Dan Crummett

Dan Crummett

Dan Crummett has more than 40 years in regional and national agricultural journalism including editing state farm magazines, web-based machinery reporting and has a long-term interest in no-till and conservation tillage. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Oklahoma State University.

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Dan Crummett
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Where There’s a Will … Or is There?

U.S. Industry is clamoring for skilled workers in a society plagued by three gaps that need to be filled before dreams of rebuilding national manufacturing can become reality
U.S. Industry is clamoring for skilled workers in a society plagued by three gaps that need to be filled before dreams of rebuilding national manufacturing can be come reality.


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Robotic Hand to Replace Berry Pickers?

University of Arkansas researchers work with food scientists in the Ag Experiment Station to develop a robotic hand that could replace dwindling numbers of available human harvesters.
University of Arkansas researchers work with food scientists in the Ag Experiment Station to develop a robotic hand that could replace dwindling numbers of available human harvesters.
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An Interactive Robot Points the Way to Smarter Farm Equipment

CNH engaged Agrishow 2025 visitors with a talking robot which answered questions and followed commands of voice prompts offering a glimpse into the future of machinery operation
CNH engaged Agrishow 2025 visitors with a talking robot which answered questions and followed commands of voice prompts offering a glimpse into the future of machinery operation.
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Large Domestic Autonomous Aerial Applicator Comes to Midwest

Regional aerial service Heinen Brothers is part of the commercialization process of Pyka, a young California startup’s global reach into unmanned aerial application platforms.
Growers in the western Corn Belt and parts of the Southern Plains may notice a strange, slow, high-wing spray plane at work this summer over row-crop fields and some pastures — a sight that likely will become commonplace soon.
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Cook With It or Run It Through a Fuel Injector?

Changing consumer attitudes about cooking oils could easily shift “seed oil” supplies to renewable and biodiesel production. Health concerns and politics will certainly affect the economic outcome. See the latest from Dan Crummett in commemoration of National Biodiesel Day.
The Clean Fuels Alliance America celebrates National Biodiesel Day March 18 praising Rudolf Diesel’s commitment to farm-grown fuels when he invented the first compression-ignited engine in 1877.
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