Scott Garvey

With its unique expertise, the Nebraska 
Tractor Test Lab become involved in 
alternative fuel systems research

When the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab (NTTL) was originally created, its mandate was pretty specific. Measuring farm tractor horsepower and publishing proven numbers for each model before it could be sold in Nebraska was the facility’s sole purpose. But now, with almost a century of experience under its belt, the Lab has developed a skill set that makes […] Read more

“Power mix” tests are latest in new evaluations conducted by the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab to keep pace with new technologies and evolving farmer demands

In 1920, staff at the then-newly-formed Nebraska Tractor Test Lab (NTTL) conducted the facility’s first official tractor test. The Lab was established along with a new state law in Nebraska, which subjected all tractors sold there to independent testing. At the time, too many tractor manufacturers made claims about horsepower and performance that were simply unrealistic. By providing […] Read more

DLG’s tractor and equipment test facility in Germany has been evaluating tractors since 1962. It’s Europe’s equivalent of the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

The sign at the main entrance to the DLG (German Agricultural Soc-iety) tractor and equipment test centre in Gross-Umstadt Germany includes the organization’s slogan. “We establish standards” is its English translation. And that’s not an exaggeration. DLG is a non-profit, independent organization that was founded in 1885 by Max Eyth, a farmer and engineer, to […] Read more

Improved fuel efficiency and operator comfort are key features in Fendt tractors in all horsepower ranges

For a custom-farming operator to be using 10 tractors of the same make for 10 years, it has to be some indicator of his confidence in the quality and performance of the equipment. That’s been Alberta farmer Ludze Holtrop’s story with Fendt tractors over the past decade. Holtrop, who began custom farming in 2002, actually […] Read more

I have never seen a tractor manufacturer discuss zero to 60 acceleration times in its promotional material. That was, however, until I took an in-depth look at what the Fendt brand had to say about its tractors. And there it was. “Zero to 60 kilometres per hour in 11 seconds,” the company proudly declared! Unique? […] Read more

AGCO’s Fendt brand opened the doors to its all-new, high-tech assembly plant in Bavaria and invited the public to take a look

Farmers in Western Canada can be forgiven if they don’t know a lot about the Fendt brand of tractors; they’re thin on the ground in this part of the world, to say the least. “Fendt tractors are a true premium product,” says Reid Hamre, North American brand manager for Fendt. “They’re for the customer who […] Read more

Ern and Monica Pethick of McAuley, Manitoba, were looking for something out of the ordinary when they purchased their first Fendt 714 Vario tractor about four years ago. A back injury suffered many years ago meant bouncing around in a tractor could be pretty uncomfortable for Ern, so the suspension systems on Fendt-brand tractors that […] Read more

To showcase new technology and innovation in truck design, Ford unveiled 
the Atlas at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit

On many farms there are two pickup trucks. The reasonably new one that ferries kids to hockey games and makes shopping trips to the city, and an older one that lugs a fuel tank and tools back and forth from the field. If there is 20 or more years age difference between those two, the […] Read more