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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.
The 2014 three-quarter-ton Ram sports the higher-strength steel frames that the 3500 dually got last year and the new 3500 single-rear-wheel can be outfitted with a factory-offered fifth-wheel or gooseneck trailering package.
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The automaker today officially began manufacturing an advanced, aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup, its top selling and most profitable model.
Competition in the truck sector is alive and well. More horsepower and torque means farmers can haul more hay and cattle per load—of course you have to buy a bigger trailer, though.
Kelley Blue Book has punched the numbers, and the cost for mid-size and full-size pick-up trucks are on the rise.
General Motors Co. more than doubled discounts on some of its large pickups in July’s first 10 days after U.S. sales of the highly profitable models fell last month despite ads attacking the durability of Ford Motor Co.’s aluminum-bodied trucks.
Fred Whitford, director of Purdue Pesticide Programs, isn’t one to mince words – and he certainly didn’t when talking about truck accidents with attendees of the 2016 Farm Journal Corn College.
The 2018 North American International Auto Show opened this week in Detroit. And full-size pickup trucks are taking center stage.
Coming off a 8-year hiatus, the Ford Ranger is now returning to the roadways.
F-series sales fell 2.6 percent last month as a pickup price war heated up.
Super Duty truck emissions alleged to be 50 times legal limit.
Time is money to J.D. Dulaney, but he was losing time constantly running from field to shop. He knew tool placement on a flatbed truck option was the key to better efficiency.
GM kicks torque and horsepower up a notch with new Duramax engine.
Ford shares rose the most in four years after the company reported a 5.1 percent sales increase that included the highest November deliveries for F-Series trucks since 2001, far exceeding the average estimate. GM’s light-vehicle sales gained 10 percent, aided by incentives topping $10,000 on some Silverado pickups and Suburban SUVs. Sales also topped forecasts at Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co.
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An amazing trend with used farm equipment has been unleashed here in 2018. An absolute ocean of super low-hour used farm equipment has hit the auction block—the most I’ve seen in my almost 29 years of tracking auction price data.
Sporting a higher payload and more spacious cab, the all-new Ram has arrived
The agriculture industry is placing its youth directly in harm’s way through the use of teenagers as victim participants in grain entrapment rescue demonstrations, and the practice is a one-way road to serious injury or death.
Dollars are definitely flowing to pre-emission-era machines. No, I’m not just talking tractors. The past six months I’ve seen a surge in buyer interest and rising prices paid for older, pre-emission semis.
Women have purses in which to carry all their junk; farmers have their pickup trucks. Each pickup is as individual as the farmer who drives it.
Electric trucks are coming. In a couple years, there could be five or more on the market. Ford decided to introduce electricity in trucks first with a hybrid.
Ford’s newly revealed electric version of the F-150 pickup doubles down on a bet that the company can beat Tesla, convincing long-time fleet and business customers that going electric saves money.
Outline policies and procedures to promote safety.
68 items span a John Deere 4640 “one of the nicest I’ve seen,” tractors for every need, utility vehicles ready to run, and an announcement that “could very well change the farm equipment online auction market.”
If you’re in the market for a new truck, you may be waiting a while longer. Major auto and truck manufacturers have announced extended shutdowns and it’s the chip shortage still to blame.
Is “bigger” always “better” when it comes to selecting battery-powered tools for farm use? Yes. No. Not necessarily.