…USDA loan to invest in smart grid projects. Farmers plans to install more than 5,800 single-phase meters and additional meter reading equipment in its west-central Iowa service area. Hazlett also…
USDA and FDA Announce Key Step to Advance Collaborative Efforts to Streamline Produce Safety Requirements for Farmers
…covered in the USDA H-GAP Audit Program. The aligned components include areas such as biological soil amendments; sprouts; domesticated and wild animals; worker training; health and hygiene; and equipment, tools…
Deere Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Precision Planting, AGCO
…according to a company news release, relate to several of the “unique and inventive” aspects of John Deere planting equipment, many of which are “embodied in the state-of-the-art technology” Deere…
Agri View: Technology and Agriculture
Old tractors (McCormick and Deering in the foreground) Imperial Valley’s farm equipment museum. January 1997 Everett Griner talks about technology in today’s Agri View. If you believe that technology on…
Agriculture Groups Oppose Tariffs
…caused falling commodity futures, higher equipment prices, and the markets they’ve fought to get into for decades to vanish overnight. The addition of new retaliatory tariffs on everything from bourbon,…
Crop Protection Companies Readying for Robot Sprayers
…some of the profit pools that are in the hands of major agrochemical companies could wind up in the hands of farmers and equipment manufacturers. While still in its infancy,…
Funding Available for Agricultural Equipment Replacement
…things such as heavy-duty trucks, mobile off-road farm equipment, agricultural irrigation pumps engines, tractors and other equipment used in agricultural production. For vehicle or equipment replacement, CARB will provide up…
Clover Creek Bridge Crossing
…other heavy equipment to cross to the extensive previously inaccessible areas (in case of wildfires or for other reasons). Removable railings can be installed as needed. Jeff Mack requested technical…
USDA Confirms Virulent Newcastle Disease in Backyard Exhibition Birds in California
…and/or influenza-like symptoms. Infection is easily prevented by using standard personal protective equipment. APHIS is working closely with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to respond to the finding….
John Deere Raising Prices to Cover Steel Costs
Deere & Company is raising equipment prices in order to protect profits as costs rise. The farm and construction machinery manufacturer says profits were up 50 percent and equipment sales…
Fifth Crow Farm – An Ecosystem of Sustainability
…effects on fish while providing some water security for farmers.” John shows off all the equipment—the pumps, tanks, pipelines, flow meter and variable frequency drives—which facilitate the micro irrigation and…
Equipment Groups Release Policy Survey Results
In April, the Equipment Dealers Association and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers surveyed their members about the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and steel and aluminum tariffs…
Equipment Sales Sluggish, but Positive
The latest monthly tractor and combine sales report from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers shows increased combine sales. U.S. retail sales of combines jumped almost 59 percent last month, compared…
Fresno State Awarded Irrigation Innovation Grant
…consortium will “co-develop, test, prototype and improve innovations, equipment, technology and decision and information systems designed to equip farms of the future with cutting-edge technologies and strategies to enhance irrigation…