Today's Presidential signing ceremony of the "Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010" is an important recognition of America's need to improve manufacturing jobs. While we applaud the bill, it is only one small step to leveling the playing field for equipment manufacturers that seek to export American-made products for the benefit of our nation’s economy.

A veteran landscape contractor says Marin County herbicide rules are crazy, costly, promote weedy median strip eyesores and are not part of contract specifications.

Agricultural Web Services (AWS), a division of Dominion Enterprises, has launched mobile web sites for agricultural equipment dealers.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a crackdown on farm dust, so senators have signed a letter addressing their concerns on the possible regulations.

The former owner of a Smithfield farm equipment dealer pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

High weeds and grass because of rain in Victoria, Texas, have forced the city to add another mowing cycle for drainage systems, creeks and other public areas.

More U.S. companies plan to hire and buy new equipment during the next 6 to 12 months even as the recovery shows signs of cooling, according to a quarterly survey of economists.

Ken Kozminski says it’s easy for equipment dealers who are good listeners to up-sell items to rural lifestylers: “People who are passionate about what they’re doing have a tendency to spend more money on the things they enjoy.”

Lessiter Publications, Inc., the publishers of Farm Equipment, No-Till Farmer and Rural Lifestyle Dealer, has launched a new 18-week video/blog series, entitled “Shipping Out.” The series, which is sponsored by Great Plains Manufacturing, Salina, Kan., chronicles Frank Lessiter’s journey on a Mississippi River grain barge carrying $5.4 million in cargo.

In an effort to grow business, Bush Hog and Wells Fargo have entered into a program agreement to provide retail financing.