MACKINAW — Antique tractors dotted a harvested corn field Sunday as far as the eye could see. Running behind each other in rows, the old but still very reliable machines plowed the soil on the ...
It’s something to think about: “How organic is your farm if your diesel tractor is spewing particulates all over your strawberries and tomatoes?” That’s a question posed by Dean Case, who handles ...
There’s a lot to love about Volkswagen’s family of VR6 engines. As they’re effectively narrow-angle V6s, they can cram the power and smoothness of six-cylinder engines into bays designed only for four ...
Beginning this fall, green 14-ton tractors that can plow day or night with no one sitting in the cab, or even watching nearby, will come off the John Deere factory assembly line in Waterloo, Iowa, ...
When the tractor flashes a blue light and honks in response, a quick shift into drive, and it’s off. Fixing on a screen, it’s easy to forget that the joysticks are piloting a 66,000-pound bulldozer ...
John Heckman has plowed his fields every year that he can remember. But this year was different. Because of Heckman’s health, the task couldn’t be accomplished single-handedly. Family and friends ...