Online message boards and chat rooms are replacing rural coffee shops and feed mills as places for farmers to talk farming and trade tips as more of rural America goes online. Advice from fellow farmers around the country has enabled him to increase his corn and soybean production, better market his crops, learn how to rebuild engines and get good tires for his tractor. Advice from fellow farmers around the country has enabled him to increase his corn and soybean production, better market...

According to the study, the agriculture equipment industry directly generates $63 billion in revenue through the two major segments of manufacturing and dealer/wholesale merchandising. The AEM-FEMA-NAEDA study provides an in-depth look at the entire farm equipment sector, and clearly shows that its economic impact extends far beyond making the equipment used on farms. agricultural equipment industry generates over $82 billion in economic activity and is responsible for nearly 250,000 jobs...

The tractors ranged from one of the least expensive we could find (technically a high-end lawn tractor) to one of the most expensive. Heavier, more powerful (and, yes, more expensive) than their lawn tractor cousins, these products are built to take abuse. PM tested five can-do garden tractors on the toughest acres we could find. To put garden tractors to the test, we assembled five machines and four common attachments and put them to work on a farm in upstate New York. Garden tractors,...

The manufacturing sector is also creating markets for Missouri-produced food ingredients, livestock feed ingredients and equipment. exports of agricultural products to Vietnam were up over 160 percent in Jan. Kansas City infoZine News - Missouri Setting Records with Agricultural Exports to Vietnam - USA [Skip navigation] Home. us Submit to Digg Submit to Slashdot Related Source Profile: Missouri Department of Agriculture Related Topics: Business & Finance - Companies, Entrepreneurs,...

Precision agriculture uses technology such as global positioning systems, geographic information systems and real time kine-matics to help farmers increase production. The tractor, as well as several new additions to the department, are all part of the college's effort to teach precision agriculture. By logging information into the system, the equipment can automatically adjust to treat specific areas of the field - a process that is called prescription farming. The department is the proud...