The Portland-based maker of sawchain and other tools and replacement parts used in logging, agriculture and gardening (NYSE: BLT) earlier forecast that it would reach $1 billion in annual sales this year.

Alamo Group Announces Record 2nd Quarter for 2012

The Japanese farming machinery, water systems and infrastructure company Kubota Corporation (KUB) announced a similar deal last Friday.

ARI Network Services said Wednesday it nearly tripled its fiscal first-quarter earnings.

Tractor Supply Company TSCO +3.95%, the largest retail farm and ranch store chain in the United States, today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 24, 2011.

ARI Network Services Inc. said fiscal third-quarter earnings increased almost 21-fold on growth in the company's catalog and website services.

Deere & Co. expects equipment sales to be up 10 to 12% for fiscal 2011 and up about 34% for the first quarter compared with the same periods of the previous year.

Kubota Corp., Asia’s largest farm equipment maker, said first-half profit rose 33% on increased sales in the U.S., Europe and Asia outside Japan.

Blount International Inc. said it earned $15.61 million, or 32 cents per diluted share, on sales of $162.58 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30.

Blount International Inc. Blount International Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Slideshow: Oregon Manufacturing AwardsManufacturers turn out for awards eventEarning tax credits for research Follow this company on Thursday said third-quarter sales grew 31 percent, but its profits were hampered by increased acquisition expenses.