While it’s not always advisable to dwell in the past, it is important to know where you (or your business, or the industry) came from and how your history impacts who and what you are today. In our office, there’s a long bookshelf lined with all the past issues of Farm Equipment and bound archives of Implement & Tractor dating back to 1959.

Kubota’s been a company on the move in recent years, diversifying its product lines and expanding its reach into the large ag equipment market.

What a year, huh? What started off to be a promising year for the farm equipment industry turned out to be one full of uncertainty.

What a year, huh? What started off to be a promising year for the farm equipment industry turned out to be one full of uncertainty.

In my conversations with dealers and manufacturers alike, I always ask what their biggest challenges are right now and in the years ahead. Without fail, the answer is always related to staffing and more specifically with finding service technicians.

The Tribine harvester first got the industry talking in 2013 when the prototype was first introduced in Kansas City at AG Connect. The Tribine provides two traditional functions, threshing and separating, plus the third function that involves a grain cart transporter. The Tribine was created to address several issues facing today's farms, such as the impact of labor shortages and reducing compaction. It brings together several functions for increased efficiency and productivity.

Early on in my days on the Farm Equipment staff, the editorial and art departments were huddled around a board of potential covers for the magazine. The details of what happened next are a little fuzzy, but are now office lore.

In this week’s episode we report on the leadership change at Buhler Industries and provide a look at some of the damage caused by Hurricane Florence in North and South Carolina. In this week’s Technology Corner segment, Jack Zemlicka takes a look at Redline Equipment's test plot in Gas City, Ind. Other topics include worldwide tractor sales for the first 8 months of the year, preliminary results to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s 2019 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends survey and the competition in the combine market.