They're harvesting wheat just like it was done eight decades ago. It may seem crude by today's standards but it was a big improvement over the way wheat was cut before farmers had these machines. Gordon and the other members of his antique machinery club are using the 1917 binder to cut the wheat. Even though the old way may not be the most efficient way to do the job, it still makes people stop and watch because in this wheat field, what's really being harvested is memories. You cut it...

Over the years the farmer or maybe several farmers plowed many acres with this fine tractor even though it was the last of a long line of outstanding farm equipment produced by a proud company. And in Endres' farm repair shop the rusted and long unused and abused tractor is in the process of being reborn as an operating piece of history, as good or maybe better than when it left the factory nearly 80 years ago. Advance Rumely, a company that had been making farm machinery since the...

The study said farmers in Virginia and the five other states in the bay watershed are expected to plant at least a half-million additional acres in corn over the next few years. inRich - News - New corn planting will hurt bay, report says. The report also advocated increased federal cost-share grants to help farmers pay for more efficient equipment and said government should promote research and development of alternative crops that pollute less, such as switch grass, for biofuel...

The revival of a family farm Crown Point property brought back to life as sheep farm By BETHANY KOSMIDER Contributing Writer Beneath Cummings Mountain to the north, Hail Mountain to the west and what's known to the locals as Overshot Pond, sheep dot the meticulously groomed pastures of the Good Shepherd Farm on Hogback Road in Crown Point. The revival of a family farm Crown Point property brought back to life as sheep farm By BETHANY KOSMIDER Contributing Writer Beneath Cummings Mountain...

They became familiar with the overall operations and normal operator s adjustments of various John Deere balers and mower conditioners. Homepage News Sports Features Opinion Blogs Obituaries Multimedia Forums Fun .Classifieds Marketplace Jobs. They learned the normal and abnormal wear parts of the equipment involved. The main intent of the training session was to make them more aware of what customer needs are when trying to get a quality crop of hay harvested, and what types of parts they...