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    Berlin celebrates Independence Day with a community picnic  Jul 3, 2009
    We always have the picnic on the Fourth, that s something we always do, said Brad Flick, a spokesman for the Berlin Brothersvalley Community Grove Association (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    AgFest a big opportunity for young local firms  Jul 3, 2009
    Knowing your break evens on a monthly basis sets us apart," he says. Their technique is patented. Bloom says at the booth he wants to help farmers learn how to spend wisely, increase their yields and come out with more money. Kicknbac Agri-Mart of Storm Lake will feature a couple booths at the event. Kicknbac sells sprayers, parts and accessories. They also feature Outback Guidance Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Steve Lullman says their main focus is on entry level GPS down to two inch... (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)

    LETTERS: NCT, July 3, 2009  Jul 3, 2009
    is mentally different from a girl baby from its first day on the planet" and "We give boys tractors and girls dolls. We are reinforcing the stereotypical obsessions that they already have, but we are not creating them. (North County Times)

    Asawase Mubarak, Parliamentary Experience, and the NDC Failures  Jul 3, 2009
    For just in six months, the NDC has shown Ghanaians of their true colours, such as the Asawase Mubarak abuse of office, the Ayariga cheap pricing of tractors, award of contracts to group members and foreigners (as refund for sourcing campaign money from them elsewhere), and so forth. Failure and lies are synonymous with the NDC. For twenty years on the seat the (P)NDC survived on lies while failing dismally to improve on the living standards of Ghanaians. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    More use grazing sheep, goats against invasive weeds, vines  Jul 3, 2009
    says they began using the flock of 70 in June to keep the vineyard trimmed and minimize the work of tractors and manual labor. Grazing vineyards is just one application of a growing niche industry that is harnessing the eating power of animals to control invasive weeds, maintain lawns and clear fire-prone grasses. (USA Today -- News)

    Field-to-plate: VT college students try farming  Jul 3, 2009
    While other college students are in stuffy classrooms, about a dozen are earning credit tending a Vermont farm. For 13 weeks, 12 credits and about 12,500, the Green Mountain College students plow fields with oxen or horses, milk cows, weed crops and grow and make their own food, part of an intensive course in sustainable agriculture using the least amount of fossil fuels. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    We cannot grow our democracy this way...  Jul 2, 2009
    Public outcry against the huge expenditure of the Transitional Team on itself, the acquisition of tractors from the Ministry of Agriculture by Mahama Ayariga and Alban Bagbin, the Muntaka problem at the Ministry of Sports, allegations of impropriety in the rehabilitation of official residences of Regional Ministers or Chief Executives of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies, and others should be seen as worrisome. And the MPs car loans too. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Fourth of July festivities abound  Jul 2, 2009
    A Civil War-era cannon will announce the start of the big parade at 10:30, with more than 125 entries that include decorated floats, antique cars and tractors, dignitaries, horse back riders and wagons, and the Round Top Brass Band ... Antique tractors and engines will be on display on the hall grounds. (Brenham Banner, TX)

    Local Fourth of July weekend events  Jul 2, 2009
    Featuring tractors, floats and living replicas of national monuments. The fireworks begin at dusk at the lakefront. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    Ahwoi Weeps for Selormey, Peprah Others  Jul 2, 2009
    He noted that for the crimes and iniquities of the Managers of the said project, he and his other colleagues had to suffer, saying "granted that we suffered, all the equipment that came for this project, the tax payers money that were used in bringing those equipment, the plane that was to spray the farm, the tractors, the silos, the rice mill which was described by the witnesses at that time as first class, were deliberately allowed by the then government to go waste.". The Food and Agriculture... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    River Junction Tractor Ride  Jul 2, 2009
    It will feature 175 vintage tractors including a variety of makes and models. Bob Viner of Lone Tree will display miniature crawlers and Dug Hastings of West Branch will show toy implements and tractors that they made ... On Saturday, July 11, the tractors leave River Junction at 8:00 a.m. They go through Riverside and head to Kalona. (Kalona News, IA)

