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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Through the Key Hole — Charlie Glass Reflects on His Time in the Ag Industry

This article is a chapter out of Charlie Glass’ (Glass Management Group) newly released book, Goodtime Charlie. The longtime farm equipment veteran refers to his newest work as saying, “Some of these stories are true, some are tall tales and some came from the travails of a traveling salesman.”

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Looking Back at the First Ever Dealership Minds Summit

As the Farm Equipment staff makes our final preparations for the 2023 Dealership Minds Summit, we stumbled across this promo video announcing our first ever Dealership Minds Summit back in 2013, featuring retired editor Dave Kanicki. While our promotional efforts have improved, we’re still guided by the same idea of gathering the best of the best dealership minds together to exchange ideas and network.

Tractor Mike Breaks Down Latest AEM Flash Report

Latest figures on tractor sales are out from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. What a mixed bag! Small tractor sales are dropping and inventory is rising. Large tractor and combine sales are robust and on the biggest equipment, inventory levels are very low. Figures released this week by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers show that U.S. sales of all brands of tractors under 40 horsepower stood at 86,389 for the first half of the year, compared to 99,333 last year. That's a drop of 13%! The 40-100 hp group was also down, from 31,999 a year ago to 29,375 this year, or an 8.2% drop. Inventory levels are also up in both classes.

AEM Senior VP Discusses Key Takeaways from New Precision Ag Study

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) conducted a new study that measures the environmental benefits of precision agriculture. AEM senior VP Curt Blades joins AgNet Weekly to discuss the biggest takeaways from the study, and strategies for increasing precision technology adoption rates.

How We Did It Docuseries: Danuser Machine Company (part 1)

Learn more about Danuser Machine Company's inception and evolution in part 1 of the two-part video interview in this episode of the “How We Did It” Docuseries.

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