Bendable fence post 

Spring-loaded post lets sprinkler drive over electric wire. A new flexible fence post from Pivotal Fencing Systems takes the time and hassle out of using...

ATV built for two 

By: Karen McMahon

The Bombardier’s latest Traxter easily accommodates a passenger....

Ground contact 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Powerful-looking tractor tires may not have more pull in the field....

Toolcat by Bobcat 

By: Karen McMahon

The skid-steer loader finds new life as a "utility vehicle machine."...

New Holland round balers  

By: Wayne Wenzel

New Holland's BR series round balers produce bales from 4 x 4 ft. to 5 x 6 ft. The new balers replace New Holland's popular series 600, including the...

Fertilizer containment regs 

By: Wayne Wenzel

New regulations will require a secondary containment dike on farm fertilizer storage tanks greater than 5,000 gal. It's no easy matter to sort through...

Post driver and puller 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Take the shock and frustration out of driving steel fence posts. PostMate is a heavy-duty guided T post driver and puller that steers the post and keeps...

Best of soil tests 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Confused by results? Look at what’s important and ignore the rest. Soil scientist George Rehm of the University of Minnesota Extension Service says some...

N-credible applicator 

By: John Russnogle

This machine reads a crop's needs for fertilizer and adjusts on the fly. The search for ways to make precision ag actually pay has led University of Illinois...

New red combines breathe easier 

By: Wayne Wenzel

After 2002 field trial evaluations, Case IH engineers say they have identified and remedied cooling system problems in new Axial-Flow 2300 series combines....

Desktop driving 

By: John Russnogle

You can’t manage what you can’t measure. That’s a favorite expression of Steve Robisky, product manager of John Deere Ag Management Solutions. With new...

Rip and strip conservation 

By: Wayne Wenzel

If you attend a Farm Service Agency meeting, you may find yourself plugging numbers into a spreadsheet to determine whether or not to update your yields...

Brazil's GM seed fiasco 

By: Wayne Wenzel

If he wins the election, Brazil's leading presidential candidate says he will not lift a four-year ban on biotechnology. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of...

New Zealand unwittingly grows GM corn 

By: Wayne Wenzel

New Zealand banned genetically modified (GM) crops from its shores two years ago. But a recent test there found 800 corn plants that were contaminated...

Prevent anhydrous theft 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Farmers around the country continue to report anhydrous ammonia thefts. Criminals steal anhydrous ammonia fertilizer from farmers to make illegal methamphetamine....

Great Plains gets better with age 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Seeding, tillage, and spraying debut at this year’s farm shows....

Electric tractors? 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Hybrid electric and fuel cell automobiles are one futurist solution for reducing pollution and dependence on fossil fuels. But will farm tractors ever...

FARM INDUSTRY NEWS TOUR TO FRANCE AND GERMANY  

FARM INDUSTRY NEWS TOUR TO FRANCE & GERMANY February 21 – March 02, 2003 France: With a population of 2.2 million people in an area of 41 square miles...

MIG welders: Machines for the modern farm shop 

By: Wayne Wenzel

David Anderson of Hobart Welders says he’s talking to more farmers who are interested in buying a MIG welder for machinery repairs. Why? Compared to a...

Four-steer skid steer 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Mustang Company will bring six all-wheel steering (AWS) loader models to market through selected dealers in North and South America. Three of the models...

Plan to comply 

By: Wayne Wenzel

A Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) is the best way to develop a workable strategy and prove that you are in compliance with upcoming EPA...

Weed stopper 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Syngenta Crop Protection’s launch of Callisto broadleaf corn herbicide last season was the company's most successful product launch ever, garnering 4...

Speed-shift McCormick 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Fingertip gearshift operation is now available on McCormick MC and MTX series tractors. The McCormick Speed Sequencer transmission's internal controls...

Beyond Ethanol 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Corn growers associations have pointed with excitement at the potential to use ethanol as the preferred hydrogen source in fuel cells. Now chemical engineers...

Synthetic tranny/hydraulic fluid 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Expensive transmissions and hydraulics deserve maximum wear protection. And Petro-Canada says it has the ultimate with its new Duratran Synthetic formula...

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