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:
- 10 Innovators Who Transformed American Farming Over 250 Years
- Listen to the 2026 Growing Season Farm Playlist
- CNH's New Management Structure Can Both Case & New Holland Survive | Tractor Therapy Podcast
- Made for Only a Year, Tillsoil 18-30 a Rare Breed
- A Decade of Opportunity Awaits for Off-Highway Electrification
10 Innovators Who Transformed American Farming Over 250 Years
This year, America celebrates its semiquin-centennial — 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed. In honor of this historic anniversary, Successful Farming is looking back at innovators who profoundly changed the path of American agriculture.
Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society
Listen to the 2026 Growing Season Farm Playlist
Hop in the cab, hit shuffle and enjoy these songs, curated by Cover Crop Strategies Managing Editor Mackane Vogel, that all have something to do with farming. Some of them are directly farming related like Luke Bryan's "Rain Is a Good Thing." Others might be more subtle like Jason Isbell's song "Grown," which isn't necessarily about agriculture but the title involves things (or people) that grow.
CNH's New Management Structure Can Both Case & New Holland Survive | Tractor Therapy Podcast
In this episode of Tractor Therapy, the hosts tackle the news of CNH’s new management structure, looking back at the Case and IH merger, and when Case IH and New Holland came together. After tackling some other topics in the news, they get into this topic around 6:50. Give it a listen.
Made for Only a Year, Tillsoil 18-30 a Rare Breed
“Some tractors rumbled along spouting great clouds of black smoke right on through the 20th century. Others smoldered out like a candle flame,” writes Andy Castillo in this article from Farm Progress. “The turn rows of North American farm machinery history are littered with the rusted frames of those tractors that didn’t survive agriculture’s evolving landscape, as acreage expanded and commodities globalized. Among them, the Tillsoil 18-30.”
Source: Max Armstrong
A Decade of Opportunity Awaits for Off-Highway Electrification
In this article OEM Off-Highway explores the potential for electrification for off-highway equipment. Violet Urban and Jon Volk write, “It’s important to understand that the slower pace of electrification in off-highway equipment is not due to a lack of intent. On the contrary, there is a huge amount of interest across the industry, driven by environmental targets, regulatory pressure, and growing demand for cleaner, quieter machines able to operate in urban environments without attracting unwanted attention.”
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