    Gov't inherited a bad economy - Minister  Jul 2, 2009
    Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), James Andoh-Kwoffie, Regional Commander of the police, told the Minister that the whole region had only 19 vehicles, which can best be described as "tractors" and wondered how the police would be able to pursue criminals with those "tractors". He therefore suggested that government set aside a security fund, especially for the police since government budgetary allocation could never solve all the problems of the police service. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Singer masterminds CD of music, friends  Jul 2, 2009
    " The CD opens with Hornet Hawkins , a bluesy, jazzy, country story song about a moonshiner, with Mr. Ross on harmonica. In the song Scenic Route , there are word images of the South reminiscent of poet and novelist James Dickey, with Mr. Ross writing about Jesus Saves signs, slow-moving tractors, kudzu and tire swings. He and Tiffany Goss sing of an "old lady selling peaches and tomatoes from the back of a pickup truck right in front of an antebellum mansion that's falling down and boarded up.... (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Communities plan July 4 festivities, firefighters say follow the rules with fireworks  Jul 2, 2009
    Weston will stage the 24th annual Fourth of July parade beginning at 10 a.m. Parade categories include cars, trucks, motorcycles, floats, walkers, bicycles, wagons, kids' vehicles, horses, buggies and carts, tractors and 4-wheelers, tractors and lawn mowers. There is no fee to join the parade but registration is required. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    Report questions over $1.4B of Halliburton bills  Jul 2, 2009
    Whistle-blower testimony and a previously undisclosed Army audit found Halliburton and its subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) inflated cost estimates, billed for unnecessary equipment and personnel, submitted millions of dollars in duplicate charges and was repeatedly given preferential treatment over other contractors ... More than $560,000 for unneeded heavy equipment, including tractors and trailers. (Yahoo News -- Halliburton)

    Threshing Bee  Jul 2, 2009
    Over 200 magnificently restored antique tractors ... See these antiques running: tractors, steam engines, cars, gas engines, saw mill, broom making, veneer mill, duplicators, steam locomotive, steam threshing 10 acres of oats. (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)

    Lineup for 4th of July parade is announced  Jul 2, 2009
    Antique Farmall tractors Karl Kayzar ... A tique John Deere tractors - Brian Schwefel and Herbert Altenburg. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)

    Asian Stocks Drop on Share Sale Concern, Lower Commodities; Baoshan Climbs  Jul 1, 2009
    Kubota Corp., a maker of tractors that is benefiting from increasing mechanization of agriculture in Asia, added 2. 9 percent to 820 yen. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Tractor pull ‘biggest yet’  Jul 1, 2009
    The Taylor Rodeo Association has brought the tractor pull to the East Williamson County Event Center every year for five years, but never before were five pro-stock tractors in attendance. The true crowd-pleasers of the bunch, the tractors flung the weighted sled down the track, bellowing enough black smoke to blot out the rafters ... In attendance from states across the Midwest were pro-stock tractors Hillbilly Express, Dirtslingn Deere, Hillbilly Binder, Southern Belle and Ace In The Hole. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)

    ET Now Exclusive: We expect 50% growth in asset base this year, says L&T CFO  Jul 1, 2009
    For example, we were manufacturing tractors at that time with John Deere ... But in the process we acquired a lot of knowledge on tractors as well as the rural market. (India Times)

    Theyve gone mad  Jul 1, 2009
    The state is shutting down, farmers cant get water, small equipment operators cant afford to repower their trucks and tractors, they want to tax rural folks for septic system and water well inspections. The insane list goes on and on. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Khmer Rouge survivor's paintings saved his life  Jul 1, 2009
    Survivor Chum Mey, 79, testified Tuesday that he endured beatings, electric shocks and had his toenails pulled out but was spared execution because he knew how to fix cars, tractors, sewing machines and typewriters. The only other living survivor, 63-year-old Vann Nath, testified Monday that he too escaped execution because he was an artist and painted portraits of Pol Pot. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)

    Locavores nourish more than themselves  Jul 1, 2009
    The orchard s biodiesel tractors run on compost produced on the property, and its greenhouse is heated with a wood-fired boiler and efficient, radiant tubing. There is hardly a better steward of our natural resources than local farmers. (Ipswich Chronicle, MA)

