usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Email TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? The ethanol-driven surge in corn prices has been a windfall for many, but wary farmers and agriculture-based businesses worry about the higher costs of fuel, livestock feed and land - as well as the ever-present vagaries of nature. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Email TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? The ethanol-driven surge in corn prices has been a windfall for many, but wary farmers and agriculture-based...

Orders for transportation equipment, metals, machinery, manufactured goods, electrical equipment and petroleum are up, with only the computer and electronic equipment showing a minor decline. Economists forecast factory orders during March rose 2.2 per cent, compared with a 1-per-cent increase in February and a 5. The focus today will be on the core capital equipment orders, which have been a weak component of the durable goods orders, said Avery Shenfeld, a senior economist at CIBC World...

The tractor trailer was carrying pet food and supplies. Haz- mat crews were on the scene, because diesel fuel leaked out of the truck. The female driver was transported to the hospital. May 4, 2007 Tractor trailer overturns in Salem, sends driver to the hospital Salem Police have cleared an accident involving a tractor trailer that overturnedon Wildwood Road, near northbound Interstate 81. Police say northbound traffic on Wildwood Roadwas blocked. The accident happened Friday around6:30a.

It could be a loader, a tractor or a grader, but Fuller thinks it might prove just as interesting as his 330 mph treks down the nation's drag strips. Peoria-based Caterpillar has been searching for skilled technicians, so the partnership could help both parties. He put his time in on dirt tracks, working his way through the lower levels until he was able to join a long line of family drag racers that includes his grandfather, father, mother, brothers and an uncle. It was so fast and...

Building and repairing machinery comes naturally to me from my farming days, but it still took lots of test fitting to get the parts to work. I bought the refurbished tractor from an antiques dealer for $1100. So, I bought a small stick welder at a hardware store and drove my pickup to a scrap-metal dealer to buy the materials. With just one click of a mouse, you can rotate, animate and explode every joint and part of six classic woodworking projects. The loader has a self-leveling bucket...

He has renovated a schoolhouse, Floyd's country school that sits on his land, into an outside &#8220shelter for machinery where a Gleaner combine, tractor and mower easily fit. Floyd operates two-thirds of the acres and Rodney, who also works full-time off the farm in the oilfield, operates a third of the acres. Floyd has tuned up all the planting equipment and set it up, ready to go in a nearby field. The crocus, dandelion and lilac planting scheme has worked well for Floyd and Rodney...