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Big Blue

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The Tractor that Stole the Show “We ought to build a great big plow and tractor just to promote our companies. We need something with about 600 horsepower, and we need a 12-bottom plow. When we leave that show they’ll know we were there.”-Bill Dietrich At the 1974 Farm Progress...

Kinze Hosts Its First Manufacturing Day Event

Kinze
This year was our first year hosting a Manufacturing Day event. We were very excited to join the thousands of other manufacturers in "inspiring the next generation of skilled workers." Since 2012, manufacturers across the country have been hosting events for students, parents and instructors to learn more about the diverse career...

Kinze Hydraulic Weight Transfer

Kinze
The Problem With Compaction Planters today are bigger than ever — with more rows and increased, centralized seed and fertilizer capacity. While this allows farmers to plant more acres per day and reduce the time needed to fill the planter, there are drawbacks. With so much weight centered above the center...

Proto, Tool and Die Department

Kinze
Ever wonder how the latest Kinze innovations become reality, from idea to final product? Our proto, tool and die department is responsible for bringing new product designs to life. They are a team of fabricators, welders, tooling designers, machinists and assemblers that produce the first test units, and work hand-in-hand...

Planter Section Control Technology

Kinze
In a perfect world, all fields would be square and easily planted. However, that is not the case. You have tree lines, curved terraces, winding roads and waterways to work around. As a planter makes its way towards a waterway, for example, it has to either plant through a waterway...

Keeping Planting Simple With Technology

Kinze
Do you remember when planting was as simple as backing the tractor up to the planter, droping the pin in the hitch and being ready to plant? Technology has made some great advances over the years, but it can be confusing and daunting, and we recognize that. As we researched...