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Tractor Wars
Tractor Wars II
Season 2026
Episode 2026
From 1929 through 1959, the tractor industry changed focus. Rather than pioneering the idea of bringing power farming to agriculture, companies started working toward making mechanized farming part of everyday life in rural America. Tractor makers fought for market supremacy as each company improved on the basic design. Watch the next installment of Iowa PBS’s Tractor Wars series, Tractor Wars II.
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The fight between Deere, Ford and International to build the first all-purpose tractor.