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AGCO's CEO Eric Hansotia talks to DTN/Progressive Farmer about energy challenges in its Europe factories and the company's march through automation toward autonomy.

In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at New Holland and MacDon introducing a new draper, Great Plains announcing a new heavy-duty harrow, and Trimble buying a French developer of green-on-green smart spraying technology.

Ryse Aero Technologies hopes its Recon ultralight aircraft can change the way farmers move about their land.

Bayer's Crop Science Division President Rodrigo Santos talks about glyphosate lawsuits, innovation, carbon initiatives and lessons from the pandemic.

Safety is important when operating any farm machinery, especially hay balers. The risk of fire is high with dry hay, dust and hydraulic oil. Baler operators need to complete basic maintenance as well as pay attention to how the machine is running while baling hay.

AGCO's Fendt brand believes it is well on its way to meeting its energy challenges in Germany this winter as AGCO adds to traditional petroleum-based sources fuel sources such as wood chips and other renewables.

In these days before harvest, your combine is going to get a thorough going over. Don't forget to do a thorough check of your grain carts and dryers.

It's not a bad idea to make one last loop around your combine before harvest. Here's a 10-step program to keep your harvest moving forward.

In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at Polaris recalling some of its RZR vehicles, Smart Apply expanding its presence in the U.S., ASV introducing a new loader, and manufacturers creating a new interoperability network.

In a multi-million-dollar partnership, ag-products supplier Wilbur-Ellis and Guardian Agriculture will use Guardian's electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft to treat California vegetable fields beginning in 2023. The 500-pound craft can treat up to 40 acres in an hour.

ACGO marches toward autonomy with its newest tech buy JCA Technologies of Canada. It brings to the ag manufacturer technologies that will be embedded in AGCO equipment lines and in a larger menu of technologies that can be installed on a wide range of existing and competing...

The days of abundant resources and farming inputs is over. Older approaches to increase agricultural output are no longer viable. The goal has long been to produce more with more. But today, agriculture must produce more with less. Plant-level intelligence is going to make it...

The days of abundant resources and farming inputs is over. Older approaches to increase agricultural output are no longer viable. The goal has long been to produce more with more. But today, agriculture must produce more with less. Plant-level intelligence is going to make it...

Deere will add its newly purchased visioning tech platform to the fully autonomous cropping system -- tillage, planting, spraying, harvest -- it plans to build by 2030.

In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at what's new in the machinery world this week, including: autonomy, design, function and U.S. equipment manufacturing expansion.

It's been a tough 2022 for U.S. farmers in the market for equipment. Farm equipment prices -- new and used -- are only going up while supplies are going down.

With a couple of years' worth of experience under his belt, Texas grower Sam Sparks is finding new practices to manage weeds with Deere's See & Spray system.

Tractor Zoom CEO and founder Kyle McMahon has been appointed to a two-year term on an advisory council with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His responsibility is to bring a boots-on-the-ground perspective to the Chicago Fed.

Shop time spent repairing planter wear and making adjustments can boost corn yields significantly with better stand emergence and less planting-season down time.

In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at Tractor Zoom offering a new pre-approval tool, Bobcat upgrading land clearing tools and CNH making big investments in tech expansion.