Briggs & Stratton's decision to no longer place its lawn and garden products at national mass retailers means a renewed focus on dealers, says Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Todd Teske in an interview with Rural Lifestyle Dealer.

DRA Power Equipment unveiled today the DR TreeChopper, a new ATV-mounted tree cutting tool designed to deal with the growing problem of invasive trees.

As mowing season will soon give way to snowing season, THE BOSS Snowplow and Gravely are teaming up for a Heavy have Metal Sweepstakes offering participants a chance to win a BOSS Power V-XT Snowplow or a Pro-Turn, 152 Mower from Gravely. The sweepstakes kicks off at 12:01 a.m. CST Sept. 1 and runs through 11:59 p.m. CST on Sept. 30. Along with these Grand Prizes with an estimated retail value of $15,000, the sweepstakes includes THE BOSS and Gravely branded gear.

Ruling bullish for ethanol in long run -analyst. Practical barriers keep E15 sales low for now. Court acts as EPA mandate to use ethanol is attacked

Zetor North America (ZNA) today announced the program for its annual dealer meeting scheduled for August 27-28 in Harrisburg, PA. Zetor North America is the U.S. and Canadian distributor for Zetor Tractors a.s., a leading manufacturer of utility and row crop tractors with world headquarters in Brno, Czech Republic.

Wright Manufacturing, Inc. is pleased to announce a design and manufacturing arrangement with Deere & Company. Beginning with the 2013 season, Wright is to manufacture a range of best-in-class commercial stand-on mowers bearing the John Deere brand using Wright's patented technology. Deere will distribute and support the mowers through its world-wide network of independent dealers.

On August 5, J D Equipment, S & S Volvo and Kale Marketing came together to purchase the Grand Champion Market Beef at the Ohio State Fair's Sale of Champions. J D Equipment, an eight-store agricultural and lawn and garden dealership, has a long history of supporting local agriculture by purchasing many Grand Champion livestock purchases over the years.

Honda Power Equipment, a division of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and marketer of a complete range of outdoor power equipment, today announced a new partnership with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Atlanta Hawks, the American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The team is part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the NBA.

Four awards for business-to-business magazine editorial excellence were recently presented to Lessiter Publications editors. Sponsored by the American Society of Business Press Editors, the Azbee Awards of Excellence program is recognized as one of the most competitive nationwide award programs for business publications.

To move snow faster and greater distances, Farm King snowblowers are equipped with four blade fans.