    Driver in 10-death Okla. wreck had clean record  Jun 30, 2009
    Tractors clog Calif freeway in water cuts protest. Several dozen farmers drove tractors onto a busy freeway in Central California to call attention to water shortages in the region. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    1,800 eat brunch at area dairy farm  Jun 30, 2009
    The Dodge County Antique Power Club has a display of tractors and implements, the Farm Technology Days committee had a display and the Dodge County Dairy Ambassadors, a newly formed group of young people that has been formed to promote the dairy education, were on hand to talk to the breakfast attendees. There was also a polka band to provide musical entertainment and petting zoo. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)

    North Korea's Other Crisis: An Economy in Tatters  Jun 30, 2009
    Men in army-green clothing worked the fields by hand; there were few tractors or animals in sight. Trucks with sacks of U.S. food aid passed by. (Time.com)

    Suicide bomber strikes at Afghan-Pakistan border  Jun 30, 2009
    Afghan counternarcotics police have for years used tractors or hand tools to plow under or chop down poppy plants - which yield opium, the main ingredient in heroin - but they often came under attack and dozens have been killed by militants. Taliban bomber kills 2 troops in Pakistani Kashmir. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    Energy firms set to sell off equipment  Jun 30, 2009
    Items including trailers, trucks, tractors, skid steer loaders and 25 hydraulic excavators will be on the auction block ... MCM General Contractors Inc.. (Gillette News-Record, WY)

    • Khmer Rouge survivor describes torture at S-21  Jun 30, 2009
    He was put to work fixing his jailers' cars, tractors, sewing machines and typewriters. "When I was tortured, I no longer felt like a human being. I felt like an animal," he said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Steven Milton Anderson, 49  Jun 30, 2009
    Some people that were important to him included a great-uncle and aunt, Adolph and Mary Gronhovd of Nekoma, N.D. Steve spent several summers on their farm, and found his first passion while driving the tractors. Elsie and Al DeMaine were neighbors that were like an extra set of parents to him. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)

    Britain to rip out poppies  Jun 30, 2009
    Afghan counter narcotics police have for years used tractors or hand tools to plough or chop down poppies - which yield opium, the ingredient in heroin - but dozens have been killed. Because the country plants so many poppies, the Taliban and other militants are believed to have reaped tens of millions of dollars in yearly profits. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Afghan minister says drug strategy is perfect  Jun 29, 2009
    For years, Afghan counternarcotics police have for years used tractors or hand tools to plow under or chop down poppy plants ... Afghan counternarcotics police have for years used tractors or hand tools to plow under or chop down poppy plants which yield opium, the main ingredient in heroin but they often came under attack and dozens have been killed by militants. (MSNBC -- International)

    Sturgis Falls Parade a cascade of dancing  Jun 28, 2009
    Among the crowd pleasers were llamas doing the limbo, eight John Deere tractors, any type of music and Gary Kroeger s running commentary from the main reviewing stand. The former Saturday Night Live troop member and incurable ham alternated between ribbing crowd goers and participants alike, while encouraging all. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Huck talks agriculture at Farm Power Show  Jun 28, 2009
    As Huckleberry wound around the antique tractors, chatting with Farm Power Show spectators, he talked about another bill that is in the works. According to Huck, it seeks to protect farmers and their livestock. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)

    Twice the fun in Lewiston: Heartland Days, CrossFest draw plenty of crowds  Jun 28, 2009
    Tom Dubbels watched his competition, keeping a steady eye on the other tractors. It s like an addiction, he said. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    Leftover dirt draws sweeping criticism  Jun 28, 2009
    Meanwhile, eight tractors acquired by the state this winter through funding pushed by Doogan to plow sidewalks in Anchorage are sitting idle, even though they also have brooms for sweeping. The crews who do the winter clearing are seasonal and aren't paid for the summer, DOT officials said. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Chord-Ayres men's chorus celebrates 40 years of harmony (2)  Jun 28, 2009
    The Chord-Ayres are a local group of men, some older, some younger, who close their shops, climb down off their tractors, put on their tuxedoes and harmonize to some of the most unlikely strains of music this side of Minnesota, wrote Rob Ross in the Southwestern Minnesota Arts ities Council newsletter several years ago. Some 35 men strong plus two long-time female accompanists both married to farmers the Chord-Ayres have brought tears to the hardest souls. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)

