Visitors to Naper Settlement on Tuesday, Sept. 5, can come early at 9:30 a.m. to see a fully restored 1953 Allis-Chalmers WD45 tractor and plow return to the grounds of the historic village at 523 S.

The tractor can plow a preprogrammed course, be operated manually or both. When the tractor flashes a blue light and honks in response, a quick shift into drive, and it’s off. Fixing on a screen, it’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Jerry Derby purchased his 1997 John Deere tractor with the idea he would use it most of the time to plow his field, dig ditches and ...

The Madison Community Garden Committee thanks Dan Miller, who owns a farm in Green Village, for plowing the garden with his 1954 Ferguson 30 tractor. This lightweight but heavy-duty tractor was ...

It’s something to think about: “How organic is your farm if your diesel tractor is spewing particulates all over your strawberries and tomatoes?” That’s a question posed by Dean Case, who handles ...

There’s a lot to love about Volkswagen’s family of VR6 engines. As they’re effectively narrow-angle V6s, they can cram the power and smoothness of six-cylinder engines into bays designed only for four ...

At the trendy South by Southwest conference in mid-March, there was buzz about music, movies, President Obama's keynote address... and tractors. Why? Because there's a new, low-cost (but pretty smart) ...

Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. John Deere, the world’s biggest tractor maker by revenues, said it was accelerating capital spending this ...

A man who was plowing snow on a tractor has died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a vehicle. The 59-year-old man, a maintenance worker, was clearing snow Dec. 18 on Evanston Avenue when a ...

Grounded in central Illinois throughout its century-long history, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has seemingly been smitten by corporate wanderlust of late, moving its headquarters from ...