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As more and more homeowners 'return to the land' due to remote working, Covid, an interest in hobby farming, sustainability and other reasons--it should come as no surprise that small [...]

As the agrifood industry grapples with ongoing economic shifts and uncertainties, understanding its key stakeholders' current sentiment and future expectations becomes imperative. DIAL Ventures, a venture studio launched by Purdue [...]

Byline: Rachel Schutte Missed some agricultural news this week? There was a lot happening, and here are seven stories to fill you in. Deere strike comes to an end Deere [...]

Byline: Rachel Schutte Missed some agricultural news this week? There was a lot happening, and here are seven stories to fill you in. Deere strike comes to an end Deere [...]

How do you extend the frontiers of supply management excellence and build a solid competitive advantage? Answers to this pivotal question emerged from an Executive Summit of supply chain leaders [...]

US agricultural equipment firms do not know what to expect in coming months because of the uncertain situation regarding the farm industry as well as various domestic and world events. Nevertheless AGCO Corp., CNH Global and John Deere are working on various efforts that they hope will be successful. A table is included listing US agricultural machinery sales in 2001 and 2002., Soft sales and uncertainty leave much to chance in 2003 The stakes are high as machinery companies enter a new sales year. The uncertainty--in the farm sector, the general economy [...]

RARELY DOES A SINGLE EVENT CAUSE CORPOrate performance to nosedive. Nonetheless, lightning-rod issues capture public, media and market attention and become "the reason" for whatever ails a company. So why […]

There's a lot in store for the used equipment market. Here are five trends that are likely to play out in 2016 and how they affect your machinery fleet. Shop [...]

I need another four-wheel-drive tractor, and I need it cheap. I had to give up on my old horse. It has been hard to let her go because she was [...]

Corn and Soybean Fields on Tour Armed with maps marked with scouting routes, 18 teams of crop scouts canvassed fields across seven key Corn Belt states in August. They were [...]

Concerns over digitachs are increasing interest in low-mileage Euro-3 tractors. Steve Banner reports. With Euro-4 imminent, demand for late-registered low-mileage Euro-3 tractor units is soaring at West Thurrock, Essex-based independent [...]

With the calendar now reading August, attention is on two primary things--weather and the John Deere Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour. Weather dominates the first half of the month, especially [...]

Hot, hot, hot. That's the market for used, shedded, clean, low-hour tractors, combines and implements. 'There is more demand now for tractors with 700 to 1,300 hours than I've seen [...]

The eyespot risk for 2003 is high, according to Syngenta. Early drilling and wet weather conditions have been conducive to disease development and past treatment history for the disease by [...]

Last year was nothing short of a terrible one for some of the nation's largest regional cooperatives. Hundreds of thousands of farmers are left holding unsecured debt on co-ops that [...]

While it doesn't seem possible, the Rural Marketing News (RMN) e-newsletter is now entering its third year. The bi-weekly e-newsletter is sent to approximately 7,000 managers of companies provingproducts and [...]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. For the most part, that statement holds true for the 2015 machinery market, but a pair of trends did develop: [...]

In 1900, farmers made up 38% of the U.S. labor force. That number dropped to 3% by the end of the century due to the revolution in agriculture brought on [...]

Name: Charlie O'Brien Title: Vice President of Agriculture Services, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) since 2007, Milwaukee, WI Education: B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison; MBA Drake University Career: Before joining AEM, [...]

Yield monitor manufacturers express varying opinions regarding farmers' use of yield monitors. Some expect an increase in farmers adopting the technology while others believe that the pace of adoption remains uncertain.

When last I left you, I shared with you a sense of optimism from several of your fellow dealers, echoing the sentiments of those executives who participated in our annual [...]

Feb. 13 to 16, 2013 Mark your calendar to join us at the 2012 National Farm Machinery Show and Championship Tractor Pull, Feb. 13 to 16 at the Kentucky Exposition [...]

Name: Doug Griffin Title: Vice President/Marketing N.A. Career: Joined AGCO following its acquisition of Challenger in 2002. Had been with Caterpillar for 15 years. Education: B.S. Ag Engineering, Purdue University [...]

Name: Charlie O'Brien Title: Vice President of Agriculture Services, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) since 2007, Milwaukee, WI Career: Before joining AEM, he had been with John Deere Credit his [...]

MOST CREATIVE SMALL BUSINESS PRODUCT Rain Master Irrigation Systems You won't find Rain Master Irrigation Systems products on the shelves at Home Depot, but it is at the Home Depot [...]

Nashville, Tenn. -- reported net sales increased nearly 22 percent last year to $1.4 billion. Net income increased 50 percent to $56 million for the retailer, which has more than [...]

CHINESE FARMERS, SOME OF whom still are using animal power to tend crops, will lead the world in new agricultural equipment purchases through 2006. So say researchers at The Freedonia […]

New high-speed harrows fluff the soil and create firm, level seedbeds, running at 8-10 mph. More companies have released entrants in the harrow category. The McFarlane Reel Till and Precision Planting's ToTheMax Roller Harrow are discussed.

Lindsay enjoys a 13% return on assets, and has a market stranglehold in center-pivot agricultural sprinklers. Its excellent growth record (24% average annually since 1988) should resume as its undervalued shares recover from the commodity price slump.

Agricultural-equipment manufacturers were far from pleased with the annual farm-market price and planting forecast just released by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, a think tank at the University [...]