Next-Generation Engines 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

Last March John Deere's non-road diesel engine group announced the technology it will use to reach the near-zero emission levels set by the EPA. Diesel...

Three Ways to Save Fuel 

We Want customers to know there is a lot they can do to offset a dip in fuel efficiency, and it starts now, with their current vehicles, says Steve Meinzen,...

FinOvation 2009 

By: By Karen McMahon, David Hest, Mark Moore

SmartStax Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences collaborated to produce a new eight-trait stack of genes in a hybrid that they expect to bring to the market in...

New John Deere tractors 

John Deere focused on its lower-horsepower tractors in a new-equipment event held recently in Florida...

Tractor-sizing tool 

By: 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...

Have tractors improved? 

Have Tractors gotten more or less fuel efficient in the last 10 years? Canada's tractor test lab, The Prairie Ag Machinery Institute, averaged the ratings...

The most fuel-efficient tractors 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

It Used to be that the only time a farmer would think about diesel fuel was when it was time to fill the tank. But as diesel fuel prices soar to $4.00/gal.,...

Dollars saved 

Roger Hoy, professor and director of the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, calculates how a difference in ratings can translate...

How to calculate your tractor's fuel efficiency 

Go to http://tractortestlab.unl.edu. Click on Test Reports. The Web site shows all makes and models tested at the lab since 1999. (Hard-copy reports for...

Shift up, throttle back 

By: By Mark Moore

You've Heard all the usual tactics for using less tractor fuel: Change the oil, clean the air filters, inflate the tires. But there's one operating procedure...