This year less than one tenth of the targeted wheat crop has been planted due to a shortage of tractors among other shortages of equipment and inputs. Zimbabwe s farming areas are divided into communal lands which have long been farmed by subsistence farmers and resettlement areas, which used to be farmed by whites before 2000. Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono has become increasingly frustrated with the slow pace of recovery of the agricultural sector, thrown into disarray by the launch...

Lentz GREGG TOWNSHIP -- Twelve-year-old Troy Frantz had a grim look of determination on his face as he slammed the throttle down on his old Sears SS garden tractor, a look that was soon replaced by one of surprise when the front wheels jumped into the air. Lentz GREGG TOWNSHIP -- Twelve-year-old Troy Frantz had a grim look of determination on his face as he slammed the throttle down on his old Sears SS garden tractor, a look that was soon replaced by one of surprise when the front wheels...

Erickson's tractor-collecting days started sometime back in the 1950s when he came across a 1918 Fordson tractor, which was sort of the Model-T of tractors: a small, economical machine that many farmers could afford. As impressive as the tractors are, however, they are only a small part of Erickson's collection of antique machinery, cars, trucks, motorcycles, buildings and other accoutrements. Members of antique-car clubs, antique-tractor clubs and other machine clubs will be on hand to...

So he sees nothing unusual in his hobby - collecting and restoring vintage John Deere tractors. We have a couple of others maybe 15 years old we also still use for farming. And since 1968, when he began farming himself, he's always owned several. Fordham began restoring tractors about 15 years ago, beginning with a '37 A model. You couldn't make it long farming if you had to send everything that broke to the shop for $65 an hour," Fordham said. I planted some cotton seed in dry dirt about...

While horses have long been the mainstay on Amish farms, their popularity is gaining some momentum in certain agricultural circles as an offshoot of the organic foods movement and in response to rising fuel prices that are tipping over $3 a gallon in some parts of the nation. He does his work the old-fashioned way -- with eight horse legs instead of four wheels -- going against the grain of an industry that for many conjures up images of exhaust-puffing tractors and diesel-fueled...

Man dies when tractor flips. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Bobby Edwards of Euless, Texas, died in the accident just after 8:30 p. Troopers say Edwards was using the tractor to try and pull a stuck truck out of mud just off State Highway 70 in Marshall County when it flipped over backward and on top of him. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.