Machinery
Guesswork is a bedfellow of loss.
A web-based nitrogen fertilizer calculator for small grains has been updated and is available. Developed by Montana State University Extension, the tool works with winter wheat, spring wheat and barley produced after fallow. Available since 2009, the calculator was enhanced in 2015.
WM-Form, launched by Trimble, combines field surveys, topography analysis, design creation, cost estimation, land forming and verification.
It’s a weather package delivered right to a grower’s doorstep.
What’s around the bend for precision agriculture? A new information-packed report from the Context Network carries significant implications for growers, retailers, industry professionals, and ag companies.
Granular, a software and analytics company that provides a farm management platform for farmers, is one company leading the charge to offer producers new software tools.
In a huge expansion of their precision agriculture presence, Topcon has scooped up Digi-Star, a leading ag company related to weight sensors and control systems for equipment manufacturers.
What does everyone want? Tractors in good condition, with low hours, often 10 to 20 years old. Why? The price of new equipment just keeps going up every year.
The rebuilt/retrofit factor in the used planter market has been huge the past 18 to 24 months.
Some farmers have one tool worth more than their grandfather’s entire tool inventory. Modern equipment is so big, it takes expensive tools to do even simple maintenance and repairs.
In a split second one life ended, and dozens of lives would never be the same. Ralph Griesbaum was practically born operating a tractor, it was like breathing, but hazards are always present in ag operations.
The rising prices of corn and soybeans had farmers in the buying mood big time in the last few months of the year.
Solectrac recently unveiled two electric tractors, the eUtility and the Compact Electric Tractor.
Fendt unveils 673 hp two-tracked tractor in a company first and touts expanded dealership network as it looks to take a larger bite of the farm machinery market.
With COVID-19 restrictions, the community knew a traditional funeral service wasn’t possible for an area farmer who lost his battle with cancer. So, they orchestrated a special tribute with tractors.
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Machinery wholesale values are nearly equal to retail values.
After acquiring Smart Ag in the fall of 2019, Raven has opened pre-orders AutoCart, the autonomous grain cart technology initially developed by the startup.
An agreement to revise Section 199A tax reform language, which currently gives farmers a financial incentive to sell through cooperatives, has been reached by lawmakers.
The company that invented the round hay baler aims to boost customers’ bottom line, starting with the daily mindset of its more than 3,000 employees.
Machinery Pete spotlights the mower manufacturer’s major Friday drawing.
Here are four video clips from inside Broadbent Arena ahead of pulling competitions at the National Farm Machinery Show.
Two products for anhydrous ammonia aim to help farmers cover fields faster and keep anhydrous cooler and safer.
Analysts still view soybeans as a market for opportunity in 2018.
Turn it on, select the direct current setting and test on a machine with a 12-volt battery
