The 1468: It Was All Marketing s Fault. To be fair, there were likely a lot of reasons why the 68-series tractors didn’t sell well. It’s wasn’t all Marketing’s fault. But. Harvester’s Marketing execs did start the ball rolling.
These bad boys were ill-suited for the field, but boy they sure look good! You can bid on that one on the left right now! Click the photo for the details! (That s a 1568 on the right - it ll cross the auction block soon!) Basically, this whole deal started because Massey had attacked the horsepower race with the 1150. The 1150 used a 510-inch Perkins V-8 (a motor built for a city bus) dialed up to 146 horse. It was a handsome tractor with all the right stuff, and it sold fairly well to young farmers. Not only that, but it sounded good, too – way better than any city bus motor should! Adding insult to injury, the 1150 made 2 more horse than the 1456. In 1970, it was the 2WD king of the horsepower hill!
iStock: Jevtic A lot happened in 2020, both on and off the farm. Here’s a timeline of some of the headlines that caught farmers’ attention over the last year. Catch up on what you missed!
January At the beginning of 2020, farmers were looking back on the 2019 growing season and planning for the year ahead. David Hula shared a few of the practices that were key in winning the 2019 National Corn Yield Contest with 616.195-bushel-per-acre yield. Starbucks outraged many in the agriculture community when they announced plans to cut back on dairy products as part of a new sustainability plan. Dairy Management, Inc. and other industry groups responded by emphasizing that both plants and animals play a critical role in the health of people and our world.