ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI --It didn't take much for thieves to steal the brand new full size farm tractor from a Southwest Michigan farm implement dealership last year. Police said the suspects drove up ...

Get ready to wave that flag, wave it wide and high! It’s the official midway point of the summer growing season. The week of the Fourth of July is finally here, and Machinery Pete is feeling the USA ...

A turn of the ignition says all the machine needs to say. Sixteen pistons vibrate a body that weighs over 100,000 pounds. Twin plumes of black diesel smoke flee silver exhaust pipes above the cab.

I squatted down in the dirt and took stock of my inadequate tools. Over my left shoulder a massive John Deere tractor loomed. I came here to fix that tractor. So far, things weren’t going as planned.