NEWS & BLOG
EasyCut Front-Mounted Disc Mowers
By: Derek Bontrager, Equipment Sales
Many people have seen pictures or videos of front-mounted disc mowers and thought, “Why would I do that?” Most of these are of European tractors in European conditions and often show grasses being cut for hay. There is also the “out-of-the-box” concept that you would need to have a tractor with a front 3pt hitch, front PTO and a set of hydraulic couplers. These tractors are not the ones seen in every machine shed in the Midwest.More
Introducing a New Line to Our Livestock Feeds: Lowe’s Purple Vision
As a part of our quest to serve customers for success, we are constantly evaluating new products and services that add value to your business and to your customers. We also heavily vet these new potential suppliers to ensure there is an alignment from both the product quality and good, “old-fashioned” values perspectives. Lowe’s Pellets & Grain, our most recent supplier addition, has checked both of these boxes. Hailing from southeastern Indiana, Lowe’s Pellets & Grain, is a third-generation, family-owned feed manufacturer and grain elevator that was founded on the principles of quality, integrity and service.More
GPS Issues?
By: Derek Shalla, Precision & Equipment Sales
This spring was a challenge unlike most others due to unseasonably cold weather that lasted well into the beginning of May. To help further complicate fieldwork, some of you might have had GPS (WAAS) quality issues. More
Doing to Learn: Lone Tree FFA Test Plot Provides First-hand Experience
The drive between Lone Tree and U.S. Highway 218 is lined with fields. But one field is different from the rest: the Lone Tree FFA Test Plot. Since 2012, Lone Tree FFA members have been learning by doing through the test plot on Highway 22.More
Putting the Mile in Milestone
Employees’ years of service are milestones worth celebrating. But for this group of employees, they areliterally putting the mile in milestone as truck drivers with our transportation and feed ingredients divisions. Join us in congratulating these drivers forhittingone, two or three million mileswith Stutsmans. More
Fall Tips to Prevent Plugged Sumps in the Spring
By: Roger Slaughter and Tom Miller, Grain Handling Equipment Sales
From golf balls to running the auger in reverse, we’ve heard of various ‘fixes’ for unclogging plugged sumps. On top of slowing the unload process, clogged sumps can just plain cause major headaches… and who has time for that?! While we hope our customers never have to deal with this headache, we’ve found the most consistent way to tackle plugged sumps is to take a proactive approach and prevent them in the first place. With these few tips, hopefully the only problem you’ll be dealing with during unload is being able to turn trucks fast enough.More
