Equipment
Take Steps to Reduce Compaction Before Spring Planting
Mar 10, 2010 12:44 PM | Source: Purdue University
With a late harvest, a wet fall and slow-melting snow, Ohio farmers may be facing more compaction issues than usual this spring... More
Products Feb 2010
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM
SPRAYER CALIBRATOR Innoquest recently launched the SpotOn sprayer calibrator, a hand-held electronic flow-rate checker for spray nozzles. SpotOn quickly... More
Equipment News
U.S. Farm Equipment Exports Decline 20% In First Half 2009
Sep 1, 2009 3:58 PM | Source: Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Exports of U.S. agricultural equipment dropped 20% during the first half of 2009 compared to midyear 2008, totaling $4.7 billion down from $5.8 billion a year earlier, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The AEM off-road equipment manufacturing trade group produces ... More
More Grain Storage Heightens Safety Need
Aug 26, 2009 4:21 PM | By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press
Grain storage entrapments/deaths don’t get much attention in the media because they don’t happen often (a farmer is more likely to be in an vehicle- or farm equipment-related accident), they aren’t high profile and there has been little university interest and no funded research into numbers/causes... More
ATVs
Not So Little Brother
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM | BY GREG LAMP
For some, having the power and size of a larger, 700-class all-terrain vehicle (ATV) isn't necessary. Neither is the price. That's why Yamaha is introducing... More
Turn On A Dime
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM | By Greg Lamp
I'm spoiled. After riding the new Grizzly 700 FI 44, you'd be, too. The fuel-injected ATV unveils an industry first with its impressive new electric power... More
Combines
Grain Handling
Grain Bin Safety an Issue While Unloading Wet Grain
Mar 11, 2010 12:24 PM | Source: Purdue University
In a year met with unique corn harvest and storage issues, paying extra attention to grain bin safety has become of utmost importance to farmers, says Matt Roberts, Purdue Extension grain storage specialist... More
Bulk Storage Bins
Dec 8, 2009 3:37 PM
New from CrustBuster/Speed King are multi-use steel bins for storage and handling grain, feed, seed or dry fertilizer... More
Planters
Companies Offer Huge Planters, From 60 to 120 Feet Wide
Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM | BY JEN BENNETT
If a little is good, a lot is better. When it comes time to plant, why not go for the gusto and get your crops in the ground quickly and efficiently with a big planter... More
What Corn and Soybean Farmers Can Do to Transport Huge Planters Safely
Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM | BY JOHN POCOCK
Last winter, John Deere introduced its largest planter yet the 48-row, 30-in. spacing, 120-ft.-wide DB120, touted as planting 90-100 acres/hour when operated at 5-5.5 mph... More
Precision Farming
Precision-Ag Technology Equipment Increases Efficiency | Efficiently Excelling
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
A combination of precision technology tools, equipment to match the tasks at hand and tedious time management helped Darrin Stowell enhance production... More
Cutting Corners the Smart Way
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Susan Winsor
Another word for farming is risk, says Steve Schmidt. His unpredictable Plains climate made risk management a matter of survival tool since day 1. He... More
Sprayers
Watch Where you Spray
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM | Compiled by Greg Lamp
To help avoid spray drift lawsuits, log on to www.driftwatch.org, a new Web site serving Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan and Illinois where you can... More
Drift Management Considerations
May 18, 2009 2:01 PM | Source: Iowa State University
Warmer weather means emerging crops and more outdoor activities. Locally produced foods are expanding and home gardening is showing increased interest as a way to save costs... More
Tillage
Minnesota Farmer Changes His Farming With New Tillage Implement, Soil Warrior
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM | BY SUSAN WINSOR
An ultralight plane ride changed the way Mark Bauer farmed. Seeing how much the fields' topography changed in a few short years, I thought, I can't keep... More
Strip-Till System
Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The Sunflower 7600 series strip-till system is new from AGCO. Available in eight- and 12-row models, the machines feature a 7-in. wall toolbar designed... More
Tractors
Chip Foose Customizes John Deere 4020 Tractor
Mar 9, 2010 2:39 PM | Source: John Deere
John Deere and Chip Foose unveiled a Foose-customized 1970 JD 4020 tractor at Commodity Classic... More
Large Tractor Sales Stable In 2009
Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM | COMPILED BY GREG LAMP
Tractor sales were down 21% in 2009 as a whole, but the large farm-size tractors and combines were not hit as hard, and even improved in some cases, according... More
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