FarmLife is AGCO’s award-winning magazine and digital content program, serving the company’s customers in the U.S. and Canada with stories, videos, and more. Topics covered include agriculture and homesteading, featuring stories about farmers and their families, the rural lifestyle, as well as best practices and other advice readers can put to use in the field and at home. Please see below for blog articles written by our FarmLife authors, and visit myFarmLife.com for more.
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“People say, ‘Your garden must be beautiful,’” says Audrey Levatino of her specialty cut-flower farm near Gordonsville, Va. It’s not like owning a “landscaped country garden,” she says. “It’s work.” It’s work she loves so much, she stopped teaching high...
One of North America’s most accomplished whitewater pioneers, Paul Breuer spends more time these days riding his tractor than guiding a raft. Along with his wife Jennifer, Breuer owns and operates Country Road Cabins. The 89-acre rustic resort is home...
At Israel’s Kibbutz Nirim, farmers use Massey Ferguson tractors for a variety of reasons. One is the excellent service they get from farm equipment distributor Comasco. “They’re always here when we need them,” says Farm Manager Ohad Gotshtat through a...
Massey Ferguson® 4600 Series tractors have quickly become a favorite for utility applications. With the introduction of the 4600M Series, which consists of three new models, Massey Ferguson has made them even more versatile with the addition of new options...
“The football instinct,” Jason Schwab says, “is when somebody scores on you, you regroup, and you have 30 seconds to figure out how they’re not going to do it again.” That’s how Schwab operates his dairy, and AGCO’s willingness to...
There’s been considerable controversy over just how much of California’s freshwater the state’s agriculture industry actually uses. Is it 40%, 80% or somewhere in between? Here’s how the percentages are calculated, so you can decide for yourself. The amount of...
Mark Watne, along with his family, produces a variety of crops on 6,000 acres near Velva, N.D. The land is on the edge of the Bakken Shale oil reserves, where hydraulic fracturing has made the state the second largest oil...
FarmLife, the AGCO-brand magazine, has compiled tips on farm machinery maintenance from the experts—AGCO customers, as well as dealership and corporate personnel. Two installments in the series—baler and tractor maintenance—are now available online at myFarmLife.com/maintenance. Advice includes information on lubricants,...
When the Hesston High football team storms the home field on Friday nights, a swather towers on the sidelines in all its big, red and intimidating glory. The swather mascot first came into play in 1970, says Clint Stoppel, athletic...
