Harvesting Equipment
Tips for pre-harvest combine and technology inspections to help your harvest stay on track.
Farm equipment and technology news briefs for the week of September 15, 2024.
A quick roundup of farm equipment and technology news for the week of September 8, 2024.
There’s no doubt static electricity can build up on combines. Here’s what research says about its ability to actually ignite a blaze.
At a minimum, notify your insurance company as soon as possible when damage occurs to your combine, even if repairs aren’t made at that time. Some insurance companies now require reports within 30 days of when the damage occurred.
A roundup of releases for farmers over the last couple of weeks.
Repairs to combines and harvest equipment are faster and easier with the right tools.
Farm equipment and smart farming solutions news roundup for the week of August 19, 2024.
Farm Journal’s resident farm mechanic and columnist Dan Anderson shares his simple advice for dealing with heavy clay soils and weed clogged combines.
Prepping machinery ahead of harvest can be a guessing game. Here are 10 tips to see how much life is left in your combine’s mechanical drive system.
Highlights included a restored 1971 International Harvester 1456 and many late model tractor and combine deals.
Limiting grain loss is a surefire way to quickly improve your farm’s productivity and efficiency, and OEM grain loss sensors only look at grain loss from the combine rear.
June sales of tractors dropped 16% compared to 2023, while combine sales were down 31%.
A quick summary of farm machinery and ag tech news you might have missed if you weren’t paying attention.
Farm machinery industry news briefs and notes for the week of June 23, 2024.
AGCO announces same day parts delivery service, CLAAS celebrates a combine production milestone, and Hiniker Co. is acquired by a Minnesota-based investment firm.
John Deere has had a busy 2024 thus far, but a large round of employee layoffs are taking place in Iowa.
Nine months ago, high-horsepower tractors were selling for record-high auction prices. Those same models are now bringing more than $100,000 less. As prices trend down, the opposite is happening with inventory on lots.
The new T6 800 walker combine offers factory integrated precision ag technology, a quieter, more spacious cab, and an increased unloading rate with improved efficiency, according to John Deere.
Machinery Pete shares some of his recent observations from the new and used farm equipment sectors.
The Year of the Combine marches on with the release of Case IH’s newest harvester, the Axial Flow 260 Series. The new machine is available for order in June of 2024. No pricing details have been announced.
CNH Industrial is appointing Gerrit Marx to the role of CEO, effective July 1, 2024. Marx will replace current CEO Scott Wine.
This week’s Machinery News covers U.S. and Canadian tractor and combine sales figures for March 2024, Jorge Heraud’s new role at Rootwave, and John Deere’s upcoming appearance in Washington D.C.
Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks his weekly Pete’s Pick of the Week and other used equipment market news during his weekly AgriTalk appearance with host Chip Flory.
A 95,000 gross ton container ship crashed into a pylon supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge near the Port of Baltimore early Tuesday morning. The port is a main access point for automobile and farm equipment imports.
Minor space weather events have temporarily knocked out corrections signals over Canada and The Dakotas in the past. Would your farm be ready for a more severe outage?
Deere drew them in with practical yet cutting edge displays – like an iPhone controlled 8R tractor running field tillage – driving the conversation forward with a fun spin on its tech stack and cotton production.
When comparing 2023 to 2022, the average auction price for a John Deere S780 combine dropped $54,977, or 15.8%. How low will that number go?
A new S7 series combine, high-horsepower 9RX tractors, C series air carts and Hagie STS sprayers with factory-installed See & Spray Premium highlight a splashy group of product intros.
The AF11 brings together runtime advancements to maximize in-field productivity in a 775 hp machine.