1.   Modest but significant improvements were made in farming equipment.

2.   According to the China Daily, exports of light textiles and farming equipment declined in the first four months of the year.

3.   The Carrillos, they said, provided work, donated farming equipment and, above all, threw great parties.

4.   The government has also exempted the farm sector from paying any tax on agricultural emissions, such as those from farming equipment.

5.   The shortage of funds available to farmers to buy seeds and farm equipment force them to turn to usurious money lenders.

6.   The thefts range from cars and farming equipment to seeds and even fish from a breeding pool, he said.

7.   U.N. agencies, taking advantage of the relative quiet, will try to distribute seeds, tools and farming equipment to southern families, Jaeger said.

8.   Agriculture has suffered from the sanctions which deprive farmers of fertilizers, insecticides and farming equipment needed to boost their crop yields.