As Yager was combining corn, he noticed a fire had ignited in the piece of farm equipment, and he drove out of the field in hopes of containing the fire to the combine and not igniting the dry corn crop. Fearing that the fire might spread to the nearby standing corn, fire units responded in force, and nearby farmers also assisted in the efforts to extinguish the burning field. People need to be considerate of the people operating this equipment because they may not be able to maneuver over...

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Department of Agriculture projected that farmers would devote 15% more land toward corn production, leaving fewer acres for other crops, including soybeans and wheat. Lower supplies of those crops sent their prices rising as well, meaning more income for farmers and more money to spend on tractors. CNH is benefiting from high prices for corn, wheat, and soybeans -- all of which are being driven by demand for ethanol, which is supposed to reduce the use of fossil fuels, a major cause of...

Students waved from floats representing each of the school's four classes and pulled by antique tractors from the Agricultural History Project. A block later, at the City Plaza, where the parade turned onto East Beach Street, crowds of students gathered to cheer on their classmates and shoppers at the farmers market clapped in support. The parade, in advance of Friday night's game against Monterey, was just part of an attempt to revitalize school spirit. Cheerleaders jumped and clapped and...

He doesn't collect any tractors of his own, but the mechanical experience he gained as a farmer has helped Schenfisch keep his uncle's collection going after all these years. The Schenfisch collection numbers around 15 tractors now, and Monty Schenfisch spends the week before each fall threshing show making sure they are in good running order for the parade. Makoti's Pioneer Village shows what life was like back when the steel behemoths busted sod close to 100 years ago, and there is also...