Donate to Disaster Relief Fund to Help Equipment Dealers Affected by Hurricanes

While the Houston area begins to recover from Hurricane Harvey, Florida is now assessing the damage from Hurricane Irma.  As the number of people in need of assistance continues to rise, the Equipment Dealers Foundation (EDF) is continuing to collect donations for its Disaster Relief Fund. The Disaster Relief Fund helps offset the financial demands of dealers and their employees who are affected by natural disasters. Grant money can be used for temporary housing, food, water and other necessities. Please consider a donation today! [More]

 

New Holland Unveils “Methane Powered” Concept Tractor – Real Agriculture

In three years, farmers could be using methane produced on their farms to fuel New Holland methane-powered tractors. [More]

 

AGCO Closes On Precision Planting Acquisition – AGCO 

AGCO’s purchase of Precision Planting from The Climate Corporation has closed. [More]

 

Claas of America & The Climate Corp. Announce Collaboration Efforts – Farm Equipment

Claas of America and The Climate Corp. are in discussions to implement data connectivity capabilities that will enable farmers to seamlessly flow data from Claas machinery into Climate’s industry-leading Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform using the Climate FieldView Drive device. [More]

 

Vermeer Unveils the Next Big Leap in Baling Technology – Precision Farming Dealer

The first-ever self-propelled round hay baler is expected to revolutionize haying operations for big producers. [More]

 

Superior Expands Partnership with General Equipment in NE & IA – Equipment World

General Equipment & Supplies, a Midwestern distributor of aggregate and construction equipment, has become an exclusive dealer for Superior Industries in Iowa and Nebraska. [More]

 

Deere Signs Agreement to Purchase Blue River Technology – Successful Farming

With the acquisition of Blue River Technology, Deere looks to advance its machine learning capabilities, helping farmers make the leap from managing at the field level to managing at the plant level. [More]

 

CNH Industrial Named One of Most Sustainable Companies in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices – OEM Highway

CNH Industrial is the Industry Leader in Machinery and Electrical Equipment in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, World and Europe, for the seventh consecutive year. The company has also been named Industry Group Leader in Capital Goods for the second time. [More]

 

Trump Nominates Ibach, Northey for Key USDA Posts – AgUpdate 

President Donald J. Trump has nominated Nebraska’s director of agriculture and Iowa’s secretary of agriculture for key under secretary positions at USDA. [More]

 

Nebraska Panhandle Sunshine, Low Humidity Ideal Potato-Growing Conditions – AgUpdate 

Construction and farming are not mutually exclusive. New buildings going up are a familiar thing to most people who live in rural areas. However, the new buildings going up at Lisco, Neb., might not be as familiar. [More]

 

Market Analyst: Demand for Equipment a “Coiled Spring” – AEM 

Significant growth could be in the offing for the equipment manufacturing industry, according to market analysts from Robert W. Baird & Co. [More] 

 

Iowa Land Value Survey Shows Year of Growth – AgWeb 

Iowa land values are showing signs of stability, as well as some steady growth. [More]

 

Nebraska Pig Farmers Finalists for Pig Farmer of the Year – KVRN 

Two Nebraska pig farmers, Bill Luckey and Leslie McCuiston, both of Columbus, are two of the four finalists who are vying to become 2017 America’s Pig Farmer of the Year. [More]

 

Volume of New Equipment Finance Activity Rose in 2016 – Farm Equipment

New business volume grew 2.5% in the equipment finance industry in 2016, according to the 2017 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity released by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. [More] 

 

Agtech Issues: The Shiny Object Syndrome – PrecisionAg 

If the agtech or precision ag industry are to excel and actually gain the trust of growers and the service providers that help them, then we all need to find ways to not sell or promote the shininess of products, but concentrate on the extra value they bring to the table. [More]