Tractor sales in the United States for 2009 are expected to be strongest for 4-wheel-drive machines and the 100-horsepower-and-over 2-wheel drive tractors, with Canadian sales strongest for 2-wheel-drive models in the under-40-horsepower range, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers in its annual forecast for U.S. and Canadian agricultural machinery sales, a snapshot of manufacturers’ predictions for 2009 business....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
A radical approach to irrigation is making a deep impression on thousands of acres of Georgia cropland and could make a similar imprint on Alabama fields....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Alabama once again finds itself on the end of a 50-state list. Compared with other states, particularly neighboring Georgia, Alabama is lagging behind in the number of acres under irrigation....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Farmers from Alabama and neighboring states keen on earning more by using less will have the chance to learn how at a precision agricultural field day scheduled Thursday, July 10 in northwest Alabama....
The 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) will be held July 20-23 at the Hyatt Tech Center in Denver, Colorado....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Several Southern producers and researchers are hoping to reduce nitrogen costs on corn and increase harvest efficiency in cotton this coming season with variable-rate applications based on on-the-go sensing technology....
By Tom Lollis
Clemson University
Clemson University has added an irrigation expert to the faculty at the Edisto Research and Education Center at Blackville....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Beginning May 16, life may get easier for the growing number of Alabama farmers who are adopting precision agriculture methods to maintain their competitive edge in an increasingly global farming economy....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
Financing was sometimes a problem and some machinery just cost too much, but the Southeast farmers who attended machinery shows this past winter seemed to have a more positive attitude than in the recent past....
By Laura Skillman
University of Kentucky
With farm diesel fuel inching ever closer to $4 per gallon and no relief in site, farmers need to find ways to lower their usage as another production year begins....
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