Dating back to the beginning of civilization, agricultural farming has been a large source of food. As populations rose, the demand for these agricultural goods increased dramatically, putting a high demand on famers producing these goods. As it became known tilled soil was more effective for seeding and growing, early forms of plows emerged. In [...]

This excerpt was originally posted on the John Deere, Straightforward Blog February 6, 2012. You can view the original post here. At John Deere we’re always looking to hear from customers about what they think of our equipment; which is why we are proud to share a roundup of the best tests and testimonials as featured here [...]

This excerpt was originally posted on the John Deere, Straightforward Blog February 2, 2012. You can view the original post here. Another year, another successful World of Concrete trade-show at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the John Deere Emissions Hub team was listening from the floor and on the feeds. But even before the big show launched, World of Concrete [...]

Credit Later this week, the 47th National Farm Machinery Show and Championship Tractor Pull will begin at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.  The four day event always draws large crowds from across the country, with last year’s attendance reaching just over 300,000 people.  More than 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space will be [...]

This 1983 JD 4050 2WD tractor with 3,975 hours sold for a new record auction sale price of $44,000 on a January 14, 2012 farm auction in west-central Iowa. Values on used 100 horsepower and under tractors are going up. Proof came in the form of two recent farm auction sales in January 2012. First on a [...]

The John Deere 2520 tractor includes numerous cutting edge features that will make farming simple for large or small scale jobs. It encompasses a combination of speed, control, power, and comfort to get the job done in an efficient, safe, comfortable manner. The operator of this machine will experience a large tractor feel in a [...]

Last summer we posted eight of our favorite John Deere advertisements, but we came across a few more as we went back in time to write our JD 175th Anniversary post a few weeks ago. While John Deere advertisements have always been creative, they also instill a sense of passion and loyalty that many Deere [...]

After 308,448 cans of food were neatly stacked at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois, John Deere entered the Guinness Book of World Records. The record was for the largest sculpture ever created from canned foods. Although breaking the record was appreciated, the real victory was contributing to a local community in need. The [...]

Talent, Imagination & Passion. A winning recipe for any endeavor in life. Last week in Mississippi I met two retired buddies who are high on the talent, imagination and passion scale and have produced some amazing things with their heads, hearts and hands, unique testaments to their devotion to all things John Deere. Check out the YouTube [...]

  In 1837 a blacksmith and inventor named John Deere set out to create a company built on integrity, quality, commitment, and innovation.  The core values he inset drove John Deere to become more than just a manufacturer of agricultural equipment, but an industry icon that is known around the world.  His core values [...]

Canestra di fruttaStill life painting by Caravaggio (1573–1610)Friends,To follow, please find Part 1. of the news items which I've been accumulating over the past month. They are in no particular order. FYI, I've decided to blog lightly for the remainder of my hiatus, as a couple readers suggested. Hope you like the new simplified look here.Kay M.Follow The Food: Ensuring Greater Transparency in

The Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and Chicago have come out with their 4th Quarter 2011 farmland price/credit conditions reports. It is always interesting to see how much farmland prices have changed in these reports, especially at year's end.2011 was another stellar year in farmland price gains. It is reported that more absentee and elderly landowners were motivated to sell given these

sourceLoyal Readers,It is the beginning of a new year, and marks two years of me turning out blog posts crazily on this site, as if the site was run by five people instead of one. Quite frankly, just as the honeybees are very, very tired, so am I. Adding insult to injury, in a recent discussion with my 20 year old son over my frustrations with blogging, he told me, "Mom, bloggers are lowlier than

Sheep "Flock in Owens Valley, 1941."by Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984Photo: U.S. National Archives

Flickr CC/C C ChapmanThe internet dispenses information the way a ketchup bottle dispenses ketchup. At first, there was too little; now, there is too much. In between, there was a halcyon interval of just-enoughness. For me, it lasted about 10 years. They were the best years of my life. ---Judith Rich HarrisRodale: Organic pioneer, farmer and author Gene Logsdon welcomes Susie Sutphin to

Another great episode from the Perennial Plate . . . enjoy . . .For more on "noodling" see wikipedia here.

The Truth on the Table series by Alpha Vision Films.

To learn more and play the game which helps feed the world, go here. For each question answer you get right, ten grains of rice are donated through the World Food Programme (WFP). Freerice players have already donated nearly 100 billion grains of rice since the game’s launch in 2007—enough to feed almost five million people for a day.

flickr CC/Kevin LabiancoIf Germany, France, Italy, and Slovenia have banned Clothianidin, a pesticide which harms the central nervous system of insects and is known by the EPA to significantly harm the honeybee, why is it not banned here in the United States?One can't help but be confused by the multitude of headlines over these past several years which have claimed to know (or not know) the

Sheep grazing in pasture in central Maryland.1981. (usda)