INDUSTRY NEWS
Consumer Reports Praises Honda, Snapper Mowers
Thanks to all this recent rain, many of you may be dealing with an unruly yard right now, which means you might be in the market for a new lawn mower. Consumer Reports tested more…
Billy Goat Acquired By Briggs & Stratton
Billy Goat Industries, a Lee’s Summit-based manufacturer of specialty turf equipment, was acquired by Briggs & Stratton for about $26 million. The family-owned business, with about 100 employees, builds professional-grade mowers aerators sod cutters power…
New World Record At Stihl Timbersports Series
Last weekend, eight of the world’s toughest and fastest lumberjacks gathered in Florence, Italy, to take part in an international wood chopping race, to see which man could chop four tree trunks in half, using…
Kubota Tractor Corp Moves To Texas
Officials with Kubota Tractor Corp. (KTC) and Kubota Credit Corp. (KCC) recently announced the relocation of both companies’ headquarters to Grapevine, Tex. According to Masato Yoshikawa, President and CEO of Kubota Tractor Corp., the relocation…
Ethanol Proposal Due June 1
For those holding your breath since November 2013, you have only two more weeks to keep it in: That’s when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finally going to release the renewable fuel ethanol…
Black & Decker To Pay $1.575 CPSC Fine
After failing to report safety defects on its battery-powered mowers, Black & Decker is playing a $1.575 million fine after agreeing to a settlement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and U.S. Justice Dept. The…