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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
As the bullies of the plant world, weeds cost you time, money and energy. You need a comprehensive weed management plan that includes all the tools at your disposal.
Secretary Vilsack hinted there is a new trade position to be filled at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Senate Agriculture Committee advances the nomination of Tom Vilsack as USDA Secretary to the full Senate.
Once again, state government officials have admitted to surveilling private citizens with a no-warrant trail camera. How many no-warrant government cameras are active on private land?
According to Secretary Vilsack, these efforts will “increase the competitive advantage of U.S. agriculture both domestically and internationally,” while building wealth in rural America.
The bull-run on Iowa farmland sales continues to play out in August. Less than two weeks after a farm ground sold for $19,000 per acre in Iowa, a new record sale was posted in Iowa Friday of $22,600 per acre.
Search traffic for used skid steers at MachineryPete.com jumped 80% in fourth quarter 2017 versus the previous quarter and 62.6% compared with fourth quarter 2016.
Mondays on AgDay mean Machinery Pete.
The next time you change or clean engine air filters in ag machinery, take time to examine the inside of the air filter housing on the “clean” side of the filter.
When dealing with hay crops, it is especially important to take safety precautions, considering that hay crops are typically grown on rough, steep or other ground unsuitable for row crops.
It’s Monday, so Machinery Pete is on AgDay!
When dealing with hay crops, it is especially important to take safety precautions, considering that hay crops are typically grown on rough, steep or other ground unsuitable for row crops.
Equipment sales in the first half of 2018 are up sharply over last year, lead by a 20.5% increase in combine sales according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) flash report.
Thursday, Case IH introduced its limited edition 50 series axial-flow combine lineup to U.S. farmers with a special-edition 150 series.
Draper platforms for soybean harvest
Corn head adjustments help prevent cracked or chipped kernels in the grain tank, grain lying on the ground after a pass and whole stalks and trash moving into the machine.
No component on a combine functions independently; the header, feeder house, thresher, separator, cleaning fan and straw chopper all interact with effects that can reach all the way to planting.
corn headers and soybean auger and draper platforms for harvest
Over the past few years Geringhoff has worked with farmers who have taken to twin row corn production to develop a combine head specifically for the narrow row configuration.
Drago’s corn head features unique technologies that allows it to reduce shelling loss.
Vermeer Corporation approved Woodford Equipment as a new dealer in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The new Vermeer dealership will provide equipment services including parts, service and sales support for Vermeer biomass harvesting equipment.
Greg Briggs, a customer of Sloan Implement Company, has a new combine that marks a milestone for John Deere. Briggs’s 9870 is the 500,000th combine the company has made. “We’ve been making John Deere products at this factory for almost 100 years and self-propelled combines for more than 60 years,” says Dennis Muszalski, factory manager. “Reaching this milestone is a very proud day for all the employees at Harvester Works.”
Claas Orbis 900 header, Demco 1350 grain cart, DynaFlex draper header, New Holland Workmaster Tractors
Apache self-propelled sprayers, New Holland H7150 Mower, Massey Ferguson 9005 Combines, Challenger MT700C Tractors
Versatile Tractors, Bush Hog 4430 Utility Vehicle, Gleaner R Series Combines
Case IH Magnum Tractors, John Deere Manure Spreaders, Bobcat compact tractors, New Holland Combines, Club Car Utility Vehicles
Everyone has had one of those days when weather, your machinery or just plain luck works against you.
Trimble has introduced yield monitoring and mapping capabilities, allowing combines to accurately monitor and map harvested crop yield and moisture.
The Guiness World Record-setting New Holland CR9090 is now available in North America.