    Tractor operators get more protection  Jun 27, 2009
    Arlene Gourley of Scio doesn t know if anyone will drive differently now that Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a law meant to better protect operators of tractors and other farm equipment ... The law builds on the provisions of a 2007 law that had affected only tractors without cabs. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    The Chief’s Vendetta  Jun 27, 2009
    The tractors were judged on innovation, safety, serviceability, maneuverability, manufacturability, performance and other factors. Pictured with the Illini Pullers; tractor, called ;The Chief;s Vendetta; are David Murphy from Tiskilwa (from left) and club president Stephen Corban from Princeton. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)

    Ag Fest a true family affair  Jun 27, 2009
    We ve had tractors come from as far away as Connecticut and Kingston, Pauline said. The tractors she references are one of the main draws of the festival and for many the tractor pull is the crown jewel. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)

    Heavy metal, horsepower return for Tomah tractor pull  Jun 26, 2009
    TOMAH You probably won t see tractors like these in a country field ... Noon: Super farm tractors (RN and per hook), super stock open, modified tractors and super stock diesel 4-by-4 trucks ... 6 p.m.: Light super stock tractors, mini rods, two-wheel drive trucks, super semis. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Recession drying up dairies  Jun 26, 2009
    Fuel prices also started increasing, and farmers had to pay more for the gasoline and diesel fuel to run their tractors and machinery. The industry s export market, which accounted for 13 percent of its product, vanished in the past year. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)

    Man held in Fresno Co. ag thefts  Jun 26, 2009
    Fresno County sheriffs deputies recovered three stolen tractors and a trailer and arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the thefts, the Sheriffs Department said Thursday. Deputies received the report of the theft of two tractors and a trailer from a farm storage yard in the area of Clovis and Nebraska avenues about a week ago. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    Countdown begins to July 4 festivities  Jun 26, 2009
    Floats, cars, pickups, tractors, horses, wagons, bicycles and marchers will congregate at Sul Ross Avenue and North 5th Street just before 4 p.m. Kiwanians will identify and tag each vehicle and every participant so they can be judged. Although there is no organized bicycle decorating contest this year, kids (well, anyone who wants to ride a bike) may enter the parade. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)

    Beau H. Vencill  Jun 25, 2009
    Beau had many hobbies, which included playing the guitar with his friends; bird hunting with his dog, Sophie; and tinkering with his antique farm tractors. Above all, he enjoyed spending time with his family. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Inaugural St. David Farmers Market set this Saturday (2)  Jun 25, 2009
    Chicken tractors and made-to-order goat milkers will also be for sale. Everyone interested in selling locally raised produce and herbs, meats, plants, cut flowers and other agricultural products or things made from them or locally made pickles and jams (prepared in a licensed kitchen) can contact market manager, Ron Millet, at (520) 221-1074 and for more information and a vendor application. (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)

    From watermelon to barbecue, festivals go whole hog  Jun 25, 2009
    The 14th edition of the Crystal Springs Tomato Festival puts a juicy sheen on the town's streets Saturday with a farmer's market, arts and crafts, antique tractors, a gristmill, Hit Engines and more. Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but folks are encouraged to come down earlier; most of the farmer's market vendors set up by 7 or 8 a.m. The Tomato Festival 5K Run/Walk is 8 a.m. and a 9 a.m. kiddie parade kicks off the fest. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Suspects in court on drug charges  Jun 25, 2009
    Officers also seized 17 vehicles, two tractors, 110 weapons and approximately $60,000 in cash and cashier's checks and recovered three stolen ATVs, a stolen motorcycle and a tractor stolen in Zachary, La. "There were a variety of search warrants (issued) in a number of different places. We're getting the results back from different places," Harris said. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Report questions over $1.4B of Halliburton bills  Jun 25, 2009
    Whistle-blower testimony and a previously undisclosed Army audit found Halliburton and its subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) inflated cost estimates, billed for unnecessary equipment and personnel, submitted millions of dollars in duplicate charges and was repeatedly given preferential treatment over other contractors ... More than $560,000 for unneeded heavy equipment, including tractors and trailers. (Yahoo News -- Halliburton)

