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The tractors are named for the McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia. The Doncaster plant was the headquarters of the McCormick company. The plant had a long history of producing tractors for Case IH and International Harvester and under its new ownership continued to produce tractors for Case IH under the terms of a European antitrust ...
Farmall was a leader in the emerging row-crop tractor segment. A 1937 McCormick-Deering Farmall F-12 tractor on display at the Cole Land Transportation Museum [16] in Bangor, Maine. Following the introduction of Farmall, several similarly styled "F Series" models were introduced while the original design continued to be produced as the "Regular."
2001 saw further growth with the purchase of the McCormick name and tractor factory in Doncaster, England, after the merger of Case IH and Fiat's New Holland Ag into CNH Global. The regulatory bodies reviewing the merger required some factories to be sold, which included Laverda from Fiat, and McCormick Tractors International from Case IH.
As tractor production was a mainstay of the company, IH realized they would have to modernize and re-engineer their tractor line, lowering costs where possible in order to remain competitive. The massive boilerplate frame and iron housings of the old IH tractors were slowly phased out for lighter, less-expensive components.
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Mahindra Tractors (India) Erkunt (Turkey)(part of Mahindra) ArmaTrac; Mahindra; Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery (Japan)(own 33.3%) Trakstar (formerly Mahindra Gujarat and Shaktimaan brands) Mancel (France) Majevica (Serbia) Massey Ferguson (US)(part of AGCO Corporation) McCormick Tractors (Italy)(part of ARGO SpA) Millat (Pakistan)
1845: Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr. patents the McCormick reaper 1902: McCormick, Deering Harvester Company, Plano Manufacturing Company, Champion Line and Milwaukee Harvester Company merge to create International Harvester (IH) 1923: Farmall, the "little red tractor", is introduced to the market 1942: Case first self-propelled combine is produced
Yahoo News spoke to McCormick about how Sold became a target of those seeking to ban books. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. The interview has been edited for length and ...