Farm Equipment

Today farmers’ shops, storage facilities and offices bulge with a wide range of equipment and technologies to keep them at maximum productivity and profitability. From the work-horse tractor to harvesting equipment and GPS and other technologies that guide them, the tools of production are ever-evolving. With each season, new ideas take shape and find permanent places on U.S. farms.

Recent Items for Farm Equipment

Commentary May 31, 2013

‘Gee whiz’ technology systems now commonplace in agriculture

Precision ag companies are constantly coming up with newer, better, faster, more accurate ways to do things.
Commentary Apr. 19, 2013

America’s vanishing middle class: Gap between rich and poor widens

As the gap between the rich and the poor widens, the middle class that helped build America continues to shrink.
Article Apr. 14, 2013

New structural design enhances seeding accuracy of 9000 Series White Planter

White Planters presented 9000 Series 12-row, narrow-transport row crop planter to dealers and media at event in Davenport, Iowa.
Article Apr. 2, 2013

Aging inland waterways infrastructure to be rehabbed?

An aging U.S. waterway infrastructure – which carries more than 60 percent of America’s grain and other commodity exports -- may be set to get a funding boost from Congress that will allow for more than a facelift.
Commentary Mar. 19, 2013

Counterfeit food robs Americans of $10 billion each year

What sits on the grocery shelf is often not what it seems — especially regarding olive oil, honey, fish and wine. Americans pay $10 billion to $15 billion annually for fake food — often due to product laundering, dilution and intentionally false labeling.
Gallery Mar. 14, 2013

The other side of cotton production

Cotton is more than a wonder fiber. After cotton is plucked from fields and packed in gins — cottonseed is only just beginning to be processed. Cottonseed value continues to climb, and at Delta Oil Mill, Jonestown, Miss., managed by Scott Middleton, Jr., cottonseed processing has been rolling since 1942.
Article Mar. 12, 2013

New app IDs weeds, insects, diseases

A new mobile Web application will allow soybean farmers to easily identify weed, insect and disease problems in their fields by just grabbing their smartphones.
Gallery Mar. 5, 2013

Farmers on edge of fields as spring nears - Photo gallery

With planting dates closing fast, farmers are preparing equipment for fieldwork. The winter of 2012-2013 has been mild, with temperatures rarely below freezing. Here are a series of Delta agriculture images from late fall through the mild winter.
Video Feb. 13, 2013

Ram Truck Super Bowl commercial delivers

The Dodge Ram truck commercial celebrating the farmer that ran during this year’s Super Bowl obviously struck a note with many viewers.
Article Feb. 5, 2013

‘Corn Advisor’ app released

An app developed by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture can turn a producer’s smartphone or tablet into a corn expert.
Commentary Feb. 1, 2013

As U.S. becomes more fuel-efficient fund for roads/bridges nears empty

While the cost of gas has ranged all over the map in the two decades since 1993, one thing hasn’t changed: the federal tax on gasoline.

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