The sole agent for Caterpillar heavy plant machinery in the region is forecasting 20 per cent growth this year as the unprecedented construction boom across the Middle East gathers pace. Mohamed Abdulrahman Al-Bahar, which operates in the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman, also predicts that the number of new machines sold into the construction, mining and road building sectors across the five countries will exceed 10,000 for the first time in 2008. Region s supplier of Caterpillar...

News Hoosier Two-Cylinder Club sponsors Plow Day By Doug Hunt Posted: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:48 PM EDT Email this story . Print this story WAYNETOWN Antique John Deere tractor enthusiasts cranked up their machines and helped plow a field Saturday owned by Charles Wilkinson during the annual Plow Day. News Hoosier Two-Cylinder Club sponsors Plow Day By Doug Hunt Posted: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:48 PM EDT Email this story . Print this story WAYNETOWN Antique John Deere tractor enthusiasts...

Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), the commercial and passenger vehicle maker, reported 6.36 per cent decline in its net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2007, on fall in sales of tractors, high material costs and lower export realisation. Though the company reported an increase of 37 per cent in sales growth of vehicles (excluding tractors) during the quarter, selling 46,356 units, strengthening of rupee against foreign currencies affected the profit growth, a company release stated....

Silage is basically just various grasses that are allowed to grow tall, then cut, dried a little, and wrapped in bales to ferment for a few months before being fed to the sheep. Although there is a core of folk who are nearly always involved in the work (generally those people who own tractors), it also requires more people to come out and help. A tractor with a baling machine attached moves slowly around the field; the grass goes in at one end, then comes out the other end in...

He told the Deputy Minister of Industry and International Trade, Mr Phineas Chihota, during the IDC's annual general meeting that the delays had been encountered on the Iran side as Government had done its part including opening a joint account and signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Iranian government. He told the Deputy Minister of Industry and International Trade, Mr Phineas Chihota, during the IDC's annual general meeting that the delays had been encountered on the Iran side...

The California Air Resource Board last week adopted the nation s toughest regulations on emissions from diesel-powered equipment used off-road in construction, mining and ski resort grooming. Vehicles that must meet the tough new standards include bulldozers, loaders, backhoes and forklifts and many other diesel vehicles that are not legal for regular road use. A new state law restricting diesel emissions will impact local contractors, forcing many to replace equipment sooner than they had...

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Insect management for short-term storage of low-test-weight or sprouted grain should not pose any unique insect problems as long as the grain is dry. Newly harvested grain can become contaminated with stored-grain insects by contact with grain that was previously infested. Stored-grain insects are not brought in from the field so the condition of the grain and bin before the grain is put into storage are important to keep the grain from becoming infested. This can occur in combines, truck...

The expansion although strong was slightly below most economists' expectations, held back by a decline in energy and farm production in May. Economists had expected an average of 0.4 per cent economic growth in May, coming on the heels of upbeat news in the manufacturing and retail sectors. Gains were also registered in construction, manufacturing, mining excluding oil and gas, and utilities. Consumer spending was the biggest contributor to economic growth last year, the agency said,...