America's Female Farmers

With the aging population of America's farmers and questions of where ag’s next generation will come from, one group has shown rapid growth: women. In fact, the number of female farmers in the U.S. has almost tripled over the past thirty years, with women now representing 30% of American farm operators. Coming from diverse backgrounds, some of these women grew up on the farm and other women are being drawn into agriculture from vastly different backgrounds.    

As of Jan 1, 2021, Alliance Tire Group and Alliance Tire Americas, Inc. changed their names to Yokohama Off-Highway Tires and Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America, Inc respectively. The Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brands and product names remain unchanged. Product information is available at www.yokohama-oht.com.

Alliance Tire Americas will debut its new Alliance 398 MPT (multi-purpose tire) radial flotation tire for manure carts, tanks and feed trucks that require a combination of high flotation and high-speed road performance. The Alliance 398 MPT carries a DOT speed rating of J—62 mph or 100 km/h—making it an outstanding replacement for standard dual truck tires, according to Alliance Tire Americas National Product Manager—Agriculture James Crouch.

Customers Love Our Alliance 376 Farm Tire

One of the great joys of the summer for our team is pulling season. And while we love the excitement of the pulls, the main reason we attend so many National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) events is the opportunity to meet with the people using our tires day in and day out. We believe that learning from these interactions is one of the reasons why we've been so successful in addressing the needs of today’s farmer. Sometimes, though, someone like Cole Feldt from Grafton, Iowa just wants to visit our booth and tell us how much they love our product…and as much as we love feedback, we also really enjoy praise.

Big Flotation Tires Help at Harvest

In years like this, marked with unpredictable and unfavorable weather, making sure you’re in control of the factors you can manage is critical. With much of the heartland battling weather that just refuses to cooperate, being too wet for planting or too dry after planting, many farmers have been forced to replant (with some even having to replant a second time)—highlighting the importance of making sure your operation is running as smoothly as possible to help salvage the season.

Farm Tires to Help Vegetable Growers Battle Compaction

Did you know June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month? Well it is!

At the same time we're making an effort to eat more salad and scramble to make our plates a little more colorful with extra servings of veggies this month, thousands of the nation's vegetable growers—like many farmers this year—are struggling with a late planting season and wet soils.