Latest News From Machinery - General

Machinery Pete continues to see higher than average farm equipment resale prices, and he has an idea why that is.

CNH Industrial is appointing Gerrit Marx to the role of CEO, effective July 1, 2024. Marx will replace current CEO Scott Wine.

Planter experts offer some quick tips and lookouts around spring planter maintenance and setup. In this article we discuss the furrow creation and closing components and what to look for there.

You can save time and headache by calibrating seed meters well ahead of planting time.

John Deere is seeking its first ever Chief Tractor Officer with a little help from a new friend - 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy.

This week Machinery Pete – Greg Peterson – takes a deep dive into used equipment auction data and what it might mean to the dealer network, and an auction up North nearly sets a price record on a two-decade old tractor.

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.

This roll up unites complimentary product portfolios and distribution channels to provide farmers with Smart Farming solutions and retrofit precision ag technologies, and OEMs with more factory fit options.

A handful of planter manufacturer reps share several tips and lookouts to ensure the planter is working properly this spring.

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.

The intricacies of modern planting systems complicate preparing for the first day in the field. Farmers now have to worry about components and systems that didn’t exist 10 years ago.

The formation of PTx Trimble enhances AGCO's technology offering around guidance, autonomy, precision spraying, connected farming, data management and sustainability, according to a recent press release.

A recent farm equipment auction in Iowa set a new highwater mark for used John Deere 55 Series tractors.

A recent breakout session at World Agri Tech Innovation Summit laid out some of the unanswered questions farmers need to sort through before adding a selective spraying system.

Oil and fluid testing answers both short- and long-term questions about the internal condition of engines, transmissions and hydraulic systems.

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.

Shay Foulk shares tips to help balance equipment debt, transition and economic downturn.

As farmers embrace Smart Farming and digital agriculture solutions in greater numbers, machine connectivity is the uniting force that enables all of the potential to pay off in the end.

Machinery Pete predicts descriptions of used equipment won't be enough to create buyer trust in the near future.

John Deere, Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology announced a collaboration agreement that the companies say will make it easier to integrate each company’s equipment and technology solutions.

Spray drones are growing more ubiquitous and more scalable across agriculture. One company has unlocked the ability to deploy three at once and it’s a Smart Farming game changer.

As we near the finish line (but not the end of our journey) we revist five of your favorite Smart Farming Week stories.

Take a reasoned, purposeful, and proactive approach to adding new technology.

There has been a recent wave of connectivity and guidance products released for farm machinery. Here are a handful of considerations to keep in mind before buying into a system for your fleet.

In the West, automation is geared toward smaller, driverless equipment. In the Midwest, major manufacturers have introduced their largest horsepower combines and tractors yet, all with autonomous capabilities.

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?

The 2024 AgLaunch startups bravely pitched straight to the farmer masses at the event. While truly an impressive class, only one would be chosen for the coveted top honor.

Don’t pull the radiator until you’ve replaced the radiator cap.

Four-dollar corn dominated discussions, but farmers remain open to new innovations and machinery as spring planting and the promise of a new production season beckons.

To go truly big-time, John Deere needed an unfettered pipeline to a particular resource: steel.

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.

A new version of the chop saw is quickly relegating those original soot-covered noise machines to the back corners of farm shops.

Farm Journal's machinery and technology editor was on the ground in Louisville last week. Here’s a handful of the trends we saw down in Bourbon Country.

Gripp co-founder Tracey Wiedmeyer discusses the startup's equipment tracking and management app and how it can help farmers and farm workers manage mixed fleets.

We've all had one of those horrible, no good, very bad days.

Here are some tips and tricks about U-joint maintenance and repair.

The AF11 brings together runtime advancements to maximize in-field productivity in a 775 hp machine.

As grain bins grow larger and more farmers store on-farm, one of agriculture’s most useful tech applications is making headwinds.

Go ahead and buy the special pliers or tools to remove those annoying plastic fasteners. You might as well order a bag or box of replacement rivets, too, because trying to reuse those rivets is a waste of time. 

John Deere announces the release of its new 326 P-Tier telescopic compact wheel loader. The new telescopic loader offers 16-plus feet of reach while still being compact enough to work in barns or other tight spaces. 

The partnership combines the digital and onboard capabilities of John Deere with agronomic analysis from Corteva.

Kinze introduces its new 5670 pivot fold, split row model planters for the 2025 planting season. The company says it delivers enhanced productivity, increased operator convenience and efficient serviceability.

This month’s Rural Mainstreet Index marks the fifth-straight month where the index has been below the growth neutral mark.

Machinery Pete shares a unique combine recently listed for sale and what it means for your farm’s equipment plan going forward.

Times are different, which means trying to predict how used farm equipment values will behave coming out of a strong up cycle into a slower, tighter period in the ag economy is dangerous.

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.

Utilizing the Starlink network, this solution will allow farmers facing rural connectivity challenges to fully leverage precision agriculture technologies.

That box of assorted rubber O-rings under the workbench in your shop might supply the cure to leaky hydraulic connections, or it might just interrupt the leak for a day or two.

On the heels of launching the CR11 combine at Agritechnica 2023, Carlo Lambro gave Farm Journal a one-on-one interview to talk about the brand’s global footprint, its focus in North America and the future of New Holland

Wearing a different hat every day, it would take 319 years to get through Scott Legried's collection.