Farm Equipment's Best of the Web: March 3, 2023

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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The Pioneer’s Responsibility

Farm Equipment’s Mike Lessiter recalls the day he and the FE staff visited trailblazing ground in Kentucky with Case IH dealer group H&R Agri-Power’s Wayne Hunt. He draws a unique comparison in his blog about the “duty of the pioneer” while sharing observations on an ag-changing development 6 decades ago.

This Tractor Brand is Gone!

Tractor Mike breaks down the end of Branson Tractors. As of January 1st of this year, Branson Tractors are no longer a brand. The parent company, Kukje, a south Korean tractor company, was purchased by TYM, another company based there. The two product lines are now merged together, the dealer organizations have been combined, and everything from now on will be sold under the TYM brand.

Blake Shelton is a Kubota Man

Kubota Senior Vice President Todd Stucke recently talked music and tractors with country music star Blake Shelton while in Birmingham, Ala.

Dealer Reacts to ‘Clarkson’s Farm Season 2’

Jeremy Clarkson, former host of the BBC’s car talk show Top Gear, is on his second season of Clarkson’s Farm Season 2. The show goes through Clarkson’s venture into agriculture. In this video, Neil Messick breaks down the the second season and what impact the show has on the global agriculture industry.

Fendt Showcases Hydrogen Tractor in Germany

On February 27th, the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy hosted a hydrogen summit. Fendt presented the prototype of a hydrogen tractor there for the first time. Together with other partners, Fendt is participating in the H2Agrar agricultural model project in Lower Saxony to research a hydrogen infrastructure for agricultural use.

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Two Rate Cuts Possibly by Year End

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Benzi America, Greg Roberg, vice president of sales for AgDirect, shares his expectations for potential rate cuts yet this year based on the FOMC’s comments in late July. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman highlights the upcoming Precision Specialist Week. Also in this episode, one manufacturer who supplies a number of OEMs says “Ag is on the fastest roller coaster ride down in a quarter-century” and TractorZoom’s Andy Campbell provides an outlook on the used equipment market for the remainder of 2024.

Top Directory Listings

Yetter Farm Equipment

Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.

Montag Mfg

Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.

Machinery Scope

At Machinery Scope, we believe you deserve the best risk management solutions for your investments in heavy equipment. Since 2013, we have been proud to offer extended warranty, appraisals, and inspections. Machinery Scope is a family-owned business built on our experience in farming and equipment dealerships. We understand your business and provide a personalized and professional level of customer service. Machinery Scope has built a strong warranty product with our customers in mind, offering the same professional level of service from the time you get a quote, through the processing of a claim.