KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — People from across West Michigan traveled to Kalamazoo County Saturday for an antique tractor show through the village of Vicksburg. The Kalamazoo Valley Antique Engine & ...

Kenny Kocher of Thomasboro talks Wednesday about how difficult it was to find some parts for his 1945 Oliver 70 tractor, which he has restored to what it was like when he was growing up. He’s placed ...

I feel blessed to have grown up on a farm, and during the timeframe that it occurred. When I started going to school (in Gagetown during the mid-1950s), most of the kids in my classroom were from ...

NORTH HENDERSON, Ill. – Almost 80 years ago Bill Meeker’s father and grandfather bought an Oliver 70 tractor. It was the first Oliver in the family. “It’s a 1942 model. I’m a 1943 model. It’s been ...

On the March page of this year’s Classic Farm Tractors Calendar, there’s a purple (or is it lavender? Check it out here /) 19966 Oliver 1850 hooked to an Oliver Model 565 Plow, explaining that a few ...

The vintage trend is hot in 2025, but who knew it goes for farm tractors, too? Well, Machinery Pete knew, that’s who! For this week’s “Pete’s Pick of the Week”, Machinery Pete highlighted a handful of ...

Heirloom items hold generations of memories, and that's no different for club vice president of the River Hills Antique Tractor Club. As member Jerry Davis describes it, "Every tractor has a story." ...

Rush County farmers Ken and Bob Waits are plowing a new field with their vintage John Deere tractors. Ken broke the ground in 1989, and son Bob followed in 1993. What started as a hobby planted each ...

Two generations of Wilke’s Classic Tractors: Dustin and Cyrus Wilke. Cyrus Wilke’s favorite sign, above, is a still-working milk-glass porcelain neon advertising the Riechmann Bros. John Deere ...

What is it about vintage tractors that has crowds of people staring with admiration and a certain amount of envy at agricultural shows around Scotland? I don’t get it, so I have to ask. Russell McNab ...

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