Machinery Chatter

Case-IH says its AFS Connect Magnum is its biggest technology introduction in 10 years, boasting the full integration of iron and technology.

Here are some things to consider when planning the placement and design of your new shop.

Ask the Mechanic's columnist Steve Thompson solves a fuel-delivery problem on a tractor, and gives advice on how hard to work a new tractor before changing its break-in oil.

Recently, the Kansas AgrAbility Project announced that it had earned additional grant funding to assist Kansas farmers, farm employees and farm family members who have become injured or have an activity-limiting health condition or limitations to remain actively engaged in...

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) released its Ag Tractor and Combine Report in December for both the U.S. and Canada. The data was fairly positive for the U.S. and negative for Canada

An outside disk on the front left gang of a reader's 820 Massey disk keeps breaking out in the center. What could be causing this problem?

While there are many factors over which farmers have no control, at least one aspect of harvest they can control is preserving the quality of their harvested crops.

With it being September now and much of the Midwest's corn and soybean crops running ahead of its normal growing schedule, harvest equipment will soon be in full force on the region's roads.

If someone tells you they have a sure-fire fix for their rodent problems, that person is not telling the truth. Think management, not the eradication of your mouse and rat problem.

Diesel management begins in the fuel storage tank and ends inside the engine. Here are three ideas on how to keep fuel clean.

Reasons to consider corn silage.

Dangers lurk on farms. A recent event allowed children and adults to learn about the dangers of grain bins and power takeoffs, poisons in the home and farm, and how to make low-cost lifesaving devices for ponds and lagoons.

Images taken by the Quantix drone camera give farmer-photo interpreters detail down to 1 inch, basically to individual plants.

There are many safety issues to be aware of when working around silage storage facilities, no matter the type or size of storage, according to an animal nutrition expert.

The cost of custom farming is on the rise, but some practices rise more sharply than others.

AGCO is set to begin production of its newly designed and highly automated Fendt IDEAL combine.

Dangers lurk on farms. A recent event allowed children and adults to learn about the dangers of grain bins and power takeoffs, poisons in the home and farm, and how to make low-cost lifesaving devices for ponds and lagoons.

John Deere filed a lawsuit earlier this month contending that Precision Planting and AGCO have intruded onto 12 of its planter patents.

The Firestone Farm Tire Test Center in Ohio tortures tires so there's less chance of a failure in a farmer's field. Downtime due to tire failure may cost a producer $570 per hour in lost yield, so here are some tips to extend the life of your tires.

A new research project is helping to bring testing procedures at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tractor Test Laboratory into a new era.