Another NFMS edition of the Machinery Newsletter coming to inboxes

Mar 28, 2024

Farmers can expect to see it on April 1

Readers of Farms.com’s weekly Machinery Newsletter are in for a special treat – just in time for the Easter long weekend.

Arriving in subscriber inboxes on Monday, April 1 will be another special edition of the newsletter dedicated to the National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS).

“We had more than 4,700 people open the first special NFMS newsletter we sent out last week,” said Ryan Ridley, digital marketing and PR manager with Farms.com. “We’re excited to bring farmers a new batch of content about the equipment they can use to be successful on the farm.”

Ridley and his team traveled to the NFMS in Louisville, Ky., in February and conducted more than 70 video interviews with machinery reps and other industry experts.

Here’s a few examples of the equipment and technology farmers can learn about when the special newsletter hits inboxes early next week.

Noah Pendry, a field marketing specialist for New Holland Agriculture, for example, will discuss the company’s new Pro-Belt 450 baler.

This round baler comes with IntelliBale, which automates the stopping, bale wrapping, tailgate raising and lowering functions of the baling process.

Fendt has introduced a new size option on its Momentum planters.

Kirby Woods, a product specialist with Fendt, talks about the new 30’ size and how it’s ideal for maneuverability.

And Cory Buchs, a senior product director at Trimble, introduces farmers to Bilberry.

Bilberry's Intelligent Spot Spraying System can be added to an existing sprayer to enable spot spraying of weeds in Green-on-Brown and Green-on-Green applications.

This technology can scan and analyze fields in real-time using AI and machine learning—with incredible accuracy.

If you’re not a subscriber to the Machinery Newsletter, visit the Farms.com Agriculture Newsletter page to sign up for it, or any other free newsletters.

Video: How women saved agricultural economics and other ideas for why diversity matters | Jill J. McCluskey

Dr. Jill J. McCluskey, Regents Professor at Washington State University and Director of the School of Economic Science

Dr. McCluskey documents that women entered agricultural economics in significant numbers starting in the 1980s, and their ranks have increased over time. She argues that women have increased the relevance in the field of agricultural economics through their diverse interests, perspectives, and experiences. In their research, women have expanded the field's treatment of non-traditional topics such as food safety and nutrition and environmental and natural resource economics. In this sense, women saved the Agricultural Economics profession from a future as a specialty narrowly focused on agricultural production and markets. McCluskey will go on to discuss some of her own story and how it has shaped some of her thinking and research. She will present her research on dual-career couples in academia, promotional achievement of women in both Economics and Agricultural Economics, and work-life support programs.

The Daryl F. Kraft Lecture is arranged by the Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, with the support of the Solomon Sinclair Farm Management Institute, and in cooperation with the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.