GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — UPDATE: Gunny Knudson passed away on Aug. 22, 2023, one month to the day after the death of his beloved wife Julia Ann. Boyd Huppert featured Gunny in this award-winning story ...

LIND, Wash. – When he was in high school, Grady Gfeller had a dream: to compete in his town’s combine demolition derby, a Mad Max-style jamboree of smashing farm equipment together for the fun of it.

Greg “Machinery Pete’” Peterson has noted the strong performance of well-conditioned, pre-DEF used combines on the farm equipment auction circuit this summer, and “Pete’s Pick of the Week” checks that ...