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Massey Ferguson customers are a loyal bunch. That’s what you get when a company engineers more than 160 years of equipment excellence and innovation. 

In this Acres of Insight blog, Gleaner combine specialists Robert Ross and Aaron Beyer explore the critical factors you should consider when selecting a combine, demonstrating how aligning combine size with your operation’s needs can improve productivity and keep costs in check. 

It’s harvest time. You’re busy making sure the crops get taken off, the grain cart keeps moving, and the semi running. There are a lot of moving parts, people, and profits. Possibly the last thing you’re thinking about is compaction. But with heavy and frequent equipment tracking up the field, the soil is most vulnerable to compaction during harvest. 

By Jason Lee and Derek Ruesser

The Lanie family makes a sweet crop out of the muddy mess that is sugar cane work. Their Massey Ferguson tractors help them do it dependably and efficiently.

MF 9S SERIES HELPS FARMERS WHO DEMAND MORE ACHIEVE A BETTER OVERALL COST OF OWNERSHIP

GLEANER T SERIES DELIVERS LIGHTWEIGHT PERFORMANCE, SUPERIOR CONTROL AND PREMIUM GRAIN QUALITY

By Jason Lee and Forrest Francis

We’re thrilled to share our new blog series with you! 

'Acres of Insight' will share actionable, agronomy-based insights based on direct experiences with farmers around the country, alongside the latest techniques, meaningful observations and unexpected benefits that farmers have shared with us.

We’ll also deliver regular updates direct from the field and useful information from farmers both down the road or miles away.

This grower has a unique use for some of the best dirt in the country.

State troopers are called upon to handle “just about anything,” says Chris Shrader, so having a farm to come home to is relief from a tough job.

10 toes. 10 fingers. Baby snuggles quickly turn into gate getters, tractor drivers, livestock showmen, CEOs and more. From missing Sunday service and family dinners during calving season to driving an hour away for baseball practice in the heart of hay season, raising a farm kid takes just a little more.

This horse boarder and hay grower has some unique urban farming challenges, but experience and equipment help him get the job done.

Massey Ferguson equipment—and a great relationship with his MF dealer—helped this farm kid build a career with custom work.

For this farmer, a slow and steady approach to growth pays dividends in success and stewardship, both for his land and his town.

In the heart of basketball country, this family farm builds a direct-to-consumer business based on premium product and Hoosier spirit.

Where does alfalfa seed come from? A small number of growers produce the tiny, finicky seed crop with patience and precision.

The origin story of LM Hancock Farms proves that experience—not timing—is everything.

Missouri row-crop producer claws his way into agriculture farming tracts others deemed too small.

The Massey Ferguson 3 Series Specialty tractor is a high-value-per-dollar tractor solution for vinyards and orchards, providing power and comfort with a smaller carbon footprint. 

Where is Elliott Sadler now? He’s making the most of life on the farm, and in his community.

Massey Ferguson’s SimplEbale retrofittable baler upgrade is now available through its local dealership network for Massey Ferguson 1800 Series small square balers. SimplEbale delivers improved bale consistency, increased operational efficiency, and higher reliability than non-equipped balers.

Comfortable cows, grassroots marketing and Southern hospitality helped Franks Farms turn a corner when the going got tough.

Eklund Farm Machinery serves a wide range of farmers and operations with great equipment, focused creativity, and a ‘whatever’ approach to customer service.

A fifth-generation cattleman returns to the farm to create an operation uniquely suited to his homeland.

Missouri Operation Finds Efficiency and Comfort With Massey Ferguson 5S Series Tractor

MF 500R Series, MF 3 Series and MF 9S Series demonstrate consistent, farmer-focused innovation.

2022 Farmer of the Year Robert Saunders Talks Legacy, Innovation and the Next Generation.

Cooler temperatures are here. Farmers across the country are making final preparations for this year’s crop. While many are already looking ahead to next spring, don’t skip out on season-end tasks. Here are five fall considerations to ensure a smooth startup next year. 

New baler maximizes productivity for cost-effective baling.

New sprayer provides straightforward, dependable and accessible application solution for North American farmers.

1 Series round baler specially designed for North American dry hay and stover.

Lineup pairs proven technology and reliability for fast, dependable ROI

Whether you prefer to do it yourself or want to find a professional, we have the details you need to build the perfect fence.

