Tractors
A quick summary of farm machinery and ag tech news you might have missed if you weren’t paying attention.
The new 6M tractor can be customized to provide farmers large tractor features - such as integrated connectivity and Intelligent Power Management - on a midsized machine.
Farm machinery industry news briefs and notes for the week of June 23, 2024.
Layoffs are slated to hit the Des Moines, Iowa, Bridgestone-Firestone plant where the majority of Firestone’s line of agricultural tires are produced. The exact number of affected employees has not been confirmed.
John Deere has had a busy 2024 thus far, but a large round of employee layoffs are taking place in Iowa.
Nine months ago, high-horsepower tractors were selling for record-high auction prices. Those same models are now bringing more than $100,000 less. As prices trend down, the opposite is happening with inventory on lots.
Machinery and technology news briefs from the week of May 27, 2024.
Machinery Pete shares some of his recent observations from the new and used farm equipment sectors.
One ag industry expert shares his take on this weekend’s solar storms, how it may have impacted farmers during the height of planting season, and what needs to happen going forward.
Machinery Pete selected a pair of used tractors as his Pete’s Pick of the Week on AgriTalk Radio. He also discussed the over supply of late model, high horsepower tractors pushing prices down on dealer lots.