The Farm Equipment in your hands today is 20 years in the making. Shortly after acquiring Farm Equipment (and what would become Ag Equipment Intelligence and Farm Innovations) in 2004, we learned our fate was tied to the shortline equipment manufacturers.
This month's equipment value guide highlights high-clearance sprayers from Case IH, Hagie, John Deere, Miller, New Holland and RoGator. All of the sprayers included in the selection are model year 2021 units and appeared in the Summer 2023 IronGuides Issue. For more detailed values use IronGuides.com, an online appraisal tool for agricultural equipment that adjusts for your machine’s unique region, options and usage.
The 2023 Dealership Minds Summit, on Aug. 1-2, drew a record crowd of 271 attendees from 71 different dealerships across the United States and Canada, and featured 19 speakers.
Earlier this year, we announced a program that would properly record — for posterity — the individuals whose innovations impacted the machinery and dealer distribution industry in North America over the last 55 years.
With a curious mind & a wood-carved model, the founder of Great Plains Mfg. built a manufacturing empire for ag implements that would eventually help Kubota fast-track its entry into production ag
The quiet, unassuming Roy Applequist, founder of Great Plains, was the subject of many Farm Equipment interviews since Lessiter Media acquired the magazine in 2004.
Kinze founder advanced the industry through numerous pioneering inventions & went head-to-head with Deere to ensure a choice for other shortline manufacturers
A failed Air Force physical redirected a prodigious welder to answer the calls
that led to a vertically integrated & diversified manufacturing giant that bears his name
Don Landoll, one of 8 children raised on a farm in Hanover, Kan., was destined to be a manufacturer. With the encouragement of his parents, he graduated from Tinker Toys to an Erector set at age 7, before the farmstead even had its own electricity.
In 2023, Vermeer Corp. celebrates its 75th anniversary. The company’s roots go back to World War II, when founder Gary Vermeer was looking for a way to speed up the unloading of corn in a tight labor market.
For the second year in a row, dealers ranked Meyer Manufacturing #1 in the annual North American Equipment Dealers Assn. (NAEDA) Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey.
Doran Distribution has sold shortlines to dealers throughout the upper Midwest since the late ‘90s. Owner Bob Doran gives you a glimpse of what his job entails
In a Feb. 9 press release, Claas defined FarmPoint as “a physical and virtual launching point for parts, service and equipment” with “a select number of service bays but a high degree of focus on remote service.’’
On behalf of the editorial team, we’re pleased to bring you these Executive Statements from across the ag equipment industry — a special compilation you can turn to time and again as you evaluate your many choices in our vibrant agricultural equipment industry.
As scientists search for cleaner methods of producing nitrogen (N) fertilizer, they increasingly look to replace the century-old method of treating natural gas with high-pressure steam to produce anhydrous ammonia — the backbone of most forms of agricultural N products.
To me, Dr. Weber is one of the most influential philosophers in the ag equipment business. Every month, I would skip to Farm Equipment’s last page, read his column first and then return to page 1.
The Farm Equipment in your hands today is 20 years in the making. Shortly after acquiring Farm Equipment (and what would become Ag Equipment Intelligence and Farm Innovations) in 2004, we learned our fate was tied to the shortline equipment manufacturers.
For the second year in a row, dealers ranked Meyer Manufacturing #1 in the annual North American Equipment Dealers Assn. (NAEDA) Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey.
Earlier this year, we announced a program that would properly record — for posterity — the individuals whose innovations impacted the machinery and dealer distribution industry in North America over the last 55 years.
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.
Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.
Finance Scope is able to provide the best financing opportunities for equipment dealers and customers through a diverse mix of lending companies under one single platform. Our large group of lenders, allows for competitive rates regardless of credit scores. Additionally, dealers and customers have access to the industry’s best expertise surrounding finance and lease structures, for all purposes, within the agricultural and construction industries. We provide all of this into one online platform to provide our customers with the best available tailored finance solution for their equipment.