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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Which of Your Teammates Would You Choose?

Illinois farm equipment dealer group Birkey’s Farm Store asks a good question, a variation of the “foxhole test.” So who would your employees choose given the daunting scenario that Birkey’s paints in this quick and fun Facebook video?


If We All Thought Like Farmers…

If we all thought like farmers, how much better would we all be? Dustin Johansen shares this LinkedIn post from Anita Soni.

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4Rivers Equipment Tech Recognized as Territory Champ

Dallas Thompson has been a diesel technician at 4Rivers Equipment for the last 25 years. In that time, he has made an impact as a positive leader in the shop and in the field, leading him to be recognized by John Deere as a territory champion. Read more in this article from ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com.

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Get ‘Em Started Young this Harvest Season

Check out this impressive combine playset that Deere engineer Eric Windsor built for his kids this past summer.

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This Boomer Is Retiring as the World’s Coolest Ditch Digger

In this article from The Wall Street Journal, Austen Hufford writes, "Humans have been digging ditches for thousands of years. Don Pemberton digs them just a bit quicker. The 67-year-old is the sole operator of the Super Witch, a one-of-a-kind trenching machine that looks and sounds like a large chain saw on wheels. Equipment maker Ditch Witch uses it as a marketing and promotional tool to sell more-practical versions of the machine."

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Don Pemberton drives a vintage Super Witch at the Kentucky Exposition Center. Photo by Luke Sharrett for the Wall Street Journal


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