Southwestern Minnesota hobby farmer Al Smith dreams up big machines and more efficient equipment. Then he heads to the shop and creates it. “My passion, I guess, is building stuff,” says Smith, age 58 ...

Equipment maker introduces precision seeding technology designed to help small-grain producers maximize efficiency during ...

John Deere 2027 planters use automated depth control and real-time adjustments to potentially increase farm revenue by over $50 per acre.

As the ag economy searches for the next evolution of demand, Deanna Kovar says the future tractor might not just sip diesel, it could run on E98 ethanol grown by farmers themselves. In an exclusive ...

My experience with the service department at Wright Implement in Florence Kentucky was offensive. They took a brand new $11k X590 mower with just five hours of run time and treated like garbage. It ...

Olejnik Farms and Greenhouses in Michigan celebrates 100 years of family farming while showcasing the equipment that keeps its operation running.

Modern harvesting demands precision, durability, and speed. Growers face tight weather windows, rising input costs, and increasing expectations for yield quality. Equipment must perform reliably while ...

Improving crop yield very often comes at the cost of crop quality and stress resistance. Here, the authors report that gene editing of the thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitch in rice leads to elevated ...

John Deere has debuted its new 1 Series Compact Utility Tractors. The updated lineup, including the 1E 23, 1M 25 and 1R 25 models, features improved ergonomics, greater attachment readiness and a new ...

Agriculture equipment manufacturer John Deere sternly stamped out a report that it was shutting down U.S. production in response to tariffs by announcing the opposite. In early June, an MSN.com report ...

After a challenging year that saw hundreds of Iowa manufacturing workers laid off, John Deere is recalling nearly 250 employees to facilities across the state as customer demand strengthens in both ...

Plant domestication is the process whereby wild plants have been evolved into crop plants through artificial selection. This usually involves an early hybridization event followed by selective ...