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		<title>By: penelope</title>
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		<dc:creator>penelope</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 05:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When purchasing items, cost is always a major consideration.  And like a businessman, farmers would like to cut down on cost as much as possible.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So these days, a second hand plant is almost as popular as a new one, and the refurbishment or sale of used equipment is a huge business.  Definitely, the largest benefit that you can get out of buying second hand farming equipment is a lot of cost savings.</description>
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<p>So these days, a second hand plant is almost as popular as a new one, and the refurbishment or sale of used equipment is a huge business.  Definitely, the largest benefit that you can get out of buying second hand farming equipment is a lot of cost savings.</p>
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		<title>By: richardegall (Rich Gall)</title>
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		<dc:creator>richardegall (Rich Gall)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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There are a lot of lists of &quot;pro-business states&quot; and this is a good one that also explains why states do well - [link to post]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://chatcatcher.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Posted using Chat Catcher&lt;/a&gt; </description>
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There are a lot of lists of &#8220;pro-business states&#8221; and this is a good one that also explains why states do well &#8211; [link to post]</p>
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		<title>By: richardegall (Rich Gall)</title>
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		<dc:creator>richardegall (Rich Gall)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<p></code><br /></a><br />There are a lot of lists of &#8220;pro-business states&#8221; and this is a good one that also explains why states do well &#8211; [link to post]</p>
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