Index

Advanced Farming Systems (AFS), 60, 198

AFS. See Advanced Farming Systems

Ag Connect Expo, 56, 79–80

Ag-Bag technology, 55

Ag-Chem Equipment, 71

AGCO. See Allis-Gleaner Corporation

Agricultural and Turf Division, 45, 46, 47

Algerian Tractor Corporation, 75

Allis, E.P., 64, 66

Allis-Chalmers, 15, 16, 17, 28, 29, 30, 31, 125, 182

Allis-Gleaner Corporation (AGCO), 4, 7, 28, 29, 31, 36–39, 42, 47, 62–82, 48, 63, 64, 68–82, 93, 96, 100, 121, 125, 128, 129, 131, 133, 134, 139, 140, 145, 148, 155–57, 163, 164, 168, 169, 172–174, 176–178, 180, 182, 183, 186, 188, 194–196, 201, 204, 210

All-purpose tractors, 13

Alternative fuels, 172–175

Always Running Courtesy Fleet Service, 188

American Harvester Company, 150

American Industrial Classification System (NAICS), 1

Amity Technologies, 79

Answer Tech Data Silo, 199

Apache sprayer, 83, 84

AppliTrac, 199

Argo, 115

Asian automobiles, United States, 29

Asian Manufacturers, 29–33

ASSEMBLY Magazine, 78–79, 81

Association of Equipment Manufacturers, 80

A.T. Kearney, 81

Atlanta World Trade Center, 80

Auto Business Review, 81

Autonomous Harvest System, 205

Biomass harvesting, 175–178

BMW, 169

Brand loyalty, global erosion of, 179–185

Buda Engine Company, 67

Buhler Industries, 28, 104–106

Bullock Electric Company, 65

CAP. See Common Agricultural Policy

Case International, 32–35, 49, 62, 69, 105, 115, 148, 166, 184, 185, 187, 198, 202

Case New Holland (CNH), 7, 28, 29, 38, 42, 47, 49–62, 64, 68, 69, 74, 77, 81–83, 93, 100, 105, 125, 131, 134, 139, 145, 160, 164, 165, 167, 169, 174, 177, 178, 184, 186, 191, 192, 194, 199, 200, 203–206

Caterpillar, 28, 39, 44, 58, 63, 65, 72, 78, 159

cEGR. See cooled exhaust gas recirculation

Challenger, 77, 78, 176, 183, 184

Champion Line, 50

China, farm machinery industry, 3

Chrysler, 28, 49, 61, 125

Chrysler-Fiat, 41

Cimbria Holdings of Denmark, 74

CLAAS Jaguar self-propelled forage harvester, 107

CLAAS Lexion combine, 108

CLAAS, 28, 36, 39, 106–109, 121, 160, 172, 177, 178, 200, 210, 210, 211

CNH. See Case New Holland

Coal- or wood-fired steam boilers, 10

Cockshutt, 28

Cockshutt Farm Equipment, 69

Commercial agriculture, 9

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), 128, 129

Computers, 6

Conservation Reserve Program, 127

Construction and Forestry Division, 46, 58

Continuously variable transmissions (CVT), 172

cooled exhaust gas recirculation (cEGR), 160–164, 165, 167, 169, 171, 172

COVID-19 pandemic, 3, 81–82, 98, 131, 137

Credit and currency valuations, 135–137

Credit and financing services, 190–193

Credit Division, 46

Cummings, Dominic, 165

Cummins, 171

Daedong, 32, 38, 113

Dealership consolidation, 186–189

Decline of the horse, 21–24

Deering Harvester Company, 50149–151

Deering, William, 150

DEF. See Diesel exhaust fluid

Deutz, 165

Deutz-Allis, 69

Dickson Manufacturing Company, 64

Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), 162, 163, 164, 165

Diesel particulate filter (DPF), 165, 166, 167, 171

Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 156

DPF. See Diesel particulate filter

Draft animals, 14, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 24

Draft control system, 17

Drag-type implements, 23

Dutch Power Company, 202

ElectRoGator, 173–174

Emissions regulations, 159–171

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), 127

EPA. See U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EQIP. See Environmental Quality Incentives Program

