Colorado law makes farmer pay taxes on tractor he considers farm equipment

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Jerry Derby purchased his 1997 John Deere tractor with the idea he would use it most of the time to plow his field, dig ditches and spray noxious weeds on his 7-acre Redlands, Colo., property.

By: Mike Wiggins, Grand Junction (Colo.) Daily Sentinel