Machinery - General

The manufacturer says decreased demand and lower order volumes for its farm equipment are the main factors for this wave of dismissals.

A roundup of machinery news that includes a new leader at AGCO’s PTx, Farmall utility tractors and a new round baler from Case IH, and an updated forage harvester series from Claas.

A WARN notice has been removed after showing layoffs of nearly 1,000 employees at Deere’s East Moline location.

The farm equipment auction world is seeing a wave of farmer interest in hay tools, loader tractors, lower-cost machines and specialty niche equipment, like sugar beet harvesters and hay bale steamers.

This alternative storage tool can give your farm a little wiggle room to play the futures markets and capture more return-on-investment this fall.

Now farm tractors, combines and sprayers can be configured so there is no impact on engine power for up to 36 hours when a DEF system malfunction occurs, and a farmer has up to 100 engine hours at 25% power reduction before a 50% reduction takes hold.

The 2006 2388 harvester came within striking distance of an all-time record that has stood since 2007, and Machinery Pete has two auctions you must pay attention to this week.

John Deere customers and independent service techs in the U.S. and Canada can purchase an annual license within Operations Center to maintain, diagnose, repair and protect farm equipment. Here’s what we know so far about this new digital tool.

A pair of 1980s-era John Deere 4440 tractors are prime examples that well-conditioned, pre-DEF used farm equipment continues to hold strong value on the used auction market.

According to Machinery Pete, the price of used high-horsepower tractors fell between 18% and 23% from 2023/24 levels, while regional auctions report used equipment values fell by as much as 40%. So far in 2025, used equipment values found footing, a trend on the verge of reversing due to growing strains in the farm economy.