    Threshing Bee  Jun 25, 2009
    Over 200 magnificently restored antique tractors ... See these antiques running: tractors, steam engines, cars, gas engines, saw mill, broom making, veneer mill, duplicators, steam locomotive, steam threshing 10 acres of oats. (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)

    Global market contraction drives Sauer-Danfoss layoffs  Jun 25, 2009
    The reductions, which come less than two years after an ambitious expansion of company operations in Ames, are a response to a severe contraction in demand for Sauer-Danfoss products, many of which are used in heavy, off-road equipment, such as bulldozers and tractors, according to Matt Bendler, human services director for the company. But more than that, layoffs amount to "some of the most difficult decisions we, as a company, have ever had to make," he said. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)

    Cap Tax II likely to end in 90 days  Jun 25, 2009
    (In Wyoming, sales tax also is not paid on certain products used in agriculture including livestock, feed, fertilizer, fuel and power, and equipment like tractors. Sales tax is also paid by visitors to the county and the northern half of Yellowstone Park; they are estimated to pay about 25 percent of the total received by Park County. (Cody Enterprise, WY)

    Son's biodiesel idea fuels new family business  Jun 25, 2009
    One of Perfect Circle s eight customers is Serenbe, an environmentally sustainable community south of Atlanta that for the past 1; years has used the company s biodiesel in its dozen or so trucks, including tractors. Serenbe spokeswoman Tucker Berta said using biodiesel has saved money and allowed us to be even more Earth-conscious. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Love car shows? Check these out  Jun 25, 2009
    Antique and new planes, vehicles and tractors. Breakfast and lunch, 7 a.m. to noon. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    Centralia children's clinic expands  Jun 25, 2009
    On Tuesday, tractors continued moving dirt and preparing the ground adjacent to Northwest Pediatric Center in Centralia as the business expands its location on Cooks Hill Road, across from Providence Centralia Hospital. The new building will be roughly 5,700 square feet, the same size as the main building, according to McKay. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Building PMC  Jun 25, 2009
    POCATELLO -- Portneuf Medical Center's east campus began buzzing with tractors pushing around dirt earlier this month, but on Wednesday, the re-igniting of PMC's consolidation project got the official nod with an elaborate ground-breaking ceremony. More than 150 people joined top personnel from PMC, Legacy Hospital Partners and the Portneuf Health Care Foundation, as well as several local public officials, to celebrate the restart of the 200 million project. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)

    Coming to an Ex–Car Dealer Near You: Pickups from India  Jun 24, 2009
    By the end of the year, Mumbai-based conglomerate Mahindra dra best known outside India for manufacturing tractors plans to launch two-door and four-door compact pickups that would compete with established brands such as the Toyota Tacoma, the best-selling compact truck in the U.S., and the Ford Ranger ... The company is no stranger to North America it's been selling tractors in the U.S. since 1995 and has assembly plants in Texas, Georgia and California. (Time.com)

    $6.3 million damage award against case corp. upheld  Jun 24, 2009
    Case also contended that the $2 million punitive damages award was unreasonable considering there were only four complaints of similar problems in 87,000 tractors sold ... It supported the jury's award based on testimony that the power take off system was designed by someone who had no mechanical or design engineering education and was inexperienced in operating tractors. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    Here comes the Rexburg Farmers Market  Jun 24, 2009
    Tractors and farm equipment will adorn the market grounds, creating what Andrew Williams, who is coordinating the event, called "the personal feel of an older style market." Large grassy areas and picnic tables will complement the decor, allowing people to sit down, eat and enjoy the entertainment. Williams, a BYU-Idaho intern for the city, said that while the event is for residents to relax and do their weekend shopping, it is also an opportunity for smaller businesses to thrive. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)

    Thunder rolls in  Jun 24, 2009
    While last year s event was a crowd pleaser, this year s tractor pull is expected to be one of the biggest and baddest shows ever, according to TRA President Teddy Grimm, with not just one or two, but about five pro-stock tractors transported down from the Midwest specifically for the show. These tractors are the ones that blow the big, black smoke the big farm tractors that all pull up north, in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, places like that, Grimm said ... The pro-stock tractors, usually... (Taylor Daily Press, TX)

