One of Linn County's oldest family-owned businesses has been sold. Fisher Farm & Lawn is now Papà Machinery following completion of the sale of its assets to the Eugene, Ore., company. Fisher had been in business in the Albany area for nearly 88 years.

Farm Progress Show 2012 Recap

Updates from Day One of the Farm Progress Show

Dinsmore Tractor Sales in Shawnee is being sold, as the owners Glynn and Jacklyn Dinsmore are retiring. The business is being sold to Great Plains, a tractor company with locations in Ada and Duncan.

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.

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.