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.
Electric tractor manufacturer Solectrac caused a stir in the ag equipment industry when it announced it would be selling directly to customers as well as supplying dealers using a hybrid sales model.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seattle autonomous equipment firm unveils pull-behind laser weeding machine to supplement existing farm equipment fleets with pin-point weeding ability, no ground disturbance, and no chemical residues.
OEMs have asked the American Petroleum Institute for new diesel engine oil standards to go with hardware they are developing to meet stringent new 2027 carbon emission and fuel economy requirements.
In less than 15 years, Austrian equipment manufacturer establishes itself as a major player in North American forage-handling equipment and broadacre farming tools.
Over 14 years, Poettinger U.S., has firmly established itself across the country as a competitive supplier of forage-handling and tillage equipment representing the design work and company culture of Austria’s 150-year-old implement builder.
Danish firm makes multi-axis steering easy for OEMs to improve maneuverability and productivity of farm and construction equipment. The system enables tighter turns and high-visibility crabbing.
Significant increases in productivity sometimes come in unexpected and obscure innovations. Case in point: Danfoss Power Solutions’ new MultiAxis-Steer in use on farms across Europe.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
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.
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