Farm Equipment's Best of the Web: Dec. 23, 2022

By Farm Equipment Staff posted on December 23, 2022

Farm Equipment editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great farm machinery industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:

Water-Jets on Planters
1959: Fuel Cell Tractor Debuts
Ag Equipment Intelligence’s Book of Lists — Free Download
A Dealers Christmas List
A Truck Driver, a Tractor Bound for California and a South Dakota Blizzard
Product of the Week: New to North America the Vaderstad Carrier XL 40

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Water-Jets on Planters

You might remember Michael Cully from his work with dealers while at AGCO & JCB. He’s now the CEO of the technology company, Susterre, that employs water-jet cutting technology to replace wearable parts in the tough residues of no-till planting. This video interview by Dan Crummet explains the system and Cully’s plans for dealer distribution. He is presenting a “Tech Talk” for our conference attendees in St. Louis in a couple weeks.

1959: Fuel Cell Tractor Debuts

Following New Holland’s Tech Day announcement on its first LNG tractor, we take you back to the fields of our next-door neighbor in West Allis, Wis., where Alls-Chalmers demonstrated its first fuel cell tractor in 1959.

Ag Equipment Intelligence’s Book of Lists — Free Download

For the first time ever, the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence arranged a special list compilations from 2022 content into one FREE download for dealers and manufacturers. Includes both the significant, and little known facts, about the farm machinery industry of 2022.

A Dealers Christmas List

In Tim Brannon's latest Equipment Dealer Tips, Tales & Takeaways blog, he shares (in alphabetical order) his Christmas list. No side of the business is left wanting in this exhaustive wishlist. Thanks for bringing the smiles and memories all year, Tim!

A Truck Driver, a Tractor Bound for California and a South Dakota Blizzard

Rodney Paulson, a rancher in his 70s, went out to feed his cattle Thursday afternoon and got stuck. Nearby neighbor Gus Gran tried getting to Paulson, but the blizzard conditions and deep snow were too much for his farm equipment to handle.On Friday, Gran did everything he could to find someone with equipment big enough to get to Paulson. Turns out the answer wasn’t far away. This tracked tractor was loaded up on a semi trailer in Jackson, Minn., bound for a dealership in California last week.

Product of the Week: New to North America the Vaderstad Carrier XL 40

The Väderstad Carrier XL 40 is the North American version of Carrier XL line which was widely popular with European growers. Developed in Canada, the Carrier XL 40 takes the original carrier line and improves on it for the American market by dividing the 40 ft piece of equipment into 5 sections which allows for added flexibility when adapting to contours in the land.

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Baltimore Port Closure to Impact High Horsepower Tractor Imports & Exports

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Weasler Engineering, we look at how the Port of Baltimore's closure will alter the flow of high horsepower tractors in and out of the country. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks about some changes coming to drone operation regulations. Also in this episode, Kazakhstan's potential for the North American ag equipment industry and what 2024 holds for the sprayer market.

Top Directory Listings

Yetter Farm Equipment

Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.

Montag Mfg

Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.

Finance Scope

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