Walking around the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY the past 3 days got an eyeful of new shiny paint. Always great fun. But as I turned the pickup back home towards Minnesota tonight, my ...

If ever a piece of machinery were worthy of an ode, it’s my John Deere GX85 rider mower. Purchased in 1997 when a 14-inch turning radius was an enviable selling point, it promised an easy ride through ...

CLERMONT, Iowa — Waylon Peterson is only two, but the son of Cassie and Kristopher Peterson of Clermont knows which tractors he prefers. He likes the green ones. "He loves anything with a motor," his ...

Two generations of Wilke’s Classic Tractors: Dustin and Cyrus Wilke. Cyrus Wilke’s favorite sign, above, is a still-working milk-glass porcelain neon advertising the Riechmann Bros. John Deere ...

Don Dufner has not only collected hundreds of John Deere tractors over the last few decades, he has tractors no one else has. Don Dufner of Buxton, North Dakota, has been collecting John Deere ...

Tractor and John Deere can almost be used interchangeably at this point, due to how iconic the brand has become. In fact, John Deere has continued to shape the tractor industry and refine the popular ...