Three Midwest farm families will be mowing in style, thanks to Exmark and Successful Farming magazine. As winners of the Successful Farming Farm Beautiful contest, each of the three families has received a new Exmark Lazer Z X-Series zero-turn riding mower.

Effective January 1, 2014 Tim Dorsey becomes the second American President of outdoor power equipment manufacturer ECHO Incorporated, a subsidiary of Yamabiko Corporation of Japan..

BRANDT, a leading manufacturer of agricultural specialty products, announced today that it has a definitive letter of intent to acquire Grigg Brothers, a leader in the golf and sports turf industry since 1995.

Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) today announced that, effective immediately, it is merging its Polaris sales (this announcement has no impact on the Motorcycle sales force), sales operations, service, corporate marketing and interactive team into a unified global customer excellence team led by Tim Larson, vice president of Global Customer Excellence. The company also announced that Bill Fisher, vice president and chief information officer, will retire from Polaris at the end of 2014, necessitating leadership transitions within the company's Information Services organization.

Jurors have ruled against tractor maker Deere & Co. in a lawsuit that alleged rivals were infringing on its patent covering the design of heavy-duty mowing blades.

The repair order process for Hiawatha Implement wasn't broken, but it wasn't working either. The John Deere dealership has a large service department with 16 technicians at its Hiawatha, Kan., location and 18 technicians at its Mound City, Mo., location.

Reelcrafts new Series CH37000 hand crank hose reels are ideal for industrial applications requi- ring longer lengths of 1 I.D. hose. This new reel design helps to elimate possible bearing misa- lignment due to heavy vibration in mobile applications by utilizing a static oil lite bearing. The 1 solid main shaft connects to the spindle to form a rigid connection from side to side.

Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than what the world does to you. -- Jim Collins

Four months ago I left Google--an amazing company full of some of the greatest people I have ever met, with an incredibly positive culture that helps you perform better every day--to launch my second startup.

Deere & Company completed its sale of a majority interest in its landscapes business for $300 million, the company announced today.