LIVERMORE, CA—Monarch Tractor has unveiled what it claims is “the world’s first fully electric, driver optional, smart tractor integrated on a single platform.”

One year ago, the Bourgault Industries’ plant in St. Brieux, SK, had no assembly line—just a 396-by-32-by-9-foot pit.

NEW HOLLAND, PA—Pequea Machine Inc., a manufacturer of agricultural equipment, has reshored production of gearboxes from China due to quality issues.

MCGREGOR, TX—Behlen Manufacturing Co. will begin manufacturing farm and ranch equipment at a new assembly plant here. The facility will employ more than 50 people by the end of 2013.

WAVERLY, NE—Valmont Industries Inc. plans to spend between $3.5 million and $4.5 million to renovate an old factory here to make irrigation equipment.