Tires for Wet and Muddy Fields 

Spring can be a trying time for farmers as they balance the urgency to get into the field with the need to wait until the field is actually ready to handle equipment. While the urge to get to the chores of tilling, spreading, spraying, and planting are strong, patience this time of year is preached, as farmers are liable to do more harm than good by getting into the field too soon. However, patience can be difficult in practice as the clock ticks away and farmers have to get their fields prepared and producing. To make matters worse, delays in the spring can negatively impact yields come harvest time.

Understanding IF/VF Tires 

IF/VF tires are an increasingly common sight on today’s farms as more and more users discover the numerous advantages they offer. For example, IF/VF tires—like Yokohama Off-Highway Tire’s Alliance AgriFlex/AgriFlex+—can help increase productivity, improve efficiency, lower fuel consumption, reduce soil compaction, and ultimately deliver a lower total cost of ownership. 

You’ll routinely hear about the many benefits of IF/VF tires, however, highlighted less frequently are how these innovative tires produce such remarkable results. 

5 Great Farm Tires for 2016 

We make dozens and dozens of tires in numerous sizes designed to handle the specialized needs of customers all over the world. Tires engineered for excellence in the busiest fields, on the largest machinery, and in some of the most difficult conditions you can find—all while delivering extremely high performance, durability, and cost effectiveness. For those of you in the farming business, we thought we'd take this opportunity to highlight some of the tires we've predicted to be our 2016 MVPs!

Soil Compaction and Yield Potential 

It’s one thing to hear about soil compaction and imagine what it’s doing to yield potential, dragging it down as much as 70 percent in some crops, but it’s another thing to actually see it. 

A Drive Through Agriculture’s Past and Present

The route from Chicago to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania—home of the North American Manure Expo last week—was a drive through agriculture’s past and present.