Kuhn Krause, Inc. is pleased to announce the grand opening of its previously announced expanded manufacturing facilities at its manufacturing location in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA. Construction ground breaking for the high-bay 70,000 square foot building expansion began in April, 2012 and was recently completed.

Steve Groff's two-day cover-crop event has been moved back a week due to travel problems and power outages expected to come from Hurricane Sandy hitting the East Coast.

Orthman Manufacturing, Inc. of Lexington are the recipients of the 2012 Innovation in Manufacturing Award for Nebraska. The companies were honored at the Oct. 3 meeting of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry's Manufacturers Council held in Grand Island.

For the first time, farmers took the control panel and showcased Kinze Manufacturing's autonomous row-crop harvest system during a recent demonstration in Monmouth, Ill.

On Aug. 16th, at University of Illinois' Agronomy Day, entomology professor Mike Gray reported that he had confirmed resistance to Cry3Bb1 in two corn rootworm populations collected in northwestern Illinois in Henry and Whiteside counties in August 2011.

Updates from Day One of the Farm Progress Show

With a goal of maximizing uptime and reducing compaction, Case IH launched its new line of Steiger Rowtrac tractors at a media event in Racine.

After striking a deal in June to have Great Plains Mfg. supply twin-row planters, Case IH showcased the new technology at its media event in Racine on Aug. 9, 2012.

Hot mid-summer field conditions are affecting upcoming harvest, and while soybeans are still developing, corn ear diameter has been established in most fields.

Farm production expenditures reached a record-high $318.7 billion in 2011, a 10.2 percent increase over 2010, according to the Farm Production Expenditures 2011 summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).