In the antique tractor world, they are divided only by color categories. John Deere green. Farmall red. Allis-Chalmers orange. Minneapolis Moline prairie gold. Oliver meadow green. Farmers can be very ...
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Frustrated by the lack of modern technology in older machinery, a fifth-generation farm family in northeast Iowa took matters into their own hands. After cycling through unreliable aftermarket ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Old tractors have enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, as nostalgic farmers retrieve these old tractors and restore them to showroom condition. Showing off old tractors is fun ...
If he had his way, Bill Driscoll would restore all of the hundreds of old, rusty tractors stored at the Central Washington Agricultural Museum in Union Gap. "Fix 'em all, but not in my lifetime," the ...
Justin Grow is quick to haul out the old chestnut that Rome wasn't built in a day -- and neither was the concrete wall in front of his home. The wall wasn't even built in a summer -- as he initially ...
Today’s tractors are jam-packed with GPS guidance and autosteer, sensors and camera arrays and LED lighting packages. Operators sit comfortably in air-conditioned cabs with built-in mini fridges full ...
At Blue Fox Farm, the tractor is old but the fuel is new. Like a small but growing number of organic farmers around the country, Chris Jagger has converted an old Allis-Chalmers Model G tractor built ...
Over the past century technological advancement has changed the way farmers use equipment, and now collectors are doing their best to preserve history. Toowoomba veteran Ian Haycock has been ...
There were beastly burdens aplenty on the Steed farm, and beasts of burden to handle them. Larry Steed's granddad was a sworn mule man. From sunup to sundown, he'd guide his plow as the team plodded ...
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE — Seeing a gleaming green, restored 1947 John Deere D tractor in a lineup of dozens of antique tractors displayed at the recent Steam Show and Fall Festival Days brought back a mix ...