The other two finalists are Jason and Erica Anderson, who grow vegetables in Coushatta, and Adam and Mandy Faulk, who farm wheat and corn as well as raise 400 heads of beef cattle near Winnsboro, said Mike Danna, director of public relations for the Louisiana Farm Bureau. The three will be judged on their skills as both a farmer and on how they've worked to strike a balance between farming practices and environmental resources conservation, according to a news release. The other two...

They suggested that so called lifestyle farmers could not qualify as farmers if they did not farm the land on a day-to-day basis. As the McKenna case was heard as a Special Commissioners Hearing it does not have legal precedence however unless the decision is appealed, which will then provide the necessary legal precedence on which the best advice can be based, we will have to rely on its interpretation of the IHT legislation. In Antrobus (2) the agricultural value of the property was the...

Tractors are currently replaced by farmers about every five to 10 years; Daily's tractors are more than 50 years old and still have their original engines. Farming has been a tradition in Daily's family longer than the tractor, and it is a tradition he continues every day with his son-in-law. Daily has new, large enclosed tractors with air conditioning but occasionally plows with one of the antiques in the fall. The large antiques were not pieces of Amish oak furniture for which the...

Police have appealed for information after a brick was thrown at a tractor driver in part of Leicestershire. Brick is thrown at tractor driver. The brick caused damage to the side windscreen and bodywork of the tractor. The driver, who was mowing grass verges at the time, was uninjured. This motorist could have information that is vital to our enquiries and I would urge her to contact me. Officers said they thought one of two passing motorcyclists threw the object on Cosby Road, Cosby on...

Five water pumping equipment worth over 30 million cedis have been presented to some farming groups in Pusiga, near Bawku to assist them to engage in dry season farming. He expressed the hope that with the supply of the equipment, the youth will stay at home and engage in meaningful farming activities to reduce poverty. MP presents irrigation equipment to farmers. Akunye said during this period the youth were exposed to vices and other dehumanizing conditions that had adverse effects on...

INDIGENOUS agro-business dealer Farmers World has started distributing tractors and various other farming implements which it acquired from China to tobacco and other farmers throughout the country. Speaking at the programme's official launch yesterday, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono said the tractors would go a long way in helping the country achieve mechanisation, stressing it was imperative that all precautionary measures be taken to ascertain the suitability of the...