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Two West Coast inventors challenge the status quo with simple ideas and an irreverence for profitmaking. IF ALLEN DONG AND ROGER EDBERG WERE TO START A company committed to making […]

Williamsburg, Iowa -- Row-crop growers will have the opportunity to see the newest innovations from Kinze** Manufacturing, a leader in the agricultural equipment industry, at the 2010 National Farm Machinery [...]

Five Senses Guidance Humans rely on more than one sense to navigate. Why can't machines? Reichhardt Electronic Innovations has found creative ways for computers and mechanical systems to guide farm [...]

It’s not often that daydreaming aids in the invention of a machine, but David Ward, a former farmhand and construction supervisor, attributes his Strawjet invention to past experiences operating farm [...]

Innovative ideas often spring from those folks who have a fresh perspective. That’s exactly what machinery companies like John Deere and Caterpillar are hoping to reap. The manufacturers and the [...]

Estimating grape yields is a time-consuming, laborious affair. But that could change, thanks to a high-tech helping hand from Agricultural Research Service scientists in Prosser, Wash. There, ARS horticulturist Julie [...]

A Magic Wand A power washer wand designed to slip through the slotted floor in a hog building stirs up the manure crust, destroys flies' habitat and makes it easier [...]

Make Two Tools in One I invented what I refer to as my 'shover' one day after I had to repair the electric pasture fence and the only tool in [...]

How do you think the overall advances in application equipment over the past five years will affect ag retailers? I don't think there has ever been a time in our [...]

Satellite signals and silicon chips multiply the Earth bounty. * The days of farmers sitting around me country store swapping yarns and seat-of-the-pants predictions for the growing season are long [...]

This special Resource issue is dedicated to a look into the future of agricultural machinery. In closing with 'the last word,' it seems pertinent to reflect on the ways engineering [...]

Every two years, producers of all kinds flock to Hanover, Germany, in November to peruse the latest innovations in agriculture machinery and equipment. Hosted by DLG (the German Agricultural Society), [...]

The details on CNH, which adopts new technologies to innovate agricultural equipments, are presented.

A lot of innovation goes into building an Axial-Flow combine, and the new Axial-Flow 7140, 6140 and 5140 are the culmination of years of engineering, testing and refinement to get [...]

Innovations on the horizon for agricultural equipment include advanced guidance and control systems, productivity and efficiency improvements, and sophisticated hydraulic control devices. These advances are moving forward in spite of recent financial problems due to farmers' increased expenses compared to profits.

FARMS OF THE FUTURE As many as one million farms will disappear between now and the end of the century, according to a recent report of the Office of Technology [...]

Many of today's agricultural crops will in the future take on new forms and require vastly different methods for mechanically modifying plant environments. New sets of guidelines will therefore emerge [...]

Improvements in tractors and other farming machinery are aimed at increasing productivity and reliability, with better traction, hydraulics, controls, brakes, clutches, axles, bearings, and transmission devices.

Technology increasing farm efficiency with electron, hydraulic, and mechanical innovations. Examples include tractor electronic control, mechanical design improvement, and hydraulic load sensing.

Automated Harvesting Systems has developed diesel-powered pepper harvesting machine for picking delicate pepper varieties without damaging the plant. The machine is powered by a liquid-cooled diesel engine rated 86.9 hp at 2200 rpm. It is capable of duplicating the task of 150 hand pickers, resulting in reduced labor costs., Few industries are more labor intensive than the agricultural sector, where many types of produce are still picked by hand. So whenever a machine is developed that mechanically harvests a [...]

Two farmers improved the range of their planters with home inventions. A fertilizer cart was added to a planter to carry more dry material, while a larger liquid tank improved the storage of a liquid fertilizer cart.

Examples of farmer-invented shop tools that can be rolled to work sites include a parts washer made from a discarded engine pan, a feeder house used to service the concaves of combines, and a work platform, which looks like a portable staircase.

Kansas farmers Jas and Doug Dale developed revolutionary equipment that enables them to subsoil, fertilize and smooth their irrigated corn fields in one trip. The custom-built 'track-trailer' carries tanks of anhydrous ammonia, liquid P and K and field-smoothing equipment.

* Fruit flies: Taiwanese scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system to help farmers predict outbreaks of oriental fruit flies, which are responsible for destroying many crops around the [...]

At more than $200 per ton, hay is a precious commodity, which is why getting the most high-quality product from each acre has never been more important. 'We're seeing a [...]