Equipment Corporation, 66

Equipment Technologies, 83–84

EU. See European Union

European Manufacturers, 24–29

European Union (EU), 128, 144, 145, 203

Exelon Corporation, 47

EXOR Group, 49

Falk, Otto

Farm King pull-type sprayer, 105

Farm machinery industry

Asian Manufacturers, 29–33

competition

brand loyalty, global erosion of, 179–185

dealership consolidation, 186–189

leasing versus buying, 185–186

decline of the horse, 21–24

emissions regulations, worldwide variability in, 159–171

European Manufacturers, 24–29

feeding a growing world population, 206–211

green technologies

alternative fuels, 172–175

biomass harvesting, 175–178

history of, 9–21

manufacturing and assembly operations, 37–39

North American Manufacturers, 24–29

rise of the tractor, 21–24

rollover and road use, safety standards for, 145–148

self-propelled farm machinery, emissions standards for, 143–145

services, technology, and automation, diversification

credit and financing services, 190–193

future of autonomous agriculture, 200–206

parts and maintenance services, 193–195

technology services, 195–200

size and scope, 33–36

types of, 3

U.S. antitrust laws, 148–157

Farm Progress Companies, 179–182, 184, 189

Farmall, 14–16, 19, 32, 42, 51

Farming, use of computers and software, 4

Farms, Bolthouse, 203

Feeding a growing world population, 206–211

Fendt, 77

Fendt FutureFarm, 174

Fendt Xaver, 203, 206

Ferguson System, 17, 19

Ferguson, Harry, 17

Ferrari, 49, 58

Fiat, 28, 30, 31, 49, 55, 58, 60, 61, 68, 105, 112, 115

Fiat Powertrain (FPT), 169

Firestone, Harvey, 66

First Agricultural Revolution, 9

Forbes, 80

Ford, 16, 17, 22, 25, 28, 41, 50, 53, 54, 55

Ford 8N tractor, 17, 29

Ford 9N tractor, 17

Ford New Holland, 104

Ford, Henry, 22, 53, 54

Fordson, 22, 23, 55

Fortune 500, 41, 48, 49, 60, 63

FPT. See Fiat Powertrain

Friedman, Thomas, 172

Froehlich, John, 11

Froehlich’s Waterloo Gasoline, 11

Full-line manufacturers, 33, 35, 36

Fuse Technologies, 76, 77, 198

Future of autonomous agriculture, 200–206

The Future Farm and Global Learning Centre, 75, 76, 210

Gallo, E.J., 203

Gasoline traction engine, 10–11, 25

General Electric, 68

General Motors, 41

Gleaner Manufacturing Company, 67

Global Agricultural Productivity Report, 5, 208

Global positioning systems

Goldstar Cable Company, 112

Goldstar Heavy Industry, 112

Gordeyev, Alexey, 58

GPS. See Global positioning systems (GPS), 6, 86, 90, 93, 197, 201, 202, 203

Great Plains Manufacturing, 86–88, 184

Green Revolution, 138–141

GSI Holding Corporation, 73

GSI, 36, 74, 75

Hagie Manufacturing, 92

Hart-Parr Corporation, 11

Harvester Wars, 149

Hectares of agricultural land per person across Earth, 207

Hello Tractor, 136

Heritage National Healthplan, 46

Hesston, 31, 70

High-horsepower articulated tractor, 6

Hillco Technologies, 176, 178

Holt Manufacturing Compan, 65

Horse Association of America, 23–24

Hot, Flat, and Crowded, 172

Illinois and Iowa. Manufacturers

Implements, farm machinery industry, 2

Industrial Revolution, 24

Industry organization and competition

international full-line manufacturers

