The global population growth and higher evolving standards of living might play well for food-related companies and manufacturers of heavy farming equipment.

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Its first activities included collecting and repairing second-hand household and farming equipment.

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The more animals there are being raised for human consumption, the more demand there is for feed crops, fertilizers, farming equipment, seeds and arable land.

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But he said poor people would rather be provided with the resources to improve their own situations - such as farming equipment and seeds - than government grants.

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It turned out that the linear actuator had uses in a variety of industries and today his invention is found in industrial and farming equipment, ergonomic office furniture, and healthcare equipment.

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They are both complete lies, I lived on a farm for a number of years and I have watched my dad shoot rabbits before when they have had miximatosis, an injured fox and on one occasion a Mink who had entangled itself on a piece of farming equipment and was strangling itself.

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Mr Marchionne believes that spinning off Fiat Industrial, which will include CNH, a producer of farming and construction equipment and Iveco, a truckmaker, will give those businesses, which currently account for 35% of group sales, greater visibility.

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On tiny plots, and often poor-quality soil, without modern equipment or farming methods, and sometimes beset by land disputes, many peasant farmers struggle to feed their family and grow just a little extra to sell in the village market.

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