Born in the early days of the Great Depression with an idea to improve efficiency of the period’s steel-wheeled tractors, Yetter Manufacturing Co. Inc., has survived and thrived for more than 90 years by identifying problems and building solutions for its farmer customers.

Vermeer Corp. recently announced 4 new labor-saving and management concept applications that forage producers can anticipate in the company’s product portfolio over the coming seasons. 

DRT Corporation’s spray-boom recirculation features easy-to-install, universal fit technology to improve sprayer cleanout efficiency and opens the door to more accurate on-the-go chemical injection.

What began with Verlyn Fast’s idea for a 60-foot flat-fold farm sprayer in 1990 spawned a manufacturing company that has matured into a major player in the North American ag sprayer and liquid fertilizer applicator market. 

Reduced refining capacity and gasoline demand has the nation’s oil refiners scrambling to reallocate their processing to renewable fuels -- to meet regulatory mandates and to remain solvent.

In 1978, farm equipment dealer Jake Rozendaal saw the need for much heavier-duty tillage equipment to work the heavy clay soils in his local area near Salford, Ont.