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Ethanol Offers Practical Diesel Fuel Alternative

ClearFlame Engine Technologies announces developments that could soon put ethanol in the fuel tanks of farm tractors as well as many of the nation’s over-the-road trucks as it vies for clean fuel alternatives.
By Dan Crummett posted on October 4, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions, Niche Equipment Markets
It’s rare news that can bring a smile to corn farmers, environmentalists, over-the-road truckers and anyone else who uses a diesel engine for a living, but ClearFlame Engine Technologies may have brought Christmas early this year to all those folks.
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Dealer Facilitates Rise of Strip-Till in Western Kentucky

H&R Agri-Power’s Jeff Morgan rented strip-till equipment, lent a strip-till rig and fertilizer cart to a local crop consultant and collaborated with input dealers to help customers adopt strip-till.
By Dan Crummett posted on October 3, 2022 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
In the staunch no-till country of western Kentucky, a group of dealers and their customers are working together to crack yield caps through the adoption of strip-till.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Section Chemical Injection Boosts Sprayer Efficiency

Latitude-AG’s new SRV2 Boom Section Injection and Recirculation System breaks ground on reducing chemical waste and exposure with retrofit system to fit sprayers of all colors.
By Dan Crummett posted on August 28, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions, Niche Equipment Markets
The patents have been issued, the company’s name is different and the significantly advanced ag sprayer technology we discussed here in the April/May 2021 issue is headed to market.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Fertilizer & Fuel?

New York-based research firm unveils a 75 horsepower ammonia-fueled electric tractor that could foreshadow answers to the current lack of practicality of lithium-ion batteries to power large farm equipment.
By Dan Crummett posted on July 3, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
While most North American growers and farm equipment dealers don’t share much enthusiasm for electric-powered field tractors and harvesters, the recent demonstration of a highly-modified John Deere tractor using anhydrous ammonia as fuel for its electric motors could spark some interest in both groups.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Unseen Electro-Hydraulics Improve Equipment Handling

Test-mule skid-loader equipped with HydraForce single-system technology provides ride-control, load-leveling, bucket-shake, a “float mode” and pre-set load positioning with in-the-cab joystick settings
By Dan Crummett posted on May 29, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Headlines in the ag equipment world are routinely filled with flashy new products sporting larger capacities, faster field speeds, more accurate application rates and efforts at cleaner, more efficient farming.
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OEMs Explore, Acquire Electric Farm Power

Recent acquisitions & corporate-level reports indicate startups aren’t the only ones envisioning electric machines in the field.
By Dan Crummett posted on May 27, 2022 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
Recent startup “pure-players” in the all-electric tractor and implement business — companies that are solely devoted to the use of EV technology — are open about their products and vision for the industry, but legacy tractor manufacturers as a whole are tight-lipped about R&D budgets devoted to electrification of their products.
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Ag Prepares for Electric-Powered Future

Just-completed research provide an update on the realistic possibilities for electric-powered machinery on the farm.
By Dan Crummett posted on May 26, 2022 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
Spurred by global environmental concerns and farmer demands for more economic productivity, some equipment makers are increasingly turning their research and development sights to the efficiencies of the electric motor.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Field Tests Underway for Electric Planter

Iowa start-up Salin 247 field testing autonomous electric drive unit for planting in Iowa and Tennessee fields. Prototype machine also offers post-emergence capabilities in spraying and side-dressing.
By Dan Crummett posted on March 27, 2022 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions, Niche Equipment Markets

With a lifetime of farming experience and degrees in agronomy and economics, Dave Krog says he’s trying to whittle variable and fixed costs from today’s equipment outlays with an electric, autonomous drive unit aimed squarely at the 24-row planter.


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