A previous article discussed crop machinery cost and investment ( 2024). Crop machinery cost is computed by summing economic ...

Across the United States, small farms are vanishing at an alarming rate. Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms declined by about 140,000, a 7% drop, according to the USDA’s 2022 Census of ...

Farm equipment is costly, and for many in the agriculture industry, it's imperative to find affordable financing. Read our guide on farm equipment loans.

One of my first story assignments as an agricultural journalist was covering a liquidation auction of repossessed farm machinery in Columbia, Missouri. It was late summer 1985, and the 1980s farm ...

Do you have a small tractor, seeder or baler collecting dust beside your barn? It could be put to good use helping people overseas. That's the message of Tractors for Peace, a non-profit that is ...

Many farm operators provide some type of custom work or use of farm machinery to other farmers during the growing season, and payment is usually made following the completion of the harvest season.

Old equipment can save days of labor for farms of a few acres or more. How do farmers control weeds? Learn about the advantages of mechanical weed control equipment for small farms. I was frustrated ...

Clockwise from top left: Kubota, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, and Case IH have all introduced new low to mid horsepower tractors this winter. Several farm machinery companies are releasing new low-to ...

You can get farm loans from the Farm Service Agency, SBA lenders, commercial lenders, as well as online lenders. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

The farm equipment company launched Rayuwa—a winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards—to provide education that could improve the yields of farmers in Nigeria. In Nigeria, more than a ...

For farm owners in Florida, learning about new ways to build profit for their farm is a necessity amid the ongoing loss of ...

When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...