Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. As contamination rose, crop yields fell by 15 percent. The widespread practice, which took place through the late aughts, “had a deleterious effect on soil quality,” says Richard H.

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Agwired

APRIL 17, 2024

John Deere , with the help of quarterback Brock Purdy, launched an epic hunt for the company’s first-ever Chief Tractor Officer (CTO) — a witty and charismatic content creator ready to help the iconic American brand celebrate farmers, contractors, groundskeepers, and brand fans. Tractors are down 13.3 March sales jumped 3.2

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Unit sales of 4-wheel-drive agriculture tractors grew slightly in the U.S. during the first month of 2024, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). January data shows 4-wheel-drive tractors increased year-over-year 1.4 In the U.S., percent, the only segment to show growth in the month.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The PCB Protestsand the Birth of a Movement Oily in texture and without smell or taste, PCBs are synthetic compounds used in manufacturing transformers and other electrical equipment. The trailer is still hitched to the old orange tractor they used as they harvested two long rows from a nearby field. Across the road, peacocks shriek.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Far Eastern Agriculture

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

BKT, as a leading Off-Highway tire manufacturer is pursuing its goal of bringing to life high-performance tires that meet stringent application standards and sustainability criteria Traditional farming techniques are being overtaken by more efficient and productive operations, partly thanks to the arrival of Agriculture 4.0 applications.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Over the next two decades, tractors, mechanical harvesters, and chemical herbicides made sharecropping obsoleteyou no longer needed much labor to farm cotton or grains. When he was fifteen, a tractor flipped over on his father and killed him. He had spent 25 years working in food manufacturing, mostly outside Arkansas.

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Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

Unit sales of 100+ horsepower ag tractors increased slightly in February 2024 in the U.S., according to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Year-to-date data, however, reflects sales are below 2023 in total units of ag tractors and combines. Ag tractor sales dipped 14.2

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Agwired

AUGUST 15, 2024

sales of 4-wheel-drive tractors increased 18.6 percent year-to-date according to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Total sales of Ag tractors dropped 14.1 USDA made the announcement in a Federal Register notice. percent in July 2024 compared to the year before and are up 5.2 percent year-to-date.

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Agwired

JULY 19, 2023

Total farm tractor unit sales in the U.S. turned positive for the first time in 2023, led by continued strength in large tractors and combines according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Gains in the U.S. market were led by 100+hp 2WD units, up 25.4

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

The bulletin says, “Iowa State University researchers generally recommend terminating the cover crop with herbicide 10-14 days prior to planting corn to protect yield; however, that time frame is less critical for soybeans.” The type of herbicide depends on which cover crop is used and the timing for spring planting. But the crop duster did.

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Farming Farming Acre Seeding 52

Agwired

AUGUST 16, 2023

The technologies from Mosaic Biosciences enhance crop health and support the natural biology in plants and soil, ultimately maximizing the yield potential of every field. while total farm tractor unit sales in the U.S. and Canada declined in July, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.

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Seeding Tractor Supply Chain Technology 40

Agwired

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Heavy duty row crop tractor unit sales continued to increase in the U.S., while overall farm tractor unit sales in the U.S. and Canada declined in August, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). 100+hp 2WD tractors, and 4WD tractors were the only segments to grow year-over-year.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

BASF is introducing xarvio SeedSelect, a novel seed variety placement technology based on an algorithm derived from plot trial field research, local topographic and soil attributes, and variety-specific yield building characteristics. Unit sales of 4WD ag tractors continued growing in both the U.S. 4WD tractors grew year-over-year 12.6

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 1, 2025

Diesel-powered tractors replaced horse-powered plows, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizers replaced their manure. Department of Agriculture programs encouraged their adoption with financial assistance that enabled big purchases like tractors as well as smaller annual purchases of newly improved hybrid corn seeds.

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Food Crop Processing Tractor 59

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Another example: The International Tobacco Growers Association, set up and run by cigarette manufacturers, lobbied in Indonesia in 2010 against a ban on additives in tobacco manufacturing, claiming that it would harm the livelihood of farmers. Tobacco manufacturing jobs—de-stemming leaves, making cigarettes—accounted for only 1.6

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