Farming is entering a new era, one shaped by rising fuel costs, climate challenges due to global human-caused climate change, ...

Battery-powered hand tools now own the fix-it market. Yard equipment has its cell sights set on suburbia. Farm country, however, requires a much higher threshold of reliability. That isn’t slowing ...

Battery tractors and biofuels compete as manufacturers test alternatives to diesel engines for tomorrow's farms.

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., views an electric Monarch Tractor on Capitol Hill. Some electric tractors have hit the U.S. market, but it's not clear which federal incentive will be available to ...

An impact wrench rattles another bolt home as Rick Rottinghaus reaches for the next part in this year’s planter upgrades. Time is running out before wheels need to be turning on his family’s Waterloo, ...

Fully-electric, autonomous farm equipment manufacturer Monarch Tractor has announced that the company, alongside its group partners have been awarded a grant of $3 million from the California Energy ...

From the development of rudimentary tools to today’s cutting-edge machinery, technological innovation in agriculture has steadily improved the efficiency of food and livestock production. Tools such ...

However, there’s still a lot to be explored when it comes to electric farm equipment, something a company representative expects will change. “I think alternative power sources [are] going to be ...

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Tom Rice (R-SC-07) have introduced bipartisan legislation to help farms and rural communities take advantage of the latest electric pickup trucks and tractors. The ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. As they took turns ...

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When I recently took a trip to China to see the world of electric micromobility, I was greeted with a wide range of personal electric vehicles. From e-bikes to e-scooters and even e-dirt bikes, I saw ...