Buhler Industries, 104–106

Kubota, 94–96

Mahindra and Mahindra, 97–100

SAME Deutz-Fahr, 100–104

international short-line manufacturers

CLAAS, 106–109

LS Tractors, 110–113

Tong Yang Moolsan, 109–110

U.S. full-line manufacturers

Allis-Gleaner Corporation, 62–82

Case New Holland, 49–62

Deere and Company, 41–49

U.S. short-line manufacturers

Equipment Technologies, 83–84

Great Plains Manufacturing, 86–88

Kinze, 85–86

Reinke Manufacturing, 88–90

Infinitely variable transmissions (IVT), 172

International Harvester, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 28, 30, 31, 32, 42, 50, 51, 52, 58, 68, 99, 114, 115, 125, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 179

Iveco, 49, 58

IVT. See Infinitely variable transmissions

J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company, 28, 50, 52, 154, 155

J.P. Morgan, 151

JD Power Customer Service Index, 100

John Deere, 5, 11, 16–19, 26, 29, 32, 38, 39, 41–49, 58–60, 64, 68, 74, 76, 77, 81–83, 93, 96, 100, 125, 131, 132, 133, 136, 139, 145, 155–157, 160, 161,163, 165, 166, 169, 172, 173, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 186, 187, 191, 194, 197–199, 200, 202, 204–206, 210

Johnson, Edward A., 152

Kinze, 5, 36, 85–86, 156, 184, 205

Kinzenbaw, John, 85

Kioti, 32, 114,115

Klöchner-Humboldt-Deutz, 31, 69, 100, 102

Kongskilde, 55

Korean War, 18

Kubota, 30, 31, 94–96, 132

Kubota, 31, 32, 39

Kuhn Farm Machinery, 113, 184

Kukje Machinery of South Korea, 110

Lamborghini, 28

Landini, 31

Laverda, 73

Leasing versus buying, 185–186

Leyland, 28

LG Heavy Machinery, 112

LiDAR technology, 202

Lindeman Power Equipment Company, 44

Long, 30

LS Tractor, 5, 32, 110–113, 139

Mahindra and Mahindra, 32, 38, 39, 97–100, 109, 121, 132, 137, 139, 178, 185, 199, 205

Maserati, 58

Massey-Ferguson, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 52, 63, 68, 70, 71, 77, 78, 81, 82, 132, 176, 183

Mazda, 30

McConnell Tractors, 70

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, 50, 149, 150

McCormick International, 32, 38, 114, 115

McCormick tractor, 28, 116, 151

McCormick, Cyrus, 24, 50, 52, 53, 114, 150, 153

McCormick–Deering company, 150

Mercedes, 169

Milwaukee Harvester Company

Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company, 12

Minneapolis-Moline, 28, 69, 99

Mitsubishi, 30

Modern three-point hitch system, 18

Module Builder Express, 56

NAICS. See American Industrial Classification System

National Farm Machinery Show, 110, 168

Nebraska Tractor Test Lab, 25

New Generation of Power tractors, 44

New Holland, 49, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 105, 112, 128, 148, 174, 175, 180, 181, 185

T8 NHDrive, 56

NH², 174, 175

Nitrogen oxides (NOx), 144, 145, 159–163

North American Equipment Dealer’s Association Dealer’s Choice Award, 112

North American Industrial Classification System, 9

North American Manufacturers, 24–29

NOx. See Nitrogen oxides

Oliver Chilled Plow, 26

Oliver Farm Equipment Company, 28, 69

One-row tractor, 16

OSHA. See U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Otto Gas Engine Company, 10

