One of the more pronounced used equipment trends of 2014 has been the falling value of planters. Check out the accompanying data table below, and you’ll see that I’m not talking about 3%, 4% or 5% ...

As spring approaches, it is time to pull out the planter and prep it for fieldwork. During the 2009 National Farm Machinery Show, planters were a hot topic and definitely a show favorite. Check out ...

In the old days of corn planting, farmers sometimes slipped an empty seed sack over a fence post at the far end of the field, lined up the tractor muffler on the post, and used that means to achieve ...

In the coming month, we will start to see corn planters, 10 to 30 feet wide, being pulled across the fields as farmers take on the task of getting seeds into soil in preparation for the fall harvest.

DEKALB, Ill.—Jim Walter's tractor steered itself as he sat in the cab, scanning a computer screen showing corn seeds pumping into his soil. By the time his 16-hour work day was over, he'd planted 310 ...