May 1, 2008
Cover Story
Hooked on Smart
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
Will Your next farm implement be smarter than you? Will it be a better driver? Maybe. Electronics are increasingly common on planters, sprayers and other...
Features
Tractors go Global
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon and Mike Boyatt
The South Korean manufacturer TYM has boosted horsepower in its utility tractor line with the new T series. The trend among manufacturers is to build...
Equation for green farming
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Hest
If You want to farm green, two decisions about how you grow your crops are likely to have the biggest impact on achieving your goal how much tillage you...
The Scoop
Bakers vs. Wheat Farmers
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, From Guest Editor Allen Skogen
Wheat Growers have a message for America's baking industry: We told you so. For years, farmers warned that the milling and baking industry was pursuing...
Talk
TALK
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM
In favor of meat Just wanted to drop you a note to say I really enjoyed your Scoop editorial in the March issue of Farm Industry News on meat and its...
Products
The ultimate power tool
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jeff Ryan
It's a heavy-duty cargo truck, it's a tractor, it's a service vehicle. The Power Platform from Custom Chassis is everything in one package. The vehicle...
Stubble Multivator
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jeff Ryan
The Stubble Multivator, a tillage tool from Bute Engineering in Australia, is designed to level soil for seedbed preparation or size stubble in a single...
Technology
Leveling the field
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Hest
Automated Spray boom height control systems can't literally level your fields, but as they become more sophisticated, you might begin to wonder. In addition...
RFID reader
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jeff Ryan
For push-button wireless communication of data used with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags comes the new I.D.ology Lightning Rod EID reader....
Eye in the sky
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jeff Ryan
Cropcam is an unmanned aerial vehicle with a GPS-guided autopilot that is a used to take high-resolution digital aerial images. It is launched by hand...
Equipment ID
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jeff Ryan
The Datadots system from MicroDot Security Solutions allows a user to covertly identify equipment and register the equipment in a database. Each DataDot...
Trends
Cash from carbon
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Tom Recker doesn't consider himself on the cutting edge. But this Alta Vista, IA, producer already has two years of experience in the emerging carbon...
Tracking 20,000
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Challenger Recently sold its 20,000th track tractor. Caterpillar introduced its Mobil-trac system for its Challenger tractors in 1987, creating the first...
Articles
Correction
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The phone number given to us for Ag Solutions, maker of the Quick Drain system, was incorrect (Fast field drainage, March, page 22). The correct phone...
