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Al Kuehnert’s initial reasons for purchasing the Massey Ferguson® 4609 were pretty practical. “I’m really good friends with the dealer,” he says, recounting his longtime relationship with Harmony Outdoors owner Don Harter. But despite that friendship, Al had never purchased...
In a recent story in FarmLife, the exclusive magazine for Massey Ferguson customers, Murray State University alumni panelist Kelly Brannon broached the topic of the hotly contested 2012 Yahoo! article that listed agriculture as the most useless college major. She...
With a full-time job and a 200-acre farm to manage, Gary Ellis has no time for downtime. “I don’t have time to be repairing the tractors. Reliability is my main concern,” says Ellis, an electrical engineer who raises about 50...
Good equipment and a top-notch dealer keep this rancher’s operation humming. We recently introduced you to Dan Forsea in a blog post about his efforts to protect water on his Oregon ranch. His operation is in the thick of rugged...
Today’s farmers have to overcome numerous hurdles in preparing optimum seedbeds: hard-packed soil, heavy residue left over from genetically modified crops, erosion concerns, and continued demands for speed and efficiency. To meet the challenge, Sunflower offers more than 100 models...
No matter your annual precipitation or what you’re raising, protecting water sources on your land is critical. However, when your yearly rainfall averages only 9 to 11 inches, as it does for rancher Dan Forsea, the task is all the...
In the first three years of raising potatoes—what was then Southern Alberta’s hot new crop—John Vossebelt almost lost the farm. Twice. “When we started in 2000, we were partly froze out,” says John, noting an early frost that destroyed a...
At first, things look pretty quiet at the dairy, located a few miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Ind. The only activity, it seems, is dozens of healthy-looking Holsteins with full udders munching feed. Drive a little farther, though, and a...
“The cure to most of our problems in agriculture could be sitting right in front of us,” says Jay Middleton. It’s a heavy thought, and one of the many reasons the agronomy senior at Murray State University (MSU) believes it’s...
