John Deere’s expanded 6 Series tractors were in the spotlight at the 2012 Farm Progress Show, spanning the spectrum to cover just about any need you have in a tractor. “We have 6D tractors which is our value spec tractor, we have a 6M which is our mid spec tractor – which replaces our 6030-7030 standard tractors, and then we … Read More
Falling In Love with John Deere 9 Series Round Balers
Building on the reliability and popularity of its 8 Series Round Balers, John Deere introduced 12 new models of its 9 Series Round Balers for 2013 during the Farm Progress Show last week and farmers were loving them. “I think they fell in love with all of our balers,” said Laura Cobb, senior marketing representative at John Deere Ottumwa Works. … Read More
Using Long-Term Trends as Planning Guide for 2013
There was a lot of talk during the Farm Progress Show this year about the epic drought and how it was impacting growers across the country. Brent Wilson, DuPont Pioneer technical services manager, was out interacting with growers and when talking with them heard quite often that they just want to put the epic drought of 2012 behind them. But … Read More
Monsanto FieldScripts Featured at FPS
Monsanto’s new FieldScripts service, the first from their Integrated Farming Systems, is changing the company’s pipeline and testing programs. During a media visit at the Monsanto Huxley, IA location on Farm Progress Show eve, we learned more about this from Tracy Klingaman. In the video below you’ll see him talking in front of one of their field trial plots. Here’s … Read More
John Deere Breeds New Species of Gator
John Deere has a brand new species of Gator that is out to chomp the competition when it comes to speed, power and agility. “It’s the Gator RSX850i, our first recreational utility vehicle,” said Product Line Marketing Manager Kevin Lund. “With 62 horsepower and 53 mile an hour top speed, four-wheel independent multi-link suspension, it delivers the performance that you … Read More
Hydraulic Down Force on Display at Farm Progress Show
Ag Leader Technology’s Hydraulic Down Force/SeedCommand was on display this week at the Farm Progress Show. We teased it earlier this week but now you can see how it works. Once again Will Cannon, Ag Leader Technology product specialist, was right there when we visited the booth in Boone, IA. Planter down force monitor and control capability is now integrated … Read More
Ag Secretary Visits Farm Progress Show
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited the 2012 Farm Progress Show in his home state of Iowa on Thursday to announce new USDA grants to support beginning farmers and discuss why Congress should pass a new farm bill next month. He gave three reasons why agriculture needs a farm bill now. “One, because it includes the disaster programs vital to … Read More
Harvesting Corn at Farm Progress Show
The weather cooperated big time this year at the Farm Progress Show so that field demonstrations got in a full schedule. We had a nice breeze to tone down a hot day in the field during the show. Corn harvest demonstrations began at 11am and there were crowds on hand to watch the large combines, tractors and grain carts in … Read More
Sunny Days at FPS
Welcome to day two of the 2012 Farm Progress Show. Here’s the sunrise view from the media tent this morning. We’re on location again enjoying the cool temperatures before things heat up and hoping to get out in the field for some harvest demonstrations since this will be the first show in a while where they can be done. There’s … Read More
John Deere Showcases the Future at FPS
John Deere is giving farmers a glimpse of what farming in the future might look like at Farm Progress Show and it looks cool. “We put together a little video of a farmer in the future that shows some advanced technology to give a vision of the future,” said Deere’s Barry Nelson. “We’ve got 7 billion people right now, it’s … Read More