Elections are conducted by mail. Voters who are registered as of the 21st day before an election are mailed a ballot to vote and return by election day. The use of vote-by-mail was first approved on a limited basis by the Legislature in 1981 and was made a permanent feature of some elections in 1987.
Kubota Corp. has appointed Masato Yoshikawa as the new president of Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC), based in Torrance, Calif. Yoshikawa is a 32-year Kubota veteran and most recently held the position of general manager, corporate planning and control department for Kubota Corporation, headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
Kubota plans 200hp tractor. Kubota has revealed that it will launch a tractor with up to 200hp under the bonnet within the next three years. The biggest tractor in the current line-up is 135hp, but at a press conference at its headquarters in Osaka last week, Kubota said it would have a machine with up to 200hp by 2016. Very few details were given, but these are likely to be lightweight four-cylinder tractors with semi-powershift and CVT transmission options.