Machinery - General

Supply chain issues are becoming one of the biggest concerns for agriculture, and some economists say as the bottlenecks reach a critical point, it could take at least a year to remedy chaos in the global supply chain.
CNH Industrial announced this week its temporarily shutting down several of its European manufacturing plants that produce agricultural equipment. CNH says it plans to shut down the facilities for eight days this month.
Thousands of Deere & Co workers began a strike on Thursday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labor contract that was agreed on with the tractor maker.
A recent Farm Journal survey found 67% of farmers expect a return on investment in three years when paying for technology. And 22% expect that payoff to happen even quicker, even within one year.
Here’s how to achieve long-term equipment management success.
The AgJunction board of directors unanimously approved the transaction after a confidential process of entertaining offers of third parties.
The 5100 Series from Mahindra offers two models (45 hp and 55 hp) aiming to make a splash in the U.S. market.
Sandhills Publishing’s online auction sites, which hosts equipment and farmland auctions, were the target of a ransomware attack. As a result, sites like TractorHouse and HiBid have been offline since Friday.
U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Friday agreed on a new six-year labor contract that will be subject to a vote by the company workers.
Robots swarming and taking over farm fields. Autonomous tractors planting crops with no humans in sight. The futuristic views of technology that surfaced a decade ago may be a glimpse of what’s already reality today.
A peculiar southeast Arkansas farmhouse conceals an obscure treasure of agriculture, grit, and ingenuity behind its walls—a 19th century steamboat.
Welcome to Rob Meek’s timeless world, where the toymaking maestro painstakingly crafts farm toys from wood, built from scratch.
This auction features garden tractors, high hp tractors, sprayers, cotton pickers, livestock equipment and more.
This tractor sold for a new record price by $12,000.
While the Millennial generation is the fastest growing group of farm operators in Kansas, Gen Z farm operators today want technology automated, and companies have one chance to get the technology right.
The most trusted name in farm equipment, Machinery Pete, is sharing some timely insights during the 2021 Farm Journal Field Days.
Deere & Co beat Wall Street estimates for Q3 revenue on Friday and lifted its forecast on strong demand for farm and construction equipment. Revenue in equipment operations rose 32.5%, total revenue jumped 29.2%.
“Once the Fendt 700 came out with the FendtOne operators station, dealers and farmers were asking how soon can we get that on the 900 and 1000 Series,” says Daniel Smith Senior Product Marketing Specialist
There is more than $5 million in inventory up for sale during the first absolute auction, which closes August 17.
If you love tractors, auctions, and farm equipment…the new Machinery Pete TV Auction Edition monthly show airing on RFD-TV is for you!
One item of particular interest on the first-ever Machinery Pete Auction is a 2003 John Deere 6420 with loader and only 156 actual original hours from C & B Operations, LLC in Mitchell, SD.
The startup focuses in building retrofit systems to use its patented artificial intelligence for fully autonomous tractors. The company says its technology deploys 360° situational awareness.
This John Deere 4430 sold for the second highest auction price ever.
Every farm a story: Follow the bloodline of America’s farming families over decades and centuries, across countries, states, and counties.
Every corner of the used equipment market is on fire, so what should I to highlight? Let’s go big horsepower, as in 4WD and track tractors.
As the “Right to Repair” movement continues, should farmers have the right to repair all parts of their equipment? John Phipps talks about how the White House’s recent decision could impact farm intellectual property.
Here are five big lessons of the current used machinery market.
Carl Lucas’ unlikely survival after falling into the steel grip of a PTO shaft is a chilling account of farm machinery danger: “Look at me and learn. Look at my missing arm and remember.”
Despite precision agriculture getting its start decades ago, the majority farmers aren’t fully using their farm data today. Just as technology has transformed agriculture, harvesting data could do the same.
How hot is the market for good condition used tractors? Travel back with me to a July 8, 2021, farm retirement auction for Leon and Susan Hoffman in southwest Minnesota for your answer.
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