Outside market forces

COVID-19 Pandemic, 137

credit and currency valuations, 135–137

raw materials and manufacturing inputs, cost of, 132–135

subsistence and commercial farming techniques

Green Revolution, 138–141

worldwide agricultural commodity prices

ethanol, crop prices/farm machinery industry, 122–125

natural disasters and climate change, 120–122

subsidies, 125–129

trade policy, 129–131

Particulate matter (PM), 144, 145, 159–163, 165, 167

Parts and maintenance services, 193–195

Paterson, 52

Plano Manufacturing Company, 50

PLM. See Precision Land Management

PM. See Particulate matter

Poppin’ Johnny, 42

Population, earth, 207

Power-takeoff, tractor, 51

Precision Land Management (PLM), 198

Precision Planting, 77, 155, 156

Production of animal protein, 119

Quadtrac tractors, 53

STX500, 60

Ram Trucks, 61–62

Raw materials and manufacturing inputs, cost of, 132–135

Reinke Manufacturing, 88–90

Reinke tower, 89

Renault, 28, 36, 39

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), 122, 123, 124

RFS. See Renewable Fuel Standard

Richenhagen, Martin, 79, 81

Rise of the tractor, 21–24

Rockefeller Foundation, 138

Rockefeller, John D., Sr., 151

Ro-Gator, 71, 77, 82

Rollover and road use, safety standards for, 145–148

Rollover protection structure (ROPS), 146, 147

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 152

ROPS. See Rollover protection structure

Rostselmash, 28

Row-crop tractors, 19

SAME Deutz-Fahr, 28, 32, 38, 39, 100–104, 146, 171, 192, 194, 198

SCR. See Selective catalytic reduction

Second Agricultural Revolution, 9, 24

Selective catalytic reduction (SCR), 160–165, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172

Self-propelled farm machinery, 1

emissions standards for, 143–145

Self-propelled Gleaner combine, 20

Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 152

Short-line manufacturers, 33, 36

SIMA Innovation Award, 202

Single-Pass Round Bale system, 177

Sperry New Holland, 50, 54, 55

Spra-Coupe, 36, 71

Steam traction engine, 10, 12

Steiger Corporation, 53

Straw, 20

Super Series of Gleaner, 168

Taft, William Howard, 153

Technology services, 195–200

Tenneco, 51, 52, 53, 55

Third Agricultural Revolution, 138

Thornburgh, A.A., 35

Three-point hitch system, 17, 18

Tier 1 standards, 144

Tier 2 standards, 144, 159, 169

Tier 3 standards, 145, 159, 188, 195

Tier 4 Interim regulations, 58, 144, 145, 159, 160, 162, 163, 166, 167, 168, 169

Tong Yang Moolsan (TYM), 32, 38, 39, 109–110, 111, 139

Tractor industry, 11, 12

Tricycle front ends, two tractors, 15

Trump, Donald, 129

Turbocharger, 18

The 2014 Farm Bill, 125, 128

The 2018 Farm Bill, 127–128

TYM. See Tong Yang Moolsan

U.S.

antitrust laws, 148–157

crop prices, 118

methods of farming, 22

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 21, 126

U.S. Department of Justice, 74, 76, 105, 153, 156, 157

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 76, 122, 168

U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, 136

U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 146, 147

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 133

U.S.-based Knight Manufacturing Corporation, 113

ULSF. See Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel

Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSF), 167

United States Steel Corporation, 150

United Tractor, 66

Utility task vehicles (UTVs), 30

UTVs. See Utility task vehicles

Valmont Industries, 90

Valtra, 72, 77, 204

Vermeer Corporation, 91, 177, 178

Versatile, 28, 33, 36, 37, 39, 104, 171

Volatile farm machinery industry, 26

Volvo Trucks, 169

Wall Street Journal, 186

Waterloo Boy tractor, 43

Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company, 42

Wells Fargo, 193

Westinghouse, 68

White Farm Equipment, 99

White Motor Company, 28, 30

White-New Idea, 69

Willmar, 36, 71

WinField United, 199

Wisconsin-based company, 16

Workforce, United States, 24

World War I, 24, 25, 26

World War II, 18, 66, 67

Worldwide agricultural commodity prices

ethanol, crop prices/farm machinery industry, 122–125

natural disasters and climate change, 120–122

subsidies, 125–129

trade policy, 129–131

World’s employed population, 209

Yanmar, 30, 32, 112

Your Agriculture Company, 73, 74

Zetor, 44

Zimmerman, Abe, 54