March 1, 2009
The Scoop
Up in a Down Economy
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, From Editor Karen McMahon
The Bad U.S. economy was missing from the National Farm Machinery Show held in mid-February. Tens of thousands of attendees streamed into the 27 acres...
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Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM
FIN TV National Farm Machinery Show videos RECORD CROWDS and exhibitors kept all signs of the recession far away from the popular National Farm Machinery...
AGCO Launches New Equipment
Feb 13, 2009 9:11 AM
AGCO Corporation launches new Challenger, AGCO, and Massey Ferguson high-HP row-crop tractors at 2009 National Farm Machinery Show, Louisville, KY....
Products
One-pass tillage
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup
Labor. Time. Fuel. Those are three things Tim Jamerson saves by running a new plow after harvest on his Hornersville, MO, farm. Jamerson recently completed...
The Green Giant
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Russnogle
First, there's the factor. Even in today's world of mega machinery, a 120-ft.-wide planter stops traffic and starts conversations. Large-scale operators...
A 260-hp Swiss army knife
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jeff Ryan
If you ever wanted a machine to perform a variety of tasks, and do them all well, the PowerPlatform from Custom Chassis is the vehicle for you. Unveiled...
Nematodes return
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Nematodes Can cause anywhere from negligible yield losses to 100% yield losses in corn, depending on the type and number in a given field. What's more,...
Cover Story
Tire Trends
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
The Demand for large-volume farm tires the kind found on today's large row-crop and 4-wd tractors has never been higher. Tire makers like Firestone, Titan-Goodyear,...
Technology
Guide to guidance
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
With the new guidance technology, receivers are able to receive signals from at least one additional satellite system besides the U.S.-developed GPS system....
FarmerGPS Laptop-Based Guidance and Mapping System
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
Around the turn of the 21st century, Johannes Heupel searched for a guidance system with mapping and contour capabilities, but didn't find what he wanted....
Deere Combine Steering Whiskers, and more
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
Although Technically a mid-2008 introduction, John Deere's AutoTrac RowSense corn-head-based steering system will be a new option for many growers in...
Teejet lower-cost steering option
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
TeeJet's CenterLine 230BP GPS guidance console now is compatible with the company's FieldPilot automated steering system. Recent firmware updates for...
Leica Geosystems New Display for Mojortk
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
For 2009, Leica Geosystems introduces iNEX mapping and guidance touch-screen display. The display, which plugs into the Leica mojoRTK console, is one...
AutoFarm New Ontrac2 Steering System
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
AutoFarm's Second-Generation GPS wheel steering system, the OnTrac2, offers hands-free steering at a modest price. OnTrac2 has a split-gear design, which...
Reichhardt guidance PSR offsets implement drift
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
The Reichhardt Ultra Guidance PSR system, which is imported from Germany, offers a choice of sonic, tactile and mechanical sensors. Signals from the sensors,...
Case IH & New Holland New Receivers, Steering Enhancements
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
New Software programs for the Case IH Pro 600 and New Holland IntelliView Plus II displays have added several enhancements to guidance systems, including...
Hemisphere GPS Lower-Cost Touch-Screen Display
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
The New Outback Sts 7-in. touch-screen display offers many of the features of the Outback S3 8.4-in. touch-screen display, but in a smaller package and...
Trimble New Display With Dual Receivers
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
Trimble has added a new 12.1-in. touch-screen display with dual receivers, a new variable-rate application option for its EZ-Guide 500 lightbar system...
Topcon New Steering, Lightbar Systems
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
The New System 150 automated steering system from Topcon provides the latest technology to receive correction signals from all major satellite systems,...
Dickey-Jon Intelliag now Offers GPS Steering
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
Dickey-John's Intelliag application control terminal now can pull double duty as a steering controller for special Trimble AgGPS AutoPilot steering systems....
AGCO Auto-Guide2 on the Way
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Hest
AGCO Expects to introduce its second-generation guidance system, Auto-Guide2, to the market in the last half of 2009. Auto-Guide2 will incorporate the...
Trends
Game-changing tractors
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jodie Wehrspann
Agco Corporation wowed dealers with its recent introduction of three new lines of tractors that are built to the company's own specifications. The tractors...
Buying on the Web
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Kurt Lawton
As Broadband Internet speed has found its way into more farm and ranch offices, growers have discovered the value of quick access to Web sites that help...
Ethanol from stover
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynn Grooms
Corn stover could provide as much as 20% of the feedstocks needed for ethanol production by 2030. But is corn stover sustainable? Will growers be able...
One-pass weed control
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore
Bayer CropScience has launched Corvus herbicide for the 2009 growing season a consistent, full-season, one-pass weed control product for corn. Corvus...
New trait for pest control
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Now that the EPA has given registration approval to Syngenta's new Agrisure corn trait event, MIR162, the company has given the trait a name: Agrisure...
Preplant corn herbicide
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Corn Producers have gained some flexibility in their preplant herbicide program. Valor Herbicide, from Valent U.S.A. Corporation, is now labeled for use...
Gene research for insect control
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM
DuPont and Athenix are collaborating to develop the next level of insect-resistant trait genes. Under their agreement, DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred...
Good Buy
Business as usual
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon
The Iowa Power Farming Show, held in early February, appeared recession-proof. Its exhibitor space was sold out, and large crowds flocked to the Des Moines,...
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