Scientists at Kabanyolo demonstrate how the tractor operates. MV Mulimi has been engineered to perform several functions aside from the standard ploughing and transporting of crops. Photo by Lominda ...

BERLIN The axles and gearbox come from a World War II tank, the engine is from the 1920s and the chassis was welded together by the farmer himself - this is the world of homemade East German tractors.

When farmers in Western Australia's Great Southern region could not get their hands on the four-wheel-drive tractors they needed to clear new land blocks in the 1970s and 80s, the solution was simple.

Planners expect a busy weekend at this year's Crawford Farm Machinery Show, Roger Haas said ― all because of red tractors. This year's show will feature International and Farmall tractors, Haas said, ...

To really show off your farm cred, you need to be fluent in hitch-speak: how implements are attached to tractors, that is. One hundred years ago, the only option was to drag plows and other implements ...

Both John Deere and a company called Monarch showed off autonomous tractors at CES, with plans to put them on the market later this year. While the John Deere 8R features traditional diesel power, the ...