The new fast tractor law goes into effect Thursday and allows for the faster moving vehicles as long as the SIS is displayed. New speed signs available for tractors. Decals are $5 and are required for farm machinery to be driven at speeds above 25 mph. Decals mounted to metal plates attached to a bracket are $10.

Central Illinois farmers brought their antique tractors for the 6th annual antique tractor-plowing bee. Drivers showcased their antique tractor plows, some dating back to the 1930s. About 35 antique tractors tilled on site. Weishaupt hopes to continue the plowing bee in following years. Treading soil was not the only element of today's event. Horse-drawn plows were also featured at the event. I don't allow anything newer than 1959," Plowing Bee Organizer Louie Weishaupt says. This content...

Instead of leaving equipment in the field overnight, ranchers and farmers are storing equipment closer to their residences. In addition, an owner-applied number program - where ranchers and farmers etch unique 10-digit numbers onto their equipment - acts as a deterrent to thieves and makes returning recovered stolen equipment easier, Sandoval said. Kenny Dozier, a manager at Pringle Tractor co. in Salinas, the nearest authorized John Deere dealer location, said the GPS systems are used...

The problem is, we don t yet know what the crop of choice will be for cellulosic products, much less how farmers will plant and harvest that crop. In essence, they modified a stalk chopper on the back of a combine to chop the stalks and cobs into smaller pieces and to then be able to blow them into a wagon on the run, just as the combine is capable of dumping the corn kernels into a wagon on the run. In essence, they modified a stalk chopper on the back of a combine to chop the stalks and...

The second year nearly tripled the amount of land and it again doubled the following year to 100 acres. One tractor had a two-way plow, a few had steel wheels on the back and another was classified as a crawler having unique wheels. Most of the tractors were at least 60 years old and ranged from a one-plow bottom to a four-plow bottom. They are young and it s their first time on a tractor or first time plowing. I just like to get old tractors out to plow like they used to in the old days,...

Vandals drove a stolen tractor across a college field before abandoning it in flames tangled in a fence perched above a busy main road. Stolen tractor was dumped ablaze. It was found by police and fire crews with its engine still running, before bursting into flames above Filey Road. A police spokeswoman said the vehicle had been left in a precarious position. North Yorkshire Police said the small blue tractor had been driven over a rugby pitch at Scarborough College before being dumped on...

He likes using his four antique tractors. They clicked in meetings the farmers have, and this year they're sharing a booth at the market, which will close Oct. The late freeze caused Brewington to lose 85 percent to 90 percent of his peach crop this year, so he hasn't had a lot to sell at the market. Ken Easler was looking to make a few dollars when he stumbled across a man who would become one of his best friends. He grew up in the Beaumont community and his family bought land with peach...

PAUL At an antique farm equipment beet harvesting demonstration in Paul Saturday, those who gathered got to see first hand the evolution of technology. The first demonstration was a two-mule plow, which slightly lifted the beets from the soil and required workers to follow behind to pluck and top the beets. A drastic improvement could be seen as Fisk used a 1951 model McCormick tractor and sugar beet harvester on another row of beets. During the demonstration, a patch of beet field was...

A mechanical grape harvester at Chateau Chantal vineyard and winery along M-37 looks as peculiar as it is efficient, as technology in the grape and wine industry evolves as did machinery that harvests wheat, corn, cherries and other agricultural products. The winery also received a state grant last year to help purchase $60,000 of other mechanical equipment to reduce manual labor needed for harvesting and maintaining its 35 acres of vineyards. Winemaker Mark Johnson still favors...