Farm Equipment editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great farm machinery industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:

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Little Things Count in Tech Recruitment

With every dealer manager up at night concerned about attracting and employing the next generation of technician, this caught our eye as a simple and inexpensive way for farm equipment dealers to put their best foot forward. Competing industries are embracing oil-repelling fabrics to keep techs clean and in more fashionable work wear. Time for uniform update?

 

Have You Ever Seen How Crawfish are Harvested?

Sunshine Quality Solutions customer Gregg Ritz shares his experience of moving down to Louisiana and how he was amazed at what he had to learn to farm in the different conditions compared to in the midwest. Check out the video to see him in the rice field harvesting crawfish and sharing the positive experience he’s had with his dealer.

 

Plant Too Early & Your Customers Will Get (pause) … Tractor-Stuck

Granted the Peterson brothers’ rendition of one of the greatest songs in rock history won’t be mistaken for the Young brothers nor can they match the pipes of Brian Johnson, but hey, they gave it a try. If you’re in the rain-pounded Midwest (like we are), there’s real risk to customers unable to resist heading to the field before it’s time. Here’s an effective reminder…

 

Was the Rock Flutist Paying Homage to Ag Equipment History? Not Exactly …

Ian Anderson of the British band Jethro Tull was asked about the origin of the band’s name in a podcast we came across last week. When their agent dubbed the band Jethro Tull in 1968, Anderson thought it was a “made-up” name. But it stuck because it was “in use” the first time a club manager liked their set enough to invite them back. “Maybe 2-3 weeks after, I then learned – to my horror – that we’d been named after a dead guy who invented a seed drill, which didn’t seem like a passport to instant success with the audiences of the day. But they, like I … were probably oblivious to it as well.”  C’mon, Ian. Everyone knows Tull (1674-1741) ushered in the British Ag Revolution, first by perfecting a horse-drawn seed drill in 1700 and later a pulled hoe. Here’s to “Living in the Past…”

 

A Rural Lifestyler Less Than Pleased With His Purchase

During a phone call last week, our friend, contributing writer, Rural Lifestyle Dealer program judge and retired farm equipment executive Charlie Glass shared his newest YouTube series with us, called “Charlie’s Tales.” Charlie’s been entertaining us with his stories since we met him at our first Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. Convention in 2004. Many of Charlie’s stories stem from growing up in the 1940s-1950s. In this 6-minute video, Charlie shares a defining moment in the family’s purchase for its rural lifestyle farm. As you’ll learn, hobby farmers having second thoughts on their purchases is nothing new.

 

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