Autosteering options 

THE QUICKSTEER electric steering motor from Leica allows growers to add autosteering to a wide range of agricultural vehicles that do not have factory-installed...

Farm show bonanza 

By: Story by Karen McMahon

CVT on new tractors FIVE MODELS in the T7000 series tractors from New Holland are now equipped with AutoCommand CVT (continuously variable transmission)....

Utility tractors, combine heads 

KUBOTA INTRODUCES four new models to its M-series deluxe midsize ag/utility tractor line: the Kubota M100X, M110X, M126X and M135X with 98, 108, 125 and...

Soft Touch corn head  

Pork production losses are declining and herd reductions should result in a return to profits in the spring of 2010, according to Purdue University Extension Economist Chris Hurt....

Large flex header  

MacDon introduces a 45-ft. version of its FlexDraper flex header to keep pace with increasing combine-harvesting capacities...

Depreciation bonus 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Farmers have until December 31, 2009, to take advantage of the accelerated depreciation schedule for most farm equipment. The bonus depreciation measure...

Smarty Plants 

By: By Mark Moore

Just as insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant seed traits helped to increase crop yields, stress traits, the next step in the evolution of trait technology,...

Pull-behind cob harvester 

Vermeer Corporation introduces the CCX770 Cob Harvester that is towed behind a combine for collecting corncobs...

Combine-hopper capacity 

The New Crary Big Top grain-hopper extension will increase the capacity of the Case IH 6088 and 7088 combine models by 75 bu. for a total of 390 bu. Crary...

Twenty-first-century combines 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

If It has been awhile since you've upgraded to a more efficient combine, this may be the year you decide to buy. Farm equipment manufacturers have ushered...