Machinery - General
As the high-speed planter segment matures and expands, now might be the time to hone this technology on your farm. The first step is to understand its capabilities.
Demand for the right rebuilt, used planter, right specifications is high.
Changes in crop rotations and the popularity of cover crops have given way to a new generation of box drills.
The next time you change or clean engine air filters in ag machinery, take time to examine the inside of the air filter housing on the “clean” side of the filter.
There is a wide continuum of options when prepping a combine for winter storage. Here’s a pre-storage list of those various options, from “park it and forget it” to “ready for next year’s harvest.”
To celebrate the milestone each new combine leaving the factory will have a 75th anniversary decal applied.
This is the famous and first original Busch Light combine
Item highlights include five cotton pickers, five tractors, and lots of other items of high interest!
Manufacturing meltdowns are hitting the U.S., as semiconductor shortages expand into other components. Supply chain woes now pose a threat to the food supply and farmers’ ability to get crops out of fields.
“Precision and autonomy are an opportunity for us, and Raven really helps put us in a very, very competitive position,” Wine says.
The Canadian machinery maker is known for large-scale capacities and the new model boasts an additional 13% carrying capacity over the Haulmaster 2000.
To celebrate the milestone, Unverferth introduces the 98 series spanning five models 2598 (2500 bu), 2098 (2000 bu), 1598 (1500 bu) 1398 (1300 bu), and 1198 (1000 bu).
Beginning in 2022, all Kinze single and dual auger carts will be branded Harvest Commander.
For model year 2022, John Deere is introducing new 400 series, 600 series and Hagie STS sprayers. “We have a complete offering for all sprayer customers,” Joel Basinger says.
Used equipment values have continued to increase the first quarter of 2021. That’s true across nearly all equipment categories, including self-propelled sprayers.
The arrival of a precision, pellet-slinging, automated rover may provide almond growers with a cutting-edge NOW control weapon. Welcome to the age of robotic mummy removal.
Fatal accidents and gruesome injuries often are an avertible part of farming; they are also the bitter reality of agriculture every year.
“While diesel engines continue to be the flexible power of choice for the foreseeable future in agriculture, such a collaboration enables both companies to develop low and zero carbon solutions,” said Adam Reid.
The five models in the 700 Vario Series range from 203 to 283 rated horsepower and are powered by AGCO Power 7.5-liter engines.
OZKA Tire’s agricultural tire range includes: implement, tractor, flotation, irrigation and industrial.
Trouble started brewing for the rural economy earlier this summer. Now it’s been confirmed for five straight months.
Finalized on July 19, 2022, BigIron Auctions and Sullivan Auctioneers LLCs have reached an agreement for an acquisition, which will combine two of the biggest online auction companies.
Two grim accidents, two sets of outrageously strange circumstances, and one stalwart farmer grateful for another chance at life. Here’s to the resilience of John Butler and his mouthful-of-rocks account.
All farmers suffer injuries, but the unbreakable Ward Henry was a breed apart: drill rollover, shooting, anaphylactic shock, amputation, and PTO mangling.
What advantages or disadvantages are there to leasing farm equipment? John Phipps walks through the many pertinent factors to making this decision, including current red-hot used equipment values and interest rates.
The milestone one-millionth tractor produced in Beauvais – a brand-new MF 8S.305 Dyna-VT – is sold to French farmer Thierry Aubrée.
Arm mangled inside a hay baler, Doug Bichler fought a gruesome battle for life, determined to escape the machine at all costs.
Here are a few thoughts on oils used to lubricate gasoline-fueled engines.