Felling Trailers is implementing its first online auction of a FT-3 drop deck utility trailer. Felling Trailers wants to bring awareness to the early detection of breast cancer. Thus, Felling Trailers manufactured and painted one of its most popular trailers hot pink to be auctioned online for 10 days during the month of October, which is breast cancer awareness month. Tredit Tire generously donated the wheels and Midwest Industrial Coatings, Inc. donated the pink paint for this trailer and cause. All proceeds will be donated to Bright Pink.

Educating customers about safe operation are critical dealer responsibilities, and failing to heed those responsibilities could put dealers in jeopardy, as well as their customers.

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Briggs & Stratton is rolling out a new blog as an additional tool to keep homeowners up-to-date on the latest information about outdoor power equipment, lawn care tips, home improvement tools and trends.

Rural Lifestyle Dealer recently upgraded its Product Information Request System to make it easier for readers to get the information they need.

Tractors continue to be the leading cause of occupational fatalities in agriculture. That's according to a study conducted by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

This year's hurricane season is predicted to be a busy one with above-average activity, according to a recent report released by Colorado State University. Sponsored by the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Preparedness Week aims to increase public awareness of emergency preparation and the upcoming season that runs from June 1 through November 30. Beginning on May 26, the weeklong emergency preparedness event provides a good opportunity for those living in hurricane-prone areas to take steps to help ensure their family and home is safe before a storm hits.

That's right. Oprah Winfrey, billionaire and super-celebrity, is growing vegetables on her new rural acreage and has renovated an old farmhouse. Her farm just happens be on the side of a volcano in Maui. We're glad to see her join the ranks of those connecting to the land.

Tis the season for mulch, weed control, cutting the grass and trimming the hedges. So fire-up the engines on your outdoor power equipment if you want to be a good neighbor, because in a recent survey conducted for Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG) by Harris Interactive, 93 percent of homeowners agree that maintaining a good looking yard is common courtesy to their neighbors. And, 85 percent of homeowners think that neighbors who don't maintain a good looking yard can bring down property values for those around them.