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As farm operations become larger, more producers are investing in their own application equipment. Economies of scale are in their favor. With competition from this on-farm application, ag retailers are [...]

Good boss, bad boss This year's harvest was particularly grueling for me. Wet weather delayed progress for weeks. It's a bummer when Christmas trees go on sale before you wrap [...]

The unseen damage caused by heavy single axle slurry tankers can lead to grass silage production losses as high as 15 to 20% in the wheelings. That is the message [...]

Harlan Downing has turned into a real traffic cop in his Colby, Kan., fields. That's because he holds his field operations to a new set of rules: all machines have [...]

South Dakota hay producer Gary Freeburg has a name for the traditional wheel rakes used by most producers during hay harvesting: ropers. He calls them ropers because they tend to [...]

When Charlie Hammer's farm size outgrew his 300-gal. self-propelled sprayer, he replaced it with his tracked, guidance-equipped Challenger 765 tractor. Hammer and his wife Nancy Kavazanjian operate Hammer-Kavazanjian Farms near [...]

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 [...]

Don't mention the term landlocked to brothers Randy and Ronnie Hunt and their father, Larry, of Salix, Iowa. More conventional growers bemoan the high cost of Corn Belt land and [...]

In the 1980s, Steve Mader was a young farmer battling the economic demons that felled many of his peers. To help him hang on, he took on custom farming jobs. [...]

I'm not sure how many acres one man will be able to farm in the future. There's been a lot of growth in horsepower and machinery size in the past [...]

Through funding by the Propane Education & Research Council, the Texas Alternative Fuels Council and John Deere, the Southwest Research Institute has designed a clean-burning propane engine for off-road and [...]

BARRY ALSTON reports from ADAS Pwllpeiran's winter open day. WITH 14 per cent of Wales covered by trees and some 320,000 acres or 40 per cent publicly owned, forestry is [...]

Like many other producers, E.J. Croll had an ag equipment dealer 10 miles from his farm. Not any more. The Oak Harbor, Ohio, farmer now travels 60 miles to the [...]

Restoring large areas of arable land back to a habitat capable of encouraging the expansion of valued wading birds calls for some specialist equipment. Andy Collings reports LAPWING, redshank, snipe, […]

The Norfolk and Waveney machinery ring has seen its member activity and turnover rise consistently over the past three years. Andy Moore finds out why CONCENTRATING on core business is […]

Rising straw prices last winter helped boost demand for shred-and- spread machines which can reduce bedding costs. Mike Williams reports AS WINTER prices for wheat straw bales soared above the […]

Deere & Co.'s Construction Equipment Division is now the Worldwide Construction and Forestry Division, the Moline, Ill., manufacturer announced. The Worldwide Construction and Forestry designation, the company said, provides a [...]

COUNTRYSIDE: The forage specialist from the Agricultural Extension Service and other writers on pastures and hay fields are talking about aerating the soil to improve pastures. This allows oxygen and […]

The drive to enhance yields and nutrient stewardship through variable-rate technology (VRT) might have you chomping at the bit. Before you can run, though, you must walk--and have the hardware [...]

Tammy Nelson said 'NO' for a long time. Her husband, Kelby, had hot-rodded a rototiller for the Purple Pea Festival's (PurpleHull.com) annual World Championship Rototiller Races, and with it he [...]

Growing food plots can be hard, expensive work. There's just no way around it Like anything else in life, if you want to do it right, you have to be [...]

In the October/November 2009 issue, you published 'Homesteading Lessons Learned: If I Could Do It All Again' by Steve Maxwell. In it, Steve talks about his International Harvester Super H [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pinch-row compaction has existed since we first went to the field with a tractor. But today's heavy tractors and center-fill planters make it a growing concern, especially in [...]

Trends show that moving agricultural equipment on public roads is risky. Farmers from larger farms are often required to log more miles to plant, harvest, and transport crops. A 2001 study shows that farmers were at fault in 35% of collisions, and motorists were at fault in 42% of cases. Laws indicate that farmers are held liable for failure to adequately warn motorists.

Methods of raising no-till corn, or corn that is grown without disturbing the soil through tillage, are presented. The use of agricultural equipment such as planters and tractors in dealing with crop residues is also discussed.

Certain farm tests were performed in a conventional till field with corn planted into soybean stubble. The yields in the plots illustrate the advantage of placing starter closer to the seed than the standard 2'x2' placement., FARM JOURNAL evaluates starter attachments that deposit fertilizer so it's ready and waiting Having starter fertilizer on tap at the right time and in the right place boosts corn yields [...]

Some accessories or tools that can be used heavy lifting and for other purposes by farm persons is presented. Its uses and features are mentioned., Check out these cool accessories for your pickup Few farm tools get used more than a pickup and never have there been more aftermarket gadgets to make that four-wheel machine [...]

A. Chesson of the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, U.K., and G. Flachowsky of the Institute of Animal Nutrition, Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Braunschweig, Germany, reviewed the effect of using genetically [...]

'AgriTalk' is live every weekday at 10 a.m. CST on more than 70 stations nationally. To find an affiliate near you or listen online, visit www.AgriTalk.com. Machinery Pete's Take on [...]

Could your barn areas be more convenient and efficient than they are? Consider these savvy tips. Your barn is your refuge. Here are tips for making it as pleasing and [...]

As youngsters, my brother and I were always looking for a board to use in making our own toys. This was during the early years of the Great Depression of [...]

The use of ridge till farming system may offer various benefits because of its cost-effectiveness and dependability. However, such a system has not received wider acceptance because of the limited manufacturers and the residue which such a system leaves on the soil surface.

Emptying leftover seed back into the bag is hard for one person, so I constructed a stand to lend a hand. Using 2' square tubing, I made a 3' tall [...]

The McCormick-Deering binder (a 1930s model) and Farmall F-12 tractor on steel wheels shown in this photo were used by Harold Lee Williams (on the binder) and Eugene Joe Williams [...]