Salford Group has expanded their U.S. manufacturing operations in Osceola, IA by 36% to keep up with growing demand for their tillage and fertilizer application products. The Iowa expansion brings Salford’s total manufacturing space to over 200,000 square feet in its U.S., Canadian and Russian production facilities combined. The expansion will allow for increased production of Salford’s patented Independent Series … Read More
Precision Planting Introduces New SpeedTube™
A new seed delivery system now in development by Precision Planting promises to allow growers to plant corn and soybeans much faster than is possible with seed tubes. Jason Stoller, Precision Planting Engineering Product Manager for the new SpeedTube™, says, “Available time for optimum spring planting is both limited and critical, and larger planters are not the answer to growing … Read More
Kinze Debuts 1st Electric Multi-Hybrid Concept Planter
Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. would like to introduce the world’s first electric multi-hybrid concept planter to help famers optimize their seed hybrids and increase yields. This technology provides farmers with the ability to change the seed hybrid they are planting automatically as the planter moves through the field. Now seeds can be selected to suit the different field management zones. “The … Read More
SDSU Creates World’s First Multi-Hybrid Planter
A collaborative effort at South Dakota State University’s (SDSU) College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences has produced the world’s first multi-hybrid planter to create advancement in precision agriculture. When SDSU plant scientist, Peter Sexton, needed a new row-crop planter at the Agricultural Experiment Station’s Southeast Research Farm near Beresford, he looked to the future – in terms of equipment and … Read More
2014 Iowa Power Farming Show Debut Ag Innovations
New agricultural innovations will make their debut during this year’s Iowa Power Farming Show. Midwest Growers and ranchers won’t have to travel far to see the latest from world-class farm equipment manufacturers and agribusinesses. These innovations include products and services, farm equipment, high tech electronics and precision ag technologies. This year’s show takes place January 28-30 at the Iowa Events … Read More
2014 Iowa Power Farming Show Will Attract Hundreds
If you build it and put it on display at the Iowa Power Farming Show, over 20,000 people will come to see it. In January, over 750 ag-related companies will once again set up shop at the Iowa Events Center, where they will showcase their best and latest ag products and services to thousands of Midwest growers. With over 1840 … Read More
Hick Chick Chat with Kinze Manufacturing
This week’s edition of the Hick Chick Chat again comes to us from NAFB Trade talk. I had a chance to catch up with Phil Jennings, service manager, from Kinze Manufacturing. We talked about all the exciting changes that are happening at the plant as well as some new things they have been working on for the field. Including a … Read More
Hick Chick Chat with Case IH about 2014 Products
Everyone has their preferences. On our farm, we liked red tractors and combines, on yours you may like green ones, maybe blue or even yellow or silver. Regardless, new products are rolling out for 2014. I had a chance to chat with the boys from CaseIH while at Trade Talk at NAFB about their upcoming 2014 line. Ryan Schaefer, Case … Read More
Ram Truck Farmer Photography Book Available
You loved the commercial, you’ll love the book. It’s a new photography book launched by Ram Trucks with National Geographic titled, “The Farmer in All of Us: An American Portrait.” The book is available for purchase now for $45 at www.ramtrucks.com/outfitter and will be in retail stores beginning late spring 2014. The 300-page coffee table book is a beautiful and … Read More