Morton Welding, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, employs between 200 and 500 people and makes heavy machine parts for companies including Caterpillar inc. and John Deere. It is not yet known what caused the fire or whether anyone was injured but plastic pallets outside the building are believed to caught fire first. Several fire and rescue agencies were at the scene of the massive fire and had it under control by 7 p. The heavy, black smoke and flames from the fire, which...

Article published Monday, May 7, 2007 Fund-raising at the heart of duo's cross-country trip Mike Iott in the lead tractor and his brother Pat behind him lead a caravan of tractors across Riga Township, Michigan, at the start of their fund-raising trip to California. Article published Monday, May 7, 2007 Fund-raising at the heart of duo's cross-country trip Mike Iott in the lead tractor and his brother Pat behind him lead a caravan of tractors across Riga Township, Michigan, at the start of...

The exhibition featured some 3000 specimens that were predominantly the machinery for construction of roads and town-planning as well as construction of bridges. The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with up-to-date machinery displayed at the international exhibition BAUMA-2007 held once in three years in the German city of Munich. It is reported that the partner-companies have made a number of new offers as to supply of highly efficient road construction machinery, earth diggers...

Being a fourth-generation dairy farmer, Stap is used to the routine of early mornings, the long days fixing farm equipment and handling hundreds of Jersey cows. By creating more products, dairy farmers can sell more directly to the retailer, getting a price that is less reactive to market forces. Taking something as ordinary as milk and making it into a specialty item is a growing trend among local dairy farmers. Once the creamery reaches a certain level, Stap hopes to have a small retail...

Since then the tractors have started rolling as farmers race to get all that precious and increasingly expensive corn in the ground. Now pile on top of that when farmers start having to irrigate this summer (those that can afford it) and you're talking about a severe water shortage potential. The farmers I talked too have a need for new equipment but have been holding off buying any for the last year or two to make sure commodity prices would stay high. Of course most of these systems are...

Homestyle What's new: House call for mower By Mary Beth Breckenridge McClatchy News Service Originally posted on May 05, 2007 McClatchy News Service John Deere is offering Ready To Mow, a mobile maintenance service for lawn, commercial or hand-held power equipment. Homestyle What's new: House call for mower By Mary Beth Breckenridge McClatchy News Service Originally posted on May 05, 2007 McClatchy News Service John Deere is offering Ready To Mow, a mobile maintenance service for lawn,...