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In a region with a famous past, the Berry family looks to sustain a long future.
This Illinois farmer says he was slow to adopt precision ag technology. But now, after a few years under his belt, he’s excited about the results.
Robotic tractors, autonomous vehicles and a concept known as the “[Industrial] Internet of Things” have been gaining a lot of attention lately, both in the ag media and at farm shows. Those innovations are, however, nothing new at AGCO. Fendt is working with Ulm University of Applied Sciences in Germany, on an autonomous concept known as MARS—Mobile Agricultural Robot Swarms.
Last fall, as soon as combines left the corn fields surrounding York, Nebraska, a veritable army of tractors pulling flail shredders and large square balers moved in for a highly coordinated second harvest. The race was on to get excess crop residue—corn stover—shredded, put in windrows, baled and stacked for transport...
It's here! The Spring 2017 issue of FarmLife, the AGCO magazine for the U.S. and Canada. FarmLife covers topics that include agriculture and homesteading, featuring stories about innovative farmers and their families, the rural lifestyle, best practices, equipment updates...
Jason Lynch and his father-in-law, Curtis Coombs, use their Hesston® by Massey Ferguson 2270XD to bale wheat straw in the hilly Palouse region of southern Washington. Extreme conditions in the Palouse aren’t limited to baling, and use of AGCO equipment has a growing fan base for its reliability and versatility.
Organic California farmer Chris Bunn says his three Challenger track tractors float across his compaction-prone fields “with great comfort and speed like ships on the sea!”
Once upon a time, American soybean growers were largely unchallenged as the world’s top producers. In the 1960s, they controlled 80% of the global soybean market. Today, Brazil has closed the gap—combined, it and the U.S. are now responsible for...
The Farm is a special place in California’s Salinas Valley. Including a 15-acre demonstration plot situated just off busy Highway 68, it’s peppered with large murals by artist John Cerney that depict the largely immigrant labor force responsible for making...
