1. 4 Year Old Boy Killed in Tractor Accident A four-year-old boy was killed after he fell from a tractor as he was riding with his father in a rural area of Kosciusko County in northern Indiana. Saturday when the tractor struck a tree, throwing the boy off. The tractor then struck the boy. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Police say Marein Miller was riding on a tractor with his father, Leon Miller, at about 5:30 p. He was taken to the Kosciusko Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead...
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3. Boy Dies After Fall from Tractor Saturday when the tractor struck a tree, throwing the boy off. The tractor then struck the boy. Boy Dies After Fall from Tractor. Police say Marein Miller was riding on a tractor with his father, Leon Miller, at about 5:30 p. He was taken to the Kosciusko Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead from extensive internal injuries.
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4. Police name killed tractor driver A tractor driver, killed when his vehicle and a trailer are thought to have overturned on a Norfolk farm, has been named by police. Police name killed tractor driver. Emergency services were called to the scene following reports that a man had been trapped. Sam Foley, 24, of Newmarket, Suffolk, was pronounced dead at Snetterton, near Attleborough, on Sunday. A joint police and Health & Safety Executive (HSE) investigation continues into Mr Foley's death.
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5. Milk price dips are eroding dairy tradition I don't think teachers, lawyers, government bureaucrats and doctors would put up with such low wages, so why should farmers? Unfortunately, dairy farms aren't like other free-market businesses. This translates into a $50,000 loss for the average size dairy farm and is the major reason for the loss of dairy farms in Vermont, the Northeast and the nation. in the morning just as you were starting to milk the cows? As a dairy farmer, you'd know how to fix that long contraption of steel chains...
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6. Anyone missing a large lawn tractor? A witness saw a man drive the tractor on the street, park it and then attempt to light it on fire with a piece of paper, said Acting Cpl. The tractor was not seriously damaged from the fire as the paper quickly burned out. Police do not know who owns the tractor. When police arrived, the man was gone. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form. The Frederick Police Department found a large lawn tractor abandoned about 10 p. Friday in the 100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.
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7. Some good old-fashioned fun The pit area was bustling with activity during the competition, with drivers and spectators alike providing a party-like atmosphere while the tractors were being weighed in. Approximately 120 people in the main stands, and about the same amount in the pit area, talked, laughed, ate and cheered on friends and family members, whose tractors struggled against the weight hitched behind them. The tractors pulled a rig containing a 30,000-pound weight that gradually slows them to a stop....
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8. Older farmers keep on planting after 65 Within the next decade those older farmers will be looking for someone to take over their operations and selling millions of acres of land. farmers produce more food than any other country in the world and are tops in corn, soybeans, milk and cattle, according to a United Nations agriculture census. At the same time, it's becoming more costly for young people to go into farming, and many of them see that they can make a better living by leaving the rural areas. Pennsylvania, Connecticut...
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9. Zimbabwe: Handouts Are Not the Answer Only last year, former Finance minister Herbert Murerwa in his 2007 budget speech promised the nation that the government would institute measures to contain expenditure. THIS week the central bank and government once again dug deep into their reserves of invention to find the cure to hyperinflation which is wreaking havoc on the economy. In December 2005 the government ruled it would "compulsorily acquire" any farming equipment and material left behind by white farmers. Piled-up equipment...
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