Implement & Tractor articles from May 1996

Implement & Tractor archives from May 1996

Challengers - big tractors for big farmers. (includes related article on track technology)
May 1, 1996... The success of these rubber belted tractors led to the formation of Caterpillar's newest subsidiary People who question whether Caterpillar is serious about the ag business should talk to Bob Strube, president of the newly formed Caterpillar...

Re: vision. (interview with Rockwell International Corp. marketing manager Craig Rockwell)(Interview)
May 1, 1996... Rockwell's goal is to mix high technology with agricultural understanding Implement & Tractor first reported Rockwell International's venture into the agricultural industry about a year ago when the company unveiled the Vision System, a crop...

Selling service first. (Kitchener Tractor Centre)
May 1, 1996... Adding turf and lawn lines to farm equipment boosts profits Kitchener Tractor Centre's addition of lawn and turf equipment to their AGCO product line of tractors, combines, balers and tillage equipment in 1990 has been profitable and...

From "selling iron" to "marketing equipment." (interview with North American Equipment Dealers Association President Maynard Helgaas)(Interview)
May 1, 1996... This evolution affects dealers, manufacturers and farmers "Equipment manufacturers can be positive reinforcements to dealers who are courageous enough to make the evolutionary change from selling iron to marketing equipment," Maynard Helgaas,...

Specialty crops require specialized equipment. (California Farm Equipment show)
May 1, 1996... The machines may not be familiar to everyone, but they help California farmers produce $20+ billion in commodities The California Farm Equipment show at Tulare is unique in the variety of displayed farm equipment, much of it tailored to the...