Field Study Results Provide Insights on Equipment Operation Choices

Tire Selection Tips To Maximize Your Investment

5 Tips for Better Mowing with Dr. Dan Undersander and Massey Ferguson

Garrett Davis talks nostalgia, versatility and why the Massey Ferguson 2600 H Series is his ideal tractor.

Massey Ferguson’s innovative contributions to modern agriculture

Hay Equipment Is Two of AGCO’s 10 Overall Awards

Ensure optimal alfalfa growth with these tips

Tips To Cover Acres Faster This Spring

Massey Ferguson 8S Series Tractor Features

Producer Tips RFQ Scale With Top-Quality Hay

Robert Saunders named Farmer of the Year

Deep Roots

Massey Ferguson 7S Series Tractor Features

5 Considerations for Late Season Alfalfa Harvest Management

175 Years of Farmer-Focused Innovation

The MF TDX TRC Series Offers One-Pass Tedding Even in Heavy Forage

Large Square Baler Ushers in New Era of Innovative Forage Solutions

Tips for prioritizing fields at harvest

Massey Ferguson 6S Series Tractor Features

Tips To Reduce Ash During Haying

Maximize Versatility With the Right Compact Equipment for Your Operation

Massey Ferguson 5S Series Tractor Features

Iconic Brand Marks Milestone With Renewed Dedication to Farmer-Focused Innovation

Maximize herbicide effectiveness with correct sprayer setup.

Keep Cutting and Baling Equipment in Good Shape To Minimize Unexpected Downtime

The Massey Ferguson Beauvais Plant Celebrates Milestone Production

A preseason maintenance checklist for large square balers.

A preseason maintenance checklist for large square balers.

Rake Type Effects on Forage Quality

Adding starter fertilizer to corn processes provides efficiency and economic benefits.

The MF 5S Series offers unmatched maneuverability and versatility.

Recent study shows double roller conditioner can improve efficiency by up to 6 hours in alfalfa.

A successful harvest starts with proper planting. Factors such as depth, downforce and singulation can all have a significant impact on overall yields. Thankfully, modern farming implements offer a number of high-tech solutions to help farmers maximize yields through precision planting. 

Are you ready for planting? We have 5 crucial tips for your preseason planter setup so you can hit the ground running.

The Massey Ferguson 5S Series named 2022 Red Dot Award winner for product design. The MF 5S Series, the smallest S Series model, provides superior maneuverability and high-performance drivelines to tackle any challenge.

With the power of a six-cylinder engine and the compact footprint and agility of a four-cylinder, the new Massey Ferguson 6S Series tractors maximize productivity thanks to intuitive controls and advanced technology. Available with a range of four models, farmers can choose the specifications to best meet the needs of their farms.

With the new Massey Ferguson 7S Series, all-around versatility is the name of the game. These tractors offer the power to take on the toughest jobs, combined with the maneuverability to work wherever the need arises with unsurpassed comfort. A wide choice of engine capacities, transmissions, cabs, hydraulics and PTO options mean there’s a MF 7S Series tractor to meet any need. 

The newest model provides a smarter, more powerful way to better hay

Massey Ferguson S Series tractors deliver the straightforward dependability MF customers have come to expect, with new levels of comfort and performance for a cost-effective, farmer-driven equipment solution.

Make Snow Clearing a Snap

You wake up and feel that familiar chill in the air. A glance out the window confirms it. Winter is settling in for the long haul, and there’s snow on the ground. But with the right tools and equipment from Massey Ferguson, snow clearing doesn’t have to be a total slog. We’ve gathered some tips and tricks to make your property a winter wonderland, whether you’re just clearing a driveway or need to dig yourself out of a once-in-a-century storm.

AGCO's hay and forage solutions range from disc mower conditioners and self-propelled windrowers to round balers and square balers, all with innovations in size, capacity and efficiency. Specialized equipment for hay production is a worthwhile investment, whether you’re making hay for your own livestock or selling hay for profit. The key to success is selecting the right hay equipment for your tractor and your property.

Season one of the hit video series “At Home With Massey Ferguson” introduced us to Garrett and Jennifer Davis, a young couple rediscovering their rural roots on a small patch of land in Georgia. Building fences, condensing households and even meeting the neighbors, Garrett and Jennifer welcomed viewers into their lives as they went about converting a 25-acre cow pasture into a home. 

