reported Monday that its net income jumped 55 percent in the second quarter because of stronger worldwide markets for agricultural and construction equipment. Agricultural equipment led the growth, with sales rising 23 percent to $2. Second-quarter equipment sales increased to $4. Stripping out variations in currency, the increase was 12 percent. Construction equipment sales increased 7 percent to $1. Company News Enter name or ticker. Revenue for the Lake Forest, Ill. Copyright 2007...

Ortega supplied tractors and other farm equipment to twelve cooperatives in Somoto, over 130 miles north of Managua, as part of the Zero Hunger program in motion since May, which will benefit 75,000 families in the next five years. The farm machinery is part of a batch of 150 that Venezuela will give Nicaraguan cooperatives via soft credits, not exceeding five percent interest rates. He added that along the past 16 years of neoliberal governments, banks never gave farmers credit facilities...

There were also a couple of new tractors amid old tractors, wood-box grain wagons and a binder so old that many of the younger farmers couldn't figure it out. Around him were farm vehicles he's gathered over the years, and his neighbor's towering, modern 25-foot beanhead John Deere combine something to show the changes from old to new. This was the special occasion Buesing had saved his land for: A demonstration of old farm power, threshers and combines, that drew several dozen neighbors...

The increase in agricultural equipment sales is reflecting due to better heavy equipment volume and mix and new products. Stanley will benefit from his knowledge, business acumen and expertise and we look forward to his contributions to our growth strategy in the coming years. The increase in construction equipment sales is reflecting primarily better heavy equipment volume and mix and new products. Agricultural equipment sales for the quarter were $2. The company expects the worldwide...

Deere ones gather By Noel Lyn Smith 07/30/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly Daily News photos/TYLER BISSMEYER Alisha Edmonds is helped down by Kurt and Cole Overly from a wagon pulled by a John Deere tractor used to escort the bridal party to the ceremony. Deere ones gather By Noel Lyn Smith 07/30/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly Daily News photos/TYLER BISSMEYER Alisha Edmonds is helped down by Kurt and Cole Overly from a wagon pulled by a John Deere...

By Jim Warren JWARREN@HERALD-LEADER.com Although ATV injuries and fatalities in rural Kentucky have received wide press coverage in recent years, agricultural experts say they represent only part of the picture when it comes to health threats for youngsters on the state's farms. By Jim Warren JWARREN@HERALD-LEADER.com Although ATV injuries and fatalities in rural Kentucky have received wide press coverage in recent years, agricultural experts say they represent only part of the picture...