Fossil-free steel manufacturer SSAB announced April 10 that John Deere Forestry Oy will replace some of the steel...
Same Deutz-Fahr announced March 6 it has opened a sales branch in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico...
The U.S. Department of Energy announced March 14 a conditional commitment to Lithium Americas Corp’s subsidiary, Lithium Nevada Corp., for a $2.26 billion loan...
Pricing lifecycle management company Zilliant announced a strategic relationship with AGCO...
Tire manufacturers Mitas and Trelleborg announced April 12 that, effective May 2024, they will increase global prices by up to 5%...
The Federal Aviation Administration recently granted Texas-based drone builder Hylio a regulatory exemption that will allow it to swarm its heavy-lift drones...
CEMA’s general business climate index decreased to a reading of –57 in the April survey vs. –55 last month...
VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 2% year-over-year in March (flattish year-over-year in Q1)...
Effective April 1, José Cuadrado has been appointed global chief executive officer at Yanmar Compact Equipment...
In its March 11 WASDE report update, USDA’s 2023-24 ending stocks are estimated at 2.122 billion bushels of corn...
According to the latest update to the CEMA General Business Climate Index, the agricultural machinery industry in Europe has again deteriorated slightly following the sharp downturn of the previous months.
Wisconsin Battery Co. announced in December the acquisition of 17 acres in Portage, Wis...
The Milwaukee Business Journal published a list of the largest nonprofits in the state of Wisconsin on Feb. 9. The Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) topped the list in annual revenues of $35.7 million...
AGCO’s critical upgrades to its Hesston facility went live on Jan. 1, and the company brought back the first group of employees returning from furlough in the first week of January...
In its Feb. 8 WASDE report update, USDA’s 2023-24 U.S. ending stocks are estimated at 2.172 billion bushels of corn (vs. consensus 2.149 billion bushels)...
The prospects of interest-rate cuts were clouded by a Feb. 13 Federal Reserve report that inflation remained higher than expected...
Hay and forage equipment manufacturer H&S Manufacturing announced the closure of its Clintonville, Wis., facility, ...
Canadian seeding technology manufacturer Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. announced Feb. 7 the signing of a technology license...
VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 1% year-over-year in January. Registrations in the 100+ horsepower category were down 4%...
CEMA’s general business climate index decreased to -52 in the February survey vs. -50 last month...
Tire manufacturer Bridgestone announced Dec. 20 it had sold its Russian business to Russian holding company S8 Capital, which includes a tire manufacturing plant, a sales and marketing office and about 1,000 employees.
Engine manufacturer Cummins agreed to a record-setting $1.7 billion fine in the settlement of a lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department and California, according to a Jan. 10 report from Reuters.
As part of its efforts to electrify critical off-highway machinery, Bosch Rexroth announced Jan. 9 a partnership with thermal management manufacturer Modine.
Kinze has purchased a 443-acre agricultural land tract south of the Phoenix, Ariz., metro area, according to a Jan. 4 report from BNN.
During this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Doosan Bobcat revealed an autonomous and electric articulating tractor — the Bobcat AT450X enabled by Agtonomy.
Ag equipment distributor AgLine Distributing & Equipment officially began operations at a Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians facility in Carthage, Miss., earlier this month, according to a Dec. 27 report from TheNebosha Democrat.
Implement manufacturer Lemken has brought South African no-till drill manufacturer Equalizer — which it acquired in January 2023 — to Canada for field testing, according to a Jan. 14 report from Grainews.
In its Jan. 12 WASDE report, USDA’s 2023-24 U.S. ending stocks are estimated at 2.162 billion bushels of corn (vs. consensus 2.094 billion bushels) and 280 million bushels of soybeans (vs. consensus 242 million bushels).
VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 1% year-over-year in December (flattish in 2023). Registrations in the 100+ horsepower category were up 4% year-over-year (up 5% in 2023).
Tractor Zoom, a provider of farm equipment and heavy machinery valuation data, announced Dec. 20 the acquisition of Anvil App Works, a salesforce OEM partner with CRM solutions built for equipment dealerships.
Oxbo announced Dec. 21 it will acquire Westside Equipment Co. in Madera, Calif, a manufacturer of tomato and pistachio harvesting equipment.
the U.S. replaced mainland China as the top buyer of Taiwanese agricultural products for the first time last year.
Jost, a producer and supplier of safety-critical systems for the commercial vehicle industry, has announced the construction of a second production plant near the southern Indian city of Chennai.
Amazone and FieldView, Bayer’s platform for digital agriculture, announced Nov. 22 they are starting a strategic collaboration with the aim of further promoting and simplifying the adaptation of smart farming practices.
In its Dec. 8 WASDE report, USDA 2023-24 U.S. corn outlook is for higher exports and lower ending stocks. Exports are raised 25 million bushels to 2.1 billion reflecting the pace of sales and shipments to date.
VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 4% year-over-year in November (flattish year-to-date).
Ag tire and wheel manufacturer Trelleborg announced Dec. 4 that its first facility in Vietnam had begun production.
Canadian ag equipment manufacturer S3 Group Ltd. announced Nov. 8 its acquisition of Power Pin Inc.
Guardian Agriculture, a developer of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale farming, announced Dec. 4 that it has become the first eVTOL manufacturer to begin commercial operations.
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The announcement of a partnership between New Holland and Bluewhite was one of the big precision stories of the summer. West Coast New Holland dealers now have the rights to sell, distribute and service Bluewhite’s aftermarket autonomy kits.