Many farm operators provide some type of custom work or use of farm machinery to other farmers during the growing season, and payment is usually made following the completion of the harvest season.

High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...

Farmers are still delaying equipment purchases as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs cloud demand for crops and risk further extending a years-long slump in the sector. Top tractor makers CNH ...

After releasing our “Where Farm Equipment Is Made” 2025 update in February, we circled back with farm equipment manufacturers to get a read on how tariffs will affect where machines are made. Many ...

A first-of-its-kind academic analysis looks at labor rates and current autonomous solutions to spur a discussion on the tipping point for when the technology pays. Published by Chad Feichter, ag ...

With the farming season in full effect, and the harvest right around the corner, there is renewed focus on the state of labor for our essential agricultural and food processing workers. Due to ...

THE SHOW ITSELF. OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, AGRICULTURE TAKES CENTER STAGE AT THIS YEAR’S NATIONAL FARM MACHINERY SHOW. ACCORDING TO TRACTOR MANUFACTURER TIMES, DANIEL KELLY PATTERSON, THE NEWEST TREND ...

Earlier this month, Ford installed an automated underground system that uses a solar-powered pump to periodically saturate the roots of his crops, saving “thousands of gallons of water,” he estimated.

The world’s leading farm machinery makers are facing a prolonged slowdown as weakening farmer sentiment, falling crop prices, trade uncertainty, and higher borrowing costs weigh on demand for ...

For Kentuckians across the state, it's almost time to throw on your John Deere hat, a plaid shirt, or a pair of overalls and head on down for the 2024 National Farm Machinery Show. At the largest ...

A powerful piece of farm machinery is shown at work, demonstrating its capabilities and efficiency in practical farm ...