2025 will start with a bang, and I can’t wait to check out some of the new technology on display at these shows, including the following winners of the World Ag Expo’s Top 10 New Products contest.
Credited with the first mechanical no-till row cleaner, the No-Till Farmer Legend, farmer & designer left a swath of innovation that helped no-till work
March 22, 2024
The future of Howard Martin’s industry-leading innovation, which was so critical to success with the new no-till method, was in doubt on several occasions.
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. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Dealer Success Academy.
One of the masterminds behind the new Fendt IDEAL Air Blaster kit shows how the system provides in-cab, one-button removal of debris from the combine’s feederhouse, eliminating the time-consuming chore of climbing from the cab to manually clear debris, reducing maintenance and improving visibility.
AGCO engineer Karl Hofstetter provides a rundown on the new SimplEbale aftermarket kit for new and existing Massey Ferguson 1800 Series Small Square Balers. Hofstetter, who helped build the kit, shows how the upgrade’s interface provides guidance that simplifies operation and maintenance, such as a flake-by-flake indicator that provides immediate feedback so operators can adjust ground speed without waiting on a bale to tie.
DigiFarm’s Steve Riddle and Dylan Nemmers run down the benefits of the new Elevate Slim modem, billed as the only modem on the market to integrate easy roof mounting with over-the-air firmware updates.
Cory Buchs, senior product director for Trimble, gives a rundown on the company’s automatic stream switching, which allows farmers to access the best means of receiving RTX corrections via cellular or satellite.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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