From the development of rudimentary tools to today’s cutting-edge machinery, technological innovation in agriculture has steadily improved the efficiency of food and livestock production. Tools such ...

Battery-powered hand tools now own the fix-it market. Yard equipment has its cell sights set on suburbia. Farm country, however, requires a much higher threshold of reliability. That isn’t slowing ...

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., views an electric Monarch Tractor on Capitol Hill. Some electric tractors have hit the U.S. market, but it's not clear which federal incentive will be available to ...

However, there’s still a lot to be explored when it comes to electric farm equipment, something a company representative expects will change. “I think alternative power sources [are] going to be ...

An impact wrench rattles another bolt home as Rick Rottinghaus reaches for the next part in this year’s planter upgrades. Time is running out before wheels need to be turning on his family’s Waterloo, ...

Electric vehicles are on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada this year, but it's not just about cars and trucks that we see on major roadways. The farming ...

U.S. farms, where concerns over soil health, reliability, and price have kept electric tractors from taking over the fields. At the turn of the 20th century, petroleum started powering tractors, ...

East Lansing — In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. As they took turns climbing in ...

The tractor remains a popular symbol for farming but on Minnesota crop fields, other equipment could soon play a larger role, ...

Electric vehicles are fast finding their place on Australian roads but it is still rare to see them as larger farm vehicles. The latest data from the Australian Automobile Association shows 28 per ...