On a sunny Sunday afternoon, I braked as I came upon a tractor pulling two wagons full of just-harvested crops. I had no choice but to follow as the tractor crawled up a hill at 5 mph. The scenario is ...

Ten years in the making -- A call to arms -- Blacksmiths and craftsmen: the first John Deere tractors -- The foundation: letter series tractors -- The art of refinement: numbered two-cylinder machines ...

LOOMIS — The collection of old tractors — John Deere, Farmall, Oliver, Allis-Chalmers, Minneapolis Moline — in a huge red building and smaller shed at Linder Stock Farms on the east edge of Loomis was ...

John Deere has become the stuff of legend since it was created, and it doesn't take a detective to figure out why. Beyond its iconic tractors, John Deere makes several useful products that aren't ...

This 1969 Model 1020 was featured in the book Art of the John Deere Tractor and is narrower than the standard 1020 and has a hard nose and lights mounted beside the engine instead of on the fenders.

At one point in America, there were some 160 companies trying to produce a farm tractor. Henry Ford built the Fordson tractor amid reports he wanted to buy John Deere. Those are just two of the many ...

EUCHEEANNA — While taking breaks from serving as a doctor of internal medicine and cardiology, James Sheppard spent two weeks every summer for 47 years exploring 42 states and Canada on unique ...