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Diesel Equipment Vital to the Agricultural Sector

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  U.S. agriculture is one of the most productive and economically valuable in the world; higher yields in less time and with fewer inputs, thanks to advances in the machinery and equipment used to plant, harvest, and tend the land. Today,   diesel engines   power most of the agricultural equipment( Farm Equipment, Trucks for Transportation, Agricultural Revolution, etc. in the United States and around the world that is necessary to grow and harvest crops and deliver them to market or for processing and then ultimate delivery to consumers. In the United States, diesel engines power more than two-thirds of all farm equipment, transporting 90 percent of its produce and pumping one-fifth of its water. Ninety-six percent of the large trucks that transport agricultural products to railroad hubs and warehouses are powered by diesel engines. The freight locomotives, marine inland grain barges and ocean-going vessels that transport these products to domestic and international markets use 100 pe