PEORIA, Ill. Dec 18 (Reuters) - Construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. on Monday said it agreed to sell its new MT line of tractors to AGCO Corp. , a Duluth, Georgia-based ...

Battery-powered hand tools now own the fix-it market. Yard equipment has its cell sights set on suburbia. Farm country, however, requires a much higher threshold of reliability. That isn’t slowing ...

Both Caterpillar Inc. and John Deere Co. are area manufacturing giants that, despite diversification, are known for the tractors they make. Caterpillar is a world leader when it comes to mining and ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Caterpillar Inc. announced Monday it has sold its new line of Challenger farm tractors to AGCO Inc. AGCO, based in Duluth, Ga., will acquire the design, assembly and marketing of the ...

Farm and construction equipment companies, such as Caterpillar (CAT) and Deere & Company (DE), have trounced the broader markets over the past two decades. For instance, shares of Caterpillar have ...

Peoria, IL (June 15, 2011) – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that it plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Thailand. Construction will begin on the new factory in 2011, with ...

The impact of China's move to greatly curb purchases of U.S. livestock and crops during the ongoing trade war with the U.S. is rippling beyond farmers into the broader agriculture-industrial complex.

ELKADER, IOWA — A rare Caterpillar tractor auctioned with a collection of meticulously restored antique machines started a cross-country journey Tuesday to a new owner with deep ties to the company.