Top 10 Western Farmer-Stockman stories of 2018

<p><span style="color:#222222">Vermeer is moving ahead with a self-propelled round baler and extends its 504 Series line.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/equipment/catching-hay-innovation" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>

<p><span style="color:#222222">How do you celebrate an equipment milestone? Here’s one way: Choose a small town in Wyoming to highlight your brand.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-life/company-chooses-wyoming-town-flyo... style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more. </a></p>

<p><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222">“President Trump’s pardon of Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond tells us there is still hope for justice in environmental law enforcement," said American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/trump-pardons-ranchers-dwight-a... style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></span></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#222222">New data agreement for AgReliant Genetics shows the seed industry is more than just delivering bags these days.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/changing-nature-selling-seed" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>

<p><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#222222">Slideshow: Want to end chopping ice from stock tanks in the winter? Here’s what it takes to install a “self-heating” system.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/energy/step-step-guide-geothermal-installat... style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></span></span></p>

<p><span style="color:#222222">GSI innovates the job of cleaning out storage bins with its new FlexWave system.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/technology/automatic-bin-cleanout-air-power" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>

<p><span style="color:#222222">Researchers are working hard to bring this high-yielder to market. We take a look at the process.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/wheat/march-hybrid-wheat" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>

<p><span style="color:#222222">A remote piece of land has more value when you rethink infrastructure.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/business/ranching-grid" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>

<p><span style="color:#222222">Farmers are turning to an interesting way to move water to their fields.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/equipment/rethinking-pivot-irrigation-power" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>

<p><span style="color:#222222">Power from the sun is making it easier for ranchers to keep cattle watered, even during periods of drought.</span></p>

<p><a href="https://www.farmprogress.com/beef/ranchers-turn-solar-sustainability" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Read more.</a></p>