In the past two years, the farm has invested more than $1 million in equipment, infrastructure improvements and new technologies for its 20 enterprises The Farm Market started 20 years ago as a small roadside corner stand on campus to sell excess sweet corn. FresnoBee.com: Business: Summer Festival includes display. In the past two years, the farm has invested more than $1 million in equipment, infrastructure improvements and new technologies for its 20 enterprises The Farm Market started...

He credits many factors to people's fascination with hummingbirds including the size of the bird, the colors, the life expectancy and the territorialness of the birds. Though he's never seen it happen in real life, Hess showed pictures of hummingbirds who charged and stabbed each other, which killed both birds, because of their territorialness. That, combined with hummingbirds short life expectancy, contributes to friendly competitions between neighbors on how many hummingbirds they can...

So, after a very mild March, historic cold temperatures the first week of April and drought conditions in early June, we are left scrambling for our winter hay supply and wondering what we will do if dry weather continues. For most of us, that s what happens when we are doing monotonous jobs like riding a tractor and bushhogging. Since many of us had to cut over more of our pasture acreage just to get what we hope is adequate hay for the winter, we are extremely vulnerable to a...

Pulling sleds of progressively greater concrete weights for tractors of both the full-sized types and the smaller garden variety will determine the winners according to their respective weight class. Fully restored antique tractors will also be on exhibit, along with working one-lung gas engines. The historic Lonetown Farmhouse will be open to the public for viewing, along with a sales booth where the society will be selling uniquely designed Redding T-shirts and ball caps along with...

Dispatchers tell us the trailer is reported to be on fire, and crews are currently at the scene. The accident occurred at approximately 4:15 this morning. Search TriCities.com Keyword Search Site. Stay tuned to News Channel 11 and TriCities.com for traffic updates throughout the morning.

Liebherr and other mining truck manufacturers are riding a boom for such trucks, with orders at the highest levels in about 25 years, said Frank Manfredi, publisher of the Machinery Outlook equipment newsletter. Prices for such commodities as copper, gold and iron ore have risen in recent years on increased demand, so mine operators are flush with capital to expand operations and buy new equipment, he said. The company makes the world's largest-capacity mining dump truck, with a...

The layoffs are promoted by "our desire to focus our resources, both financial and human, on our self-propelled spraying business which is growing rapidly," said John Miller, who also is company president. Miller said the company currently employs about 180 people, and the layoffs would be split about evenly between plant and sales. Nazianz's hay and forage business, including the large metal boxes used in the harvesting of hay. Nazianz inc., will lay off about 20 production and sales...

Jim Wisman of Illinois City was the judge at this year's competition, telling exhibitors to trot, walk, reverse and stop and judging them based on their performance. The Six-Horse Hitch Classic series is a circuit of shows where the owners of draft horses compete for points that are tallied after a championship event at the end of the year. Miniature horses as a breed were originally imported for Europe for use in mines, because they could more easily navigate the small tunnels than a mule...

Topic: Headline News Cooperative effort between Wind Connect, MoDOT make road repairs possible - nodnews1 Published Online Jun 28, 2007 - 02:50 PM Email this to a friend Print this story A cooperative effort between John Deere Wind/Alliant Wind Connect and the Missouri Department of Transportation will make repairs to Route J in Nodaway County possible. Topic: Headline News Cooperative effort between Wind Connect, MoDOT make road repairs possible - nodnews1 Published Online Jun 28, 2007 -...