    IFCO Systems opening new facility in Memphis  Jun 24, 2009
    The new facility is 50,000 square feet on a 13-acre site with increased storage capacity, eight tractors, 175 trailers available for delivery or drop-and-hook, 24/7 delivery capability, and access to more than 3. 5 million surplus pallets for a year-round supply. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)

    Local briefs: Deported sex offender is arrested in Orosi  Jun 23, 2009
    Richard Corey, 51, of 00003EA9 Vallejo, was hospitalized after he was forced to slow for tractors being driven by farmers on the freeway and rear-ended a big rig in front of him. The tractors were part of a demonstration to bring attention to the Valley's water shortage. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    Mining proposal moves step closer to approval  Jun 23, 2009
    Neighboring homeowner Jeff Robinson described the area as tractors, farmland, and country homes in a conservation area, citing the involvement of the Columbia Land Conservancy in creating conservation easements on several abutting properties. He said the town should change the overlay in the southern part of town. (Hudson Register Star, NY)

    Fifer's Day shines  Jun 23, 2009
    The parade, which featured a caravan of police cruisers, fire engines, antique cars, motorcycles and, of course tractors, then made its way from Blanchard School to Flerra Field, tracing its route along Massachusetts Avenue and Stow Road. In addition to the whine of sirens for effect and the drone of old engines, the fife-and-drum music of Boxborough s Minutemen filled the air along with the horns and snares of the Blanchard School band. (Acton Beacon, MA)

    Car sales jump underscores consumer confidence  Jun 22, 2009
    But this has been more than offset by a rebound in SUV and other vehicle sales for example motor bikes, tractors, buses etc so that vehicle sales are on track to make a modest contribution to business investment and domestic demand in (the second quarter of 2009). Its hard to escape the conclusion that sales have been supported of late by an overall pick up in consumer confidence, a rebound in business confidence and some support from the continuing effects from the small business bonus tax... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Strawberry Festival Grand Parade results (3)  Jun 22, 2009
    Last modified: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:21 PM PDT. Strawberry Festival Grand Parade results. (Lebanon Express, OR)

    Vintage tractors may find tie to TechWorks  Jun 22, 2009
    Former John Deere production facilities are situated a couple of blocks from the National Cattle Congress grounds, where the tractors were on display last week ... "Two-cylinder tractors are an important part of the history of agribusiness," she said ... Jack Cherry, expo organizer and publisher of Two Cylinder magazine, said he hasn't discussed future exhibits with TechWorks yet but said he would be interested in helping provide rotating displays of historical tractors. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Cruise into Cushing on Wednesday  Jun 22, 2009
    The old-fashioned event starts at 6:30 p.m. as owners of classic cars, trucks and tractors cruise into Cushing for the evening. Hot dogs, chips and some 60 homemade pies with ice cream will be served at the Cushing Fire Station. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Farmers have field day at trivia contest  Jun 20, 2009
    What color are John Deere tractors. What are machines used for harvesting grain called. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Group highlights most dangerous teen jobs  Jun 20, 2009
    Driver operator -- forklifts, tractors and all terrain vehicles. "Each year nearly 100 workers are killed in forklift accidents," the report said. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)

