December 1, 2008
Cover Story
Buying in a shaky market
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Although Stock prices on Wall Street and major financial markets around the world rose and fell wildly this fall, experts say that the agricultural economy...
Staying steady
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Hest
The Dramatic Downturn in crop prices raises this question: Does agriculture face the same crisis as the general economy, or are recent market declines...
The Scoop
Recession time
Dec 2, 2008 12:09 PM
We're Headed into a severe recession that will last 9 to 16 months, predicts Wells Fargo agricultural economist Michael Swanson...
Farmindustrynews.com
Versatile in, Buhler out
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Buhler announced at a dealer event in early November that it is dropping the Buhler name on all its tractors and keeping the Versatile brand instead...
New John Deere tractors
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
John Deere focused on its lower-horsepower tractors in a new-equipment event held recently in Florida...
Catch our new biofuels blog!
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Read the latest inside news on the biofuels industry in the “BioFuel Lines” blog by Lynn Grooms...
Talk
Ethanol industry
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
I read your editorial on John McCain's position on the ethanol industry [“Ethanol Takes a Hit,” October 2008]...
Correction
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The price given for the Honda FourTrax Foreman in Easy riders [October 2008] was incorrect. The price of the Foreman with power steering, the least expensive...
Products
New From Sunbelt 2008
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon
Stacker bar A NEW 1925 Stacker Bar from Orthman Manufacturing is semi-mounted with rear lift wheels. The stack-style toolbar for 24 rows, 30-in. widths...
Tractor-sizing tool
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
The Rule of bigger is better doesn't always fit when buying a farm tractor. With the high price of machinery and fuel, you should consider what size tractor...
Pick up a deal
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Gilbert
As the price of fuel spirals up and the economy worsens, urban consumers are fleeing the pickup truck market, leaving deals for farmers who need big,...
In the pipeline
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Russnogle
The Syngenta seed pipeline includes a number of new products that should hit the market in the next two years. One is a new insect control event for corn,...
Ever green for the season
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Brand Marketing has taken on a whole new life for the popular John Deere brand. Virtually every type of clothing and accessory can now be found with the...
Ford tractors
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, John Kestner
Although the and the tend to attract the lion's share of attention, another great name in American agriculture was Ford. In The Big Book of Ford Tractors:...
Tractor archaeology
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, John Kestner
What can you do with that old tractor? Perhaps the most logical response is to forget about it, as ever newer, more powerful machines consign yesterday's...
Classic machines
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, John Kestner
As Part of its Tractor Legacy series, Voyageur Press has published Kenneth Updike's Classic Farmall Tractors. The early Farmall tractors were revolutionary...
Technology
Ultra-mobile PCs
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Hest
If You have been hankering for a portable, full-function Windows PC to take along to the field, but are put off by the bulk of a laptop, a relatively...
Trends
From pigs to Porsches
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Farm Buildings are a terrible thing to waste. That's why more farmers are renting out ones they no longer use. But what is involved in converting a farrowing...
Trimble buys Tru Count
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Trimble Announces that it is purchasing the assets of Tru Count Inc., a privately held company in Ames, IA. Tru Count manufactures air and electric clutches...
AGCO's auto-guidance partner
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
AGCO's Next generation of satellite-guided steering assist systems will be supplied by TSD Integrated Controls, a joint venture company formed by Topcon...
Good Buy
Seeing Big Red
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Honda Finally introduced its first utility vehicle Big Red. Because the company didn't want any mistakes in the vehicle, it took seven years to design...
