An 85-year-old man died Friday morning when his white Ford Escort station wagon hit a heavy piece of farm equipment being towed in the opposite direction on Middleton Road. The online shopping comparison marketplace that helps you find discount shopping and compare prices on products and services in your city and around the country. Farmers need to move equipment when there is less traffic, and in daylight when they can be seen, he said. Farmers agree that rising numbers of city drivers...

was driving a farm tractor on Chamberlain Road in the Town of Lebanon this morning when he got distracted by a piece of equipment falling off the tractor. A crash victim is in serious condition Friday night after sendinga tractor down a steep embankment. He went off the road and was ejected from the tractor. Posted by Kristy Scott Man injured in tractor accident. Soule was airlifted to University Hospital.

Manufacturers of agricultural equipment, aircraft and construction equipment, among others, have benefited from a weak U. Worldwide equipment sales grew 5 percent, mainly due to a 16 percent rise in agricultural equipment sales and a 15 percent improvement in commercial and consumer equipment sales, the company said. Readings above 50 indicate expansion and below 50 indicate contraction. WASHINGTON -- Growth in the manufacturing sector slowed in August while construction spending dropped...

John Deere flexes China muscle Thursday, 6 September 2007 China's Ningbo Benye Tractor and Automobile Manufacture Co, located at Ningbo in the country's south, has been purchased by machinery giant Deere and co. A company statement says "the acquisition expands John Deere's product line for Chinese farmers", plus enhances the company's worldwide capacity to produce low horsepower tractors. John Deere flexes China muscle Thursday, 6 September 2007 China's Ningbo Benye Tractor and Automobile...

The Haight family and their two antique tractors have been part of the parade for more than a decade. This year, there will be two tractors, a pedal tractor towed behind, and eight members of the family. However, that doesn't compare to the time it took to track down and spruce up the antique machinery. Judy Repp, who volunteers with the event, said the parade and festival organizers try to mix old favorites with new ideas to make it entertaining for all ages. He'll be strapping them into...

Farm Bureau safety staff say fatalities caused by tractor rollovers and collisions between farm equipment and motorists have been trending downward the past few years. The agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting fatalities category ranked as the third most deadly occupation last year, preceded only by construction and by transportation and warehousing. Because combines and harvesters frequently are wider than one travel lane on a rural road, Maass recommends farmers use escort vehicles...