Baled silage offers operators a unique opportunity to harvest high quality forage in a shorter window of time compared to dry hay. It has the potential for higher quality, higher protein, and is often more palatable, resulting in less waste than dry hay. However, maximizing these benefits requires detailed management before, during and after harvest

Each year, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) selects 50 products from the agricultural, food and biological industries to recognize for remarkable innovation, significant engineering advancement and impact on their markets. The program is sponsored by Resource, the membership publication of ASABE, to emphasize the role of new and redesigned products and systems in bringing advanced technology to the marketplace.

How many hours did you spend in the field last year? More than a few, right? Bumping though fields during spring, summer, fall and even winter in some regions? There’s a magic in watching the land come to life and the crops ripen, to be sure, but all that time in the cab takes a physical toll.

Hay Storage Losses

Storage losses are dependent on a few different factors, including moisture at baling, type of storage, forage species and weather. In this article we’ll focus on the first two, moisture at baling and hay storage.

AGCO Names Burke Stampede Rodeo Committee
2021 Sowing Good Deeds Winner

Bill and Renee Sutton, representing the Burke Stampede Rodeo Committee, accepted the 2021 Sowing Good Deeds Award from Matt LeCroy, director, marketing hay and forage for Massey Ferguson North America, and Dane Mosel, tactical marketing manager hay and forage for Massey Ferguson North America, during the PRCA Awards Banquet.

Post-Harvest Maintenance Tips

With harvest wrapping up across the United States, many farmers are already looking ahead to 2022. The easiest way to ensure a smooth spring startup is performing proper equipment maintenance and inspection now. Here’s a checklist of our top 3 post-harvest maintenance tips to save money and prevent downtime come spring.

Massey Ferguson, a worldwide brand of AGCO (NYSE:AGCO), is excited to announce a fresh new look for its iconic Triple Triangle logo and its new “Born to Farm” brand identity to celebrate its 175 year anniversary in 2022.

Cover crops are typically annuals planted after the main crop, or “cash crop,” has been harvested from a field. These crops provide many benefits, including but not limited to:

What happens during the first 24 hours after a bale of silage is formed but not yet wrapped? Can forage quality be improved if the bale is wrapped even sooner than 24 hours after baling? The short answer: yes.

Baled silage, or baleage, is forage baled at a higher moisture content than dry hay and then stored in sealed plastic wrap. The high moisture level and air-tight environment create favorable conditions for anaerobic fermentation and production of lactic and acetic acids that preserve the forage.

Baled silage is potentially higher in quality, protein and palatability than dry hay – and if managed correctly before, during and after harvest, results in less waste.

Jessica Williamson, Hay and Forage Specialist, AGCO

Attention to detail is key to making great quality hay. Throughout the hay-making process, reducing dry matter yield losses and conserving forage quality is key for optimal hay production. During baling, there are a few important factors to take into account to help ensure success when it comes to harvesting hay with your operations’ goals in mind. .

Jessica Williamson, Hay and Forage Specialist, AGCO

Attention to detail is key to making great quality hay. Throughout the hay-making process, reducing dry matter yield losses and conserving forage quality is key for optimal hay production. During baling, there are a few important factors to take into account to help ensure success when it comes to harvesting hay with your operations’ goals in mind. .

Jessica Williamson, Hay and Forage Specialist, AGCO

In the process of making hay, there are a few harvest management tactics that can greatly affect forage quality at feeding. The raking process can be the most critical to identify and conduct proper management practices to help conserve the available nutrients in the crop and reduce crop losses.

Jessica Williamson, Hay and Forage Specialist, AGCO

The hay-making process can be challenging. In combination with the necessity of ideal weather and harvest timing at the targeted stage of growth, maintaining the nutritional quality of the crop found while it is standing in the field throughout the harvest process adds an additional challenge. 

There are some management practices that can be done during the mowing phase to help optimize forage quality and preserve the nutrients found in the crop.

Jessica Williamson, Hay and Forage Specialist, AGCO

Jessica Williamson, Hay and Forage Specialist, AGCO

Ruminant livestock have a unique digestive system that requires roughage, most commonly in the form of forages, to digest feedstuffs. As livestock grow, mature, and go through various phases of production, their nutritional needs change as well. Ensuring optimal animal performance – whether that be growth, lactation, or gestation – requires optimal nutrition that meets or exceeds their dietary requirements at a given stage of life.

Jessica Williamson, Hay and Forage Specialist, AGCO

You know it takes the best forage to grow the best livestock. But what, exactly, does it mean to have high-quality forage? How do you attain the best forage while balancing yield?

Let’s take a deeper look at what goes into forage quality and how Massey Ferguson machines can help you get the most out of your crop.