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...Massey Ferguson, produced by a company called Millat Tractors, last week they shut down their plant indefinitely because they can’t import parts for Massey Ferguson tractors in Pakistan....
...A good starter tractor, says Godfrey, “would be a ’60s/’70s David Brown 885 for £3,000-£5,000, a ’60s Massey Ferguson 35 for £4,000-£6,000, or an early ’50s David Brown Cropmaster at £8,000-£10,000.”...
...“The original 1950s Massey Ferguson is still here ageing gracefully under a windmill, and the 1940s Allis-Chalmers tractor is parked for good in an alcove in the middle of the restaurant,” he said....
...Peck says his parents encouraged him as a child to enter farming with toys such as a miniature red Massey Ferguson combine harvester, which he still cherishes....
...In 1967, when some horseracing was suspended by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the BBC broadcast two computer-simulated races with a commentator, the King George VI Chase and the Massey Ferguson...
...“You have probably heard of Massey Ferguson.” I haven’t. “I thought everyone had heard of Massey Ferguson, crikey. Maybe I’m well-read.”...
...A Massey Ferguson tractor, or a teleconverter for my camera lens. I’ve got a tractor now. I’m renovating some woodland and I’ve become very interested in tractors and implements....
...A Massey Ferguson tractor is parked outside the chemist’s....
...The farmer on a small red Massey Ferguson is open to the bitter wind. No heated, musical cab with computer controls for him. Man and tractor look as if they have spent their working lives together....
...Deere & Co and Agco, the US company that owns Massey Ferguson, have both described difficult trading conditions last year....
...These firms were visible in DC: AGCO is entrenched through its Massey-Ferguson and GSI brands. Agriculture mechanization in Africa is low, and lack of crop storage capacity hurts sector productivity....
...Last month Agco, the US company that owns Massey Ferguson and derives about half of its revenues from Europe, reduced its earnings outlook for the second quarter in a row and announced aggressive cuts in...
...Last month Agco, the US company that owns Massey Ferguson and derives about half of its revenues from Europe, cut its earnings outlook for the second quarter in a row and announced “aggressive cuts in production...
...Agco, the US farm equipment manufacturer, best known for its bright red Massey Ferguson tractors, will be investing in developing distribution, infrastructure and training sites in collaboration with partner...
...His first job was as an accountant at the Massey-Ferguson tractor company in Peterborough before, in the 1960s, he bumped into a music promoter....
...The number of large tractor factories in the country has fallen to just one after two others – one in Doncaster and a in Coventry formerly run by Massey Ferguson – were shut down....
...A BSc in petroleum engineering from Imperial College and an MSc in business studies at London Business School was the combination that took Sir John to Massey-Ferguson and then to Jaguar Cars in 1980, where...
...Straight from school in 1947 he joined the Harry Ferguson Research company in Coventry, founded by Sir Harry Ferguson and best known for its Massey Ferguson tractors....
...Mr Cridland joined the CBI after a student visit to a troubled Massey Ferguson factory inspired him to choose a career helping business to reform....
...For Martin Richenhagen, chief executive of Agco, the Georgia-based manufacturer of Massey Ferguson and other agricultural equipment, Mr Obama’s plan to double exports is “another proof that the American...
...That mood is abroad again near a defunct Massey Ferguson tractor plant, where Tracey Wheelan serves tea and snacks to jobseekers from a tiny van....
...But even Agco, the multinational combination of marques such as Massey Ferguson, is in the doldrums. Farmers, of course, are a notoriously pessimistic lot....
...But even AGCO, the multinational combination of marques such as Massey Ferguson and one of the industry’s few “pure plays”, are also in the doldrums....
...Each farmer’s tractor has its own audio track so that listeners don’t hear an old-yard Massey Ferguson when they’re supposed to be listening to Brian’s latest super-tractor....
...The US group will import Massey Ferguson-brand tractors, built in a joint venture with Tafe in Chennai, to compete with such rivals in the small tractor market as Deere and CNH....
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