Dennis "Denny" Brizendine is cutting into his big-box competition by offering a no-nonsense approach to selling and servicing saws and outdoor power equipment at the shop he's owned for 25 years in downtown Kalamazoo.

Research notes from UBS shows that after visiting farm equipment dealers, great opportunity exists in farm equipment and machinery sales in 2011.

Ariens Co. said Wednesday it reached an agreement to acquire Norwegian power equipment distributor Sovde of Rygge, Norway.

Excelling in customer service is something David Bentley knows how to do.

It's hard to believe how much grain needs to be shipped down the Mississippi River to keep the massive elevators in new Orleans working at full capacity. If we're going to double yields over the next few decades, we've also got to invest in new facilities to get these valuable grains to market around the world.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product.

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute says single-stage blower sales are up 22% from September 2009 and sales of double-stage machines are up 5%.

Swisher Acquisition Inc., an affiliate of Chevy Chase-based Blackstreet Capital, is buying the assets of Swisher Mower and Machine of Missouri.

Jessica Reis has joined Vermeer Corporation as Forage Solutions Marketing Manager where she will be responsible for developing, coordinating and executing marketing communication initiatives for the Forage Solutions group.

The oil industry is joining with food manufacturers, livestock producers and fast-food restaurants in an effort to block an increase in the amount of ethanol that can be added to gasoline.