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Farm heritage festival adds music, more activities. "We forged a new partnership with the fairgrounds," said Tod Buenger, president of the Lake County Farm Heritage Association, which has about 160 members. "This partnership allows us to have different activities, far more Children and adults can ...

Sorry, your farm isn't a farm, Iowa assessors tell angry owners. Most assessors look to the state's administrative code that asks whether the land is "in good faith, used primarily for agricultural purposes," said John Lawson, Clayton County's assessor and president of the Iowa State Assessors Association. That ...

New Case IH Steiger® CVXDrive™ series tractors set new frontier for power, performance and productivity. gal.; compared with John Deere 9620R Tier 4B (Nebraska Test 2135, November 2015): maximum drawbar fuel efficiency at 16.07 hp-hr./gal. and 75% of pull maximum power at 15.86 hp-hr./gal. Steiger 620 Tier 4B (Nebraska Test 2164, September/October ...

Family farm traditions fuel charity tractor cruise. This John Deere fan was flying his colors proudly at the outset of Saturday's 12th annual Heart of America Tractor Club Cruise, which started and ended at Northwest Missouri State University and rolled across 50 miles of blacktopped backroads in ...

Work Modes, Fuel Savings Make Excavators Pay Off. “F” designation at Conexpo, where they now become the 318F, 323F, and 324F, respectively. According to Kent Pellegrini, excavator application specialist for Caterpillar, the Tier 4-Final emissions updates bring reductions in fuel use. ZX250LC-5 ...

Will rural Iowa wither as big ag becomes bigger, squeezing out farms in the middle?. It's a trend that been going on for decades, ever since John Deere's early tractor production "forever changed the landscape and direction of agriculture to make it more efficient," said Bruce Rastetter, CEO of Summit Agricultural Group, a massive ...

Software-as-a-Catalyst. Throughout its nearly 180-year history, John Deere has been an innovation leader. Its first product was a polished-steel plow that outperformed existing tools. And over the decades, the company's research and development (R&D) efforts were aimed ...

Why the DC-3 Is Such a Badass Plane. Cruising at 160 to 180 mph, the DC-3 can fly about 1,600 miles, land in less than 3,000 feet, and take off again in less than 1,000 feet. Its low-speed handling and toughness made it the go-to airplane for a myriad of jobs including military special ...

In 15 years, Brad Judson builds a successful row crop operation. The award was founded by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), is administered by Outstanding Farmers of America, supported by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents, and sponsored by John Deere. “In an era when the average ...

Iowa's urban-rural divide may be overblown, poll shows. © COPYRIGHT 2017, DES MOINES REGISTER AND TRIBUNE COMPANY. The steady drumbeat from numerous stories since President Donald Trump won the White House has been how his election — flipping Midwestern and Rust Belt areas previously ...