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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.
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.
Hear from the likes of AGCO, Claas, John Deere and others about what each farm equipment manufacturer is planning to invest in its U.S. manufacturing footprint.
The equipment builder is adding to its lineup of crop harvesters with two new forage choppers — the first completely new silage management machines from Deere since 2019.
Explore how older combines and tractors are commanding strong auction prices, why it pays to understand local farming practices, what’s going on with interest rates and what dealers can do to boost sales.
For over 50 years, the Navajo Nation has run the largest contiguous irrigated farmland in the U.S.
Learn how you can find bargains on used farm equipment, why machines move from North to South in the auction world, and an intriguing new electric pickup truck option.
A new report from Bloomberg Law shows family farm bankruptcies had already increased by 55% last year compared to 2023, and to start 2025, the number of bankruptcies is already exceeding the same time last year.
ENSO-neutral means conditions could be close to average, but Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien’s principal atmospheric scientist, says that doesn’t mean the weather will be normal this spring and summer with growing concerns about drought.
West Texas is the largest cotton production area in the country, but after battling drought and heat, area farmers say the dryland crop is a failure, and the irrigated acres are only yielding half of normal.
Peoples Company has released its fourth annual land values report with data broken into geographical regions across the U.S.
While a few cotton fields flourished with yields to brag about at the gin, the majority of the region’s production suffered, from one weather extreme to another.
Rancher asks for reduction of $1 million bail to care for wife and his ranch. Meanwhile, Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo seeks to help with legal fees.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows from North Dakota to Texas, all the way west to California, the most severe levels of drought didn’t ease across the U.S. this past week.
In Texas, cotton is king. Approximately 8.8 million bales of Texas cotton were produced in 2017, more than three times Georgia, the second closest cotton-producing state yielded.
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