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By making the move, the manufacturer avoids the 50% steel and aluminum tariff in place between the U.S. and Canada. LEXION 8000 combines will now be made at Claas facilities in either Harsewinkel or Bad Saulgau.
Hear from farm equipment manufacturing leaders and find out how companies are managing the additional costs and keeping products flowing to farmer-customers.
The equipment builder is adding to its lineup of crop harvesters with two new forage choppers — the first completely new silage management machines from Deere since 2019.
Bayer’s $63 billion purchase in 2018 of seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto was a long-term bet on robust growth in farming supplies which has so far misfired.
Steve Cubbage says the upcoming farm bill could decide if the U.S. gets a taste for Europe’s recent farmer protests.
Farmers are protesting across the European Union, saying they are facing rising costs and taxes, red tape, excessive environmental rules and competition from cheap food imports.
In October 2023, Arkansas became the first state to ban foreign-owned farmland. More states look to adopt similar laws, but one policy expert says the issue is rooted in politics and warns of unintended consequences.
The flow of ag commodities around the world is changing demand for mechanization. The latest innovations to do more with less were on display in Hanover, Germany.