    Two-Cylinder pride shines at Expo  Jun 20, 2009
    Not many exhibitors are younger than 30, and when fellow John Deere collectors --- most old enough to be his parents or grandparents --- ask Kutka about his 1940 H or 1935 AR, he can't tell stories about spending countless hours raking hay or cultivating corn with the machines or how they were two of the first tractors his grandfather owned. Of the more than 400 vintage John Deere tractors and implements on display through Saturday, most owners have a special attachment ... Now the 27-year-old... (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Why President Mills Should Sack Muntaka Mubarak Now  Jun 20, 2009
    allegations of financial impropriety against the minister of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Mubarak Muntaka, and the reported sale of government tractors to the Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr. Bagbin, and the presidential spokesman, Mr. Ayariga, raise a problem of perception for president Mills ... The second development I mentioned at the beginning of this piece concerns the reported sale by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to some NDC government officials of tractors that the Kufour... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Ayariga, Bagbin and Others  Jun 20, 2009
    Ayariga does not see anything inappropriate with his purchase of those tractors at those concessionary terms ... Bagbin claims a colleague MP told him about the tractors at the ministry of Agriculture ... Ayariga says the tractors are for his constituency and would be hired-out at affordable rates/fees. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Autumn Grooms: Milk by another color is still milk  Jun 19, 2009
    We read books on farms and cows and tractors, and Vincent looked at me and asked for juicy. When given a cup of milk, he d just open his mouth and let it run back out. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Lathrop Tractor Cruise  Jun 19, 2009
    52 tractors participated in this year's cruise, according to Eddie Hisel, coordinator of the event. The tractors traveled from Lathrop to west of Plattsburg, then north to Stewartsville for a lunch break. (Cameron Observer, MO)

    Ahmadinejad's new best friend: Hugo Chvez?  Jun 19, 2009
    Iran now manufactures cars, tractors and bicycles in Venezuela, and Chvez made his sixth trip to Iran in April. "Iran and Venezuela ties have introduced a common revolutionary front ... in the world," Ahmadinejad said then. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)

    New agriculture display arrives at Heritage Museum  Jun 19, 2009
    One of the pieces in the exhibit is a 1950s Case tractor (above), which was one of the first tractors that the Pounds Motor Company converted from diesel to LP gas. It was purchased new from Hoyle Pounds (the father of Herbert Pounds, above, standing with the tractor) by Chicone Groves. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)

    Chord-Ayres men's chorus celebrates 40 years of harmony  Jun 19, 2009
    The Chord-Ayres are a local group of men, some older, some younger, who close their shops, climb down off their tractors, put on their tuxedoes and harmonize to some of the most unlikely strains of music this side of Minnesota, wrote Rob Ross in the Southwestern Minnesota Arts ities Council newsletter several years ago. Some 35 men strong plus two long-time female accompanists both married to farmers the Chord-Ayres have brought tears to the hardest souls. (Agri-View, WI)

    WHO tractor ride set  Jun 19, 2009
    The tractors are coming ... Organizers expect 500 tractors and more than 750 participants ... On Monday, tractors will start at 6:30 a.m. and head toward a lunch stop in Waverly. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Recycling can be cyclic or more  Jun 18, 2009
    And he had three other tractors of the same make, model and year, none of which ran, parked behind a shelter belt. He used those three tractors to keep the one running. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)

    Tractor time: Vintage farm machines cropping up in Waterloo  Jun 18, 2009
    The NCC grounds sit near the site where many of the antique tractors were originally built by John Deere in Waterloo. "Most of these tractors were built next door years ago," said Jim Koch, NCC facilities manager ... The two-cylinder engine tractors will be on display through Saturday at McElroy Auditorium, Estel Hall, and the Agriculture Building on the NCC grounds. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

     Coliseum stays busy with shows, events  Jun 18, 2009
    FOREST The economy has had little effect on business this year at the Scott County-Forest Coliseum as horses, tractors, graduations and more horses are just a few of many activities held annually at the facility. This weekend will feature a tractor pull that is usually held each year although organizers took last year off. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)

    Threshing Bee  Jun 18, 2009
    Over 200 magnificently restored antique tractors ... See these antiques running: tractors, steam engines, cars, gas engines, saw mill, broom making, veneer mill, duplicators, steam locomotive, steam threshing 10 acres of oats. (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)

    Summer Fun events 2009  Jun 18, 2009
    Pre-parade begins at 8:15 a.m. Fire engines, tractors, police vehicles, floats, and living replicas of national monuments ... Antique tractors, gasoline engines and collectibles. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    Obama struck dumb -- just like wax dummy  Jun 18, 2009
    I looked for farmers on slow-moving tractors, but I guess they were tilling their bone-dry fields -- or chugging along Interstate 5. I also was on the lookout for Democratic Congressmen Jim Costa and Dennis "Horse Track" Cardoza. (Fresno Bee)

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