Seen for the first time in public at the AEA’s Tillage-Live 2018 event in September, John Deere’s new ProSeries opener for the 750A All-Till drill will be available from January 2019 and can be retrofitted to existing machines.

To avoid the draconian locks that John Deere puts on the tractors they buy, farmers throughout America's heartland have started hacking their equipment with firmware that's cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums.

Marcus Hall was nine years old when he first drove a tractor on his family's sprawling Iowa farm, eschewing Tonka trucks and Matchbox cars for long rides on heavy machinery.

John Deere has released some technical details and a video of its upcoming GridCON electric tractor.

According to John Deere, hybrid drivelines are the most realistic option for future tractors.

Hybrid and methane-powered engines seem to be the most logical successors to the diesel engine. A fully electric drive is on the way too, though that is some while yet. Diesel’s days in agriculture are numbered. We analyse what the near future holds.

As Craig Sutton weaves his way through John Deere’s Technology and Innovation Center’s (MTIC) Additive Manufacturing Lab (MTIC) in Moline, Illinois, his excitement about advancements in the technology – also known as 3D printing – is evident.

To meet that challenge, agricultural businesses are pinning their hopes on technology, and that idea that increasingly sophisticated data and analytics tools will help to drive efficiencies and cut waste in agriculture and food production.

Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV), the venture arm of Yamaha Motor Co, led the $7.5 million Series A funding round for Advanced Farm Technologies (AFT), which develops robotic farming equipment like the T-6 robotic strawberry harvester, which uses multiple robotic arms with custom end effectors (i.e. grippers) to harvest strawberries grown in soil. Other investors in the round include Kubota Corporation, Catapult Ventures, and Impact Venture Capital.

Claas, John Deere and 365FarmNet say they are introducing the first direct, manufacturer independent cloud-to-cloud data connection for the agricultural industry. A major step forward that will be welcomed by many farmers and contractors.

John Deere presented a new concept tractor during a dealer event in Spain. The tractor is autonomous, has an electric drivetrain, is equipped with tracks and articulated steering.

John Deere and Volocopter introduced the first large drone adapted for agricultural use at Agritechnica.

There are numerous projects under way across the world involving autonomous agricultural vehicles.

2020 will see John Deere launch the new 8RX tractor in South Africa.

For model year 2020, John Deere has announced that it will be introducing a new 8 Family Tractor lineup, including 8R wheel tractors, 8RT two-track tractors, and fixed-frame four-track 8RX tractors.

If it was up to the engineers at John Deere, electricity will become the power source of the future. For more efficiency, better traction, lower costs and lower ground pressure. An interview with three experts.

Autotrac Vision uses a hi-res front-mounted camera to automatically guide machinery down established crop rows.

In 1837, John Deere created a steel plough that would make it easier for farmers to plant crops in soil that was hard and sticky.

We put the Isobus functions through their paces in a large-scale multi-tractor test. It was a somewhat lengthy software-focused process. To cut a long story short, it works perfectly well in each tractor – the greatest difference being in the displays.

John Deere announced it has enhanced the integrated technology of its new 5R and 6M Utility Tractors. Users now can view AutoTrac Automated Guidance System information without having to purchase a separate display.