CASE Construction Equipment dealer Progressive Tractor & Implement Co. LLC (PTI) announced Aug. 22 they are acquiring the stores and territories of Heartland Equipment to expand their business into the northeastern Arkansas and Memphis areas and help more customers in the region succeed with CASE equipment.

The acquisition marks a new period of growth for leading equipment dealer PTI as they increase their team to over 500 employees and their overall footprint from 22 to 27 locations, supplying the latest construction and agricultural equipment from CASE CE and CASE IH.

A U.S. District Court Judge issued an injunction Monday blocking farmworkers in the U.S. on H-2A visas from unionizing in 17 states. The decision halts a recent Labor Department rule intended to give H-2A workers new protections for self-advocacy.

In her ruling, Judge Lisa Wood acknowledged the Department of Labor has the authority to make rules governing H-2A workers. However, she says the Labor Department does not have the authority to “create law or protect newly created rights of agricultural workers.” That authority, she says, belongs to Congress.

When a Louisiana farmer noticed that his eyesight was failing, he realized he couldn’t hunt or fly an airplane anymore. So he happened on a new hobby, one that has kept him busy and delighted visitors for three decades.

Kelly Hundley’s father bought his first John Deere tractor in April 1965, a model built in 1949. Now, Kelly Hundley continues to add to a remarkable collection of toys associated with the farming equipment giant, as Dave McNamara finds in the Heart of Louisiana.