon as a handful of activists opposed to Caterpillar's sales of bulldozers to Israel jumped up and began...