A Plate Full Of Plowshares And Horsepower
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 17:03 PM EST
What's all the rage at this year's auto shows in New York, Detroit and Los Angeles? Cleaner and more fuel-efficient vehicles. The same is true across America's farm belt. The next iteration of federal clean-air standards for agricultural diesel engines takes effect Jan. 1. Called Interim Tier 4, the standards narrow the regulatory gap between off-road equipment such as farming tractors and combines and America's on-road diesel vehicles. "Some