Today’s farm budgets have tightened and made the line between success and failure razor thin. With rising costs and weaker commodity prices, maximizing your resources and dialing in your efficiencies are key to survival. One of the simplest and possibly least expensive ways to increase an operation’s efficiency is to make smarter, more informed choices when selecting tires.

Ask any long-time farmer what the secret to running a successful operation is and you’re sure to get a multitude of answers—but the underlying theme you’ll discover is the maximization of resources. For today’s farm to flourish, it's vital that they make the most of all of their assets, from dollars and manpower to the soil beneath the sun. One way farmers are increasing efficiency is with narrow row spacing, which allows them to intensify management of two limited resources: the land and the sun. And to keep up with changing practices like narrower row spacing, new innovative tires are being developed to help farmers reduce the impact of their machinery on the land while keeping their farms sustainable.

No one is ever excited to get a flat tire on their skid steer—it’s time-consuming, expensive, and almost always occurs at the worst possible moment.Getting a flat in the winter is especially annoying, because as terrible as it is to fix one in the middle of the morning’s chores, it’s far worse when you have to bust out the breaker bar in the biting cold. Of course, equipping your skid steer with a solid tire can make this difficult task a thing of the past.

Scrap yards, demolition sites, and remote logging locations are the images that first come to mind when we brag about an ATG tire’s ability to work in the world’s harshest terrain and landscapes. What most people don’t think of are the lush almond orchards of California's Central Valley—where 80% of the world’s almonds are grown—however, the manner in which almonds are harvested creates unique challenges for the industry’s specialized machines, not to mention their tires.

Alliance Tire Americas has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2017 in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating. The Wakefield, Massachusetts-based company was selected for the honor in recognition of its dedication to providing products and services of outstanding quality as well as its commitment to continuous improvement. Company employees accepted the recognition during formal ceremonies held on January 10, 2018 in Bettendorf, IA.