Machinery Chatter

Kawasaki says it was going for a truck-like appearance, but it's better than that. Here are some of the features on the new MULE PRO-FXR.

At a time when chemical application has grown increasingly more complex, AGCO this summer introduced a new series of RoGators with creative plumbing solutions to tackle those complexities.

One of the most popular pieces of equipment on farms and ranches today are All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and Utility Task Vehicle (UTV). These versatile machines are at home on most any type of farm/ranch as well non-farm situations.

New Holland has introduced a concept mid-sized tractor that runs on either methane or compressed natural gas, and do all the work of a diesel-powered T6 with up to 80% less total emissions.

While still somewhat early in development in U.S row crops, the next advancement in irrigation could be subsurface drip irrigation. Water is applied to the crop root zone drip by drip using buried, polyethylene tubing.

Meet Steve Thompson, DTN/The Progressive Farmer's Ask The Mechanic columnist.

Three is a magic number with Case IH's new Trident 5550 combination applicator. It offers three seasons of application -- spring, summer and fall.

The SENSE project is a partnership of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, the Nebraska Corn Board and Nebraska Natural Resource Districts, which focuses on crop canopy sensors directing variable-rate, in-season nitrogen application in corn.

Case IH is celebrating the 175th anniversary of when it was started as Machine Threshing Works in Racine, Wisconsin.

How does Yamaha's Kodiak 450 with 25-inch tires, 10 inches of ground clearance and a full-length skid plate, translate into the long days and nights of constant hazard and climatic extremes on the farm and ranch? Yamaha bets the answer will be "very well."

AGCO is using a new technology, Google Glass, in the manufacturing of farm equipment. It allows the company to become more efficient when assembling tractors and application equipment.

The advanced 4640 display from John Deere requires an equipment purchase and a software subscription.

Here are some of the high-tech innovative startups that are already helping farmers, ranchers and ag businesses.

Technical advances in agriculture in the last 100 years have influenced several major economy-wide changes, but farmers still find themselves facing consumers who don't understand that modern agriculture is a high-tech industry.

John Deere recently agreed to buy the Wirtgen Group, a privately held German company, that is described as the world's leader in road building equipment. The reported sales price: $5.2 billion.

The Great America Shop contest deadline has been extended to July 21.

The Progressive Farmer's Jim Patrico, who traveled to Cuba last fall, looks at what the Trump administration is saying about U.S. and Cuba and how this might affect agriculture in the two countries.

John Deere introduced a number of new products last week at its media days event in Moline, Illinois.

DTN Staff Reporter Russ Quinn shares a story about his late grandpa's last tractor, a John Deere 620.

Signs indicate that the farm equipment industry finally has steadied after a recent near freefall and is heading upward.