Midwest (U.S.)
This week’s Machinery Pete “Pete’s Pick of the Week” is a nearly 40-year-old John Deere tractor beloved by farmers for decades now, and Pete gets you ready for an active week on the used farm equipment auction circuit.
High disease pressure and moisture variability could make for a tricky fall harvest season in the Midwest. Lean on these crucial combine settings adjustments to help you hang onto as many kernels as possible.
An upward price correction could be coming soon and learn which farm equipment specs and features help maintain used machinery resale values.
Farm machinery manufacturers are releasing details on Model Year 2026 balers and hay tools that feature increased automation, data integration and enhanced designs to help cover more acres in a single day.
A yearlong anniversary celebration comes to life just before fall harvest season gets underway with a special, one-of-its-kind piece of classic iron and a quick combine innovation history lesson.
AGCO’s Fendt brand has added four models of row crop tractors ranging from 426 hp to 550 hp and the first-ever stack fold planter. And both new offerings are jam-packed with PTx precision technologies.
With interest rates and expenses high and commodity prices still low, marketing and social media promotion is necessary to pull every last dollar of revenue out of good conditioned, used machines on the auction circuit.
A robotic tractor pilot program and a new modular, digital crop protection application timing tool have emerged from Kelly Hills Unmanned in Seneca, Kans.
A recent nationwide used equipment scam resulted in nearly a quarter million dollars being lost to online scammers for farm machinery that was never delivered to buyers in seven states. Find out how you can stay safe when buying equipment online.
Farmer buying behavior on new versus used machinery is often influenced by two factors: interest rates and the supply of viable, reasonably-priced upgrade options.