Farm Equipment Editor/Publisher Mike Lessiter earned Silver Award from ASBPE for opinion piece.

Mahindra USA, the number one selling tractor brand in the world based on volume, introduces its interim-Tier IV, for above 75 HP, emission compliant mCRD engine. It will be available beginning November 2012, initially on its 8560 2WD, 8560 4WD and 8560 4WD shuttle cab tractor. The Mahindra Common Rail Diesel (mCRD) engine is an innovative, Eco-friendly and fuel efficient high performance engine that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by over 360 tons per year.

Buhler Industries (BUI) is reporting that the company revenues for the period ended June 30 set a record as the best third quarter in company history reaching $95.8 million, up 24.4% from last year's third quarter of $77 million.

Nine Farm Equipment magazine staff reporters attended the Farm Progress Show of 2012 in Boone, Iowa, August 28-30th. Here is just a sampling of what they learned.

To accommodate its significant growth, Horsch Anderson, LLC, will break ground on a new manufacturing facility in Mapleton, N.D., on Saturday, August 25, 2012. It will be located on a 30-acre lot north of Interstate 94 near the Mapleton exit. The initial stage of the project will include a 100,000-square-foot building, which will contain offices and a large production area. Within five years Horsch Anderson projects to employ 80 people or more at the facility.

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.

Titan Machinery, one of the largest Case/New Holland equipment dealers in North America, has signed on as a distributor for Intuicom precision positioning and wireless solutions, including the family of Intuicom RTK Bridge products for RTK applications.

AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, today announced that it has agreed to establish a new joint venture in Algeria for the production of Massey Ferguson branded tractors. Under the shareholders agreement entered into with L'Enteprise Publique Economique de Commercialisation de Materiels Agricoles and L'Enteprise Publique Economique de Production de Tracteurs Agricoles, AGCO will take 49% ownership of Algeria Tractors Company. The new joint venture is based in Constantine, Algeria and will produce Massey Ferguson tractors for sale into the local domestic Algerian market. Production is expected to begin before the end of 2012.

Case IH made a splash in June when it announced a supply agreement with Great Plains Manufacturing, to produce twin-row planters for the world's second largest farm equipment maker.

Seed product business professional and agronomist Louis Sutton has joined AgVenture, Inc. (AVI) of Kentland, Indiana, and will serve the nationwide network of independently owned and operated Regional Seed Companies (RSCs) as Product and Technology Manager.