Nov. 7 2025 As we look ahead to winter, plan to get your equipment in the shop and give each haymaking tool a good maintenance makeover. Adam Verner, balers

Aug. 29 2025 I hope that everyone has received at least a few timely rains this summer. As I have perused social media sites, there are stories of farmers who have experienced some traumatic mid-season machinery breakdowns

May 27 2025 Once the equipment is back in the dirt or hayfield, farmers remember a few things that slowed up their operation last year

May 12 2025 As we get ready for the upcoming hay season, numerous engineers have been hard at work to give us the first true new development in the small-square business in a long time

March 10 2025 Time on the farm can bring about a totally different outlook

Jan. 20 2025 Feeding cattle all winter is why you have to love your job. It’s during this time of year that daylight hours and work hours don’t often jive, as many feeding duties require artificial lighting

Dec. 16 2024 I hope that everyone has had a great fall, and that the harvest has been bountiful! High feeder, fat cattle, and milk prices have improved the outlook for those in the livestock business, which is a nice...

Oct. 9 2024 Weeds seem to persist regardless of the current or extreme weather situation

May 28 2024 Now that warmer weather is upon us, everyone starts to get that itch to dust off the equipment and pull it out of winter storage

April 18 2024 As we get into the new year, a lot of farmers are concerned about cash flow on their farming operations

Feb. 24 2024 The offseason is a time of year when you can get unexpected phone calls and possibly a few visits from sales people who are trying to pedal their agricultural wares

Jan. 29 2024 As we look ahead to the next haymaking season, I’m sure some people have begun to accept the new norm for equipment costs

Dec. 18 2023 NOW that hay season has wrapped up for a majority of the country, it is the time to take a look back at the past year’s production and evaluate what was done well and identify those areas where improvement...

Aug. 21 2023 Summer seems to pass by faster and faster each year. For the most part, it’s because I work too much and can never seem to slow down

May 3 2023 As planters are “getting after it” across the country, many people have been upgrading their old toolbars with new precision, high-speed equipment

March 31 2023 Most of the country is on the downhill side of what has been a pretty tough winter for the West, although the moisture was welcomed in many areas. It’s almost time to put the planters in the dirt...

Feb. 1 2023 As winter is fully entrenched in our everyday lives, some of us are itching to get back onto the tractor seat. Of course, if you’re like me and own livestock, then it seems you never miss a day on...

Jan. 1 2023 As the cold weather sets in and daylight hours shorten, it usually allows for more time with our families as well as time to ponder improvements to our operations. Some could be looking to upgrade the

Nov. 7 2022 As cooler weather begins to sweep across the country, livestock producers, especially cattlemen, start making plans to feed their stock during the upcoming winter. This is nothing new and has been goi

Aug. 10 2022 It's been fun during the first half of 2022 in the equipment industry (insert sarcasm here). For almost two years, we have seen unprecedented price hikes in all aspects of the agricultural industry