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Meet the Spudnik Scooper, a first-of-its-kind product for potato handling and the original product of this company that now provides equipment for potato, sugar beet, and other vegetable growers.

Even with the known advantages of buying used agriculture equipment, misconceptions still exist. Here are five of the most common misconceptions about buying used farm equipment and the realities.

Watch to compare the 1023E and 1025R tractors and learn all the features that make these two compact utility tractors different.

Watch to see the ERO Trimmer up close and hear more about how this time and labor-saving machine is a great opportunity for vineyard trimming during the grape growing season.

Find out how the Spundnik 992 AirSep works to separate material from the product, while still offering gentle potato handling needed during potato harvest.

Take a listen to our latest Agriculture Technology podcast, Ep. 95 featuring Greentronics.

RDO Equipment Co. offers the ERO Grapeliner Harvester, a high-quality picking machine with exceptional hill-climbing ability for steep and rolling terrain.

When thinking about autonomous farming, what comes to mind? Big driverless tractors? Drones swarming above farm fields? Most often, visions of a fully-autonomous farm have one thing in common: the absence of people. RDO Equipment Co. and its precision agriculture team have a different idea; a vision that combines people who know precision agriculture technology and those who understand the science of crop production.

To cab or not to cab. That is the question…for many compact utility tractor owners, that is.

RDO Equipment Co. offers Blueline’s AccuTech sprayer. Paired with John Deere’s GL Series tractors, opportunities for rate control, wireless data transfer, and technology support from the RDO team lets growers analyze data to make better agronomic decisions for more efficient, cost-effective operation in vineyard applications.

Whether looking for a near-new tractor or a older, quality used machine, here are five tips to find and secure the best mid-size tractor for your needs.

The viticulture industry is one of agriculture’s unique areas in that much of the work is still done by hand. Gregoire is leading the shift towards mechanization.

Regardless of the sale, it’s always impactful when a piece of equipment makes a difference for the people who need it. That’s perhaps even more true when the customer is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people across the world.

RDO Equipment Co. offers Spundnik’s 8060 Planter for potato growers, a simple, yet effective and precise planter.

For RDO Equipment Co. team members, the opportunity to build customers for life can present itself at just about any time. While many customer relationships may sprout from the sale of a machine, that’s not the only chance — RDO Equipment Co.’s vast range of service offerings, aftermarket upgrades, and support capabilities make sure of that.

Gary Wipf of Doland, South Dakota has faced many challenging harvests in his nearly five decades of farming - but the harvest of 2018 threw curveballs even he wasn't expecting. See how the team at RDO Equipment Co. kept him up and running.

Water. A highly prized resource. How do we manage it? How to we use it most efficiently? We tackle that and more on this episode of the podcast.

Many growers are turning to technology to automate lettuce processes on the farm. Automated lettuce thinners are one such technology, with many systems in the market or in development for a decade or more.

While selling and supporting John Deere tractors is important, we're taking a look at how we support specialty growers all year long.

As we look ahead to what 2019 holds, the events of 2018 will play a role in our outlook. Breaking the industry into the three regions RDO Equipment Co. serves – the Midwest, Northwest, and Southwest – Keith Kreps, Vice President, shares his outlook of how 2018 is setting the stage for 2019.