Rumors have been running rampant about a new John Deere pickup truck. Farmers and workers trust their machinery. But would drivers trust them to build a rugged truck for hauling large equipment? Is ...

Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.

It could also reduce maintenance requirements, Deere said, compared to hydraulic-driven planters with “wear parts” such as chains and sprockets. Farmers wanting to apply liquid fertilizer in-furrow or ...