Linda and Bob Thayer are part of a new trend fueling green envy in America: the rise of the tricked-out lawn mower.

As part of an ongoing initiative to increase retail presence for the Massey Ferguson brand, AGCO announces that Rural King stores headquartered in Mattoon, Illinois, will sell and service Massey Ferguson lawn and garden equipment and branded merchandise in their network of stores throughout Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.

With considerable talk taking place about the possibility of boosting average yields to 300 bushels of corn and 100 bushels of soybeans per acre by 2030, there are plenty of agronomic questions on how we can make this happen.

Honda Power Equipment announced today that it has shipped 30 million power products to domestic dealers and distributors since it began offering outdoor power equipment in the United States in 1972.

KIOTI Tractor Division of Daedong-USA, Inc. is pleased to announce the continued expansion of their dealer network with the appointment of seven new dealerships across the United States.

Homeowners across the country are swapping their water-intensive lawns for rock gardens and vegetable patches.

It was 60 years ago that Perkins Lawnmower decided to create their business at the top of Perkins Hill in an old New England barn in Exeter, and since then, the knowledge and the extensive background of the outdoor power equipment industry has been passed down through three generations of family members.

Riesterer & Schnell of Chilton, Wis., will open the door of a newly remodeled 222,000-square-foot maintenance facility, wash bay, office and showroom to the public from 2 p.m. tp 7 p.m. June 16.

After a short hiatus, Feldmann Power Equipment Repair is up and running at 808 N. Main St. in Brighton, Ill.

About 90 professionals and staff members at Deere & Co.’s Southeast engineering center in Charlotte will relocate to Cary this fall. An unspecified number of positions will be eliminated. Employees affected by the downsizing will be offered employment in other Deere facilities around the country, a spokesman says.