How much work would you accomplish having one tractor do something 4 jobs in one day? We have 7,000 acres and 6 tractors. Busse is a third generation farmer producing malt barley, wheat, canola, and last year about 450 acres of the sawfly resistant AC Lillian for pedigree seed. If you have a truckload of seed coming in and you need the tractor and front end loader in the yard, you don t necessarily want to be working on land 12 miles away. What if a person had just the right sized tractor...

Ripe wheat crop vulnerable to fire, caution required: experts Ludhiana . April 15, 2007 10:31:07 PM IST The ripe golden wheat presents a spectacular view, but this crop is vulnerable to fire and just at the commencement of the harvesting season this year 43 acres of the crop have been destroyed in fires in Punjab. Ripe wheat crop vulnerable to fire, caution required: experts Ludhiana . April 15, 2007 10:31:07 PM IST The ripe golden wheat presents a spectacular view, but this crop is...

The theft of the tractors is the most recent in a series of thefts that occurred at tractor dealerships in Brundidge and other parts of the county since 2001. Out of all the thefts, these are the first two tractors that have been recovered, and Davenport said authorities wanted to secure the tractors quickly before they could be moved or sold. The owner of the farm where the tractors were found cooperated with investigators and transported them on a flatbed trailer back to Brundidge....

Ferguson, who milks 60 head on Spencer Hollow Road, said the Lockwood auction meant that there are only four dairy farms left his farm in Spencer Hollow, Richard and Ray Moore's Mooreland Farm, the John Augustinovich farm on Elm Hill, and the Mike Dolloph farm, off Skitchewaug Trail. Ferguson, who milks 60 head on Spencer Hollow Road, said the Lockwood auction meant that there are only four dairy farms left his farm in Spencer Hollow, Richard and Ray Moore's Mooreland Farm, the John...

Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon. That process is being repeating today, but in a new book a University of Washington geomorphologist argues the results could be far more disastrous for humans because there are very few places left with fertile soil to feed large populations, and farming practices still trigger large losses of rich dirt. That process is...

The competition is among agricultural students, and the sport is tractor pulling and performance with quarter- scale tractors. One reason the MJC team can compete on the same level as the prestigious four-year universities is that the tractor units used by all teams must have the same power plants, and be built to strict weight and size specifications. They have to be installed in the tractors just the way they come from the factory. Local businesses in the communities near Modesto and the...