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:

Working Hard & Working Smart Must Go Hand-in-Hand

In this LinkedIn post from Chris Anderson, a VP of sales, he writes about how sales consultant Ryan Dohrn shared the refreshing comment of how "work smarter, not harder" saying has to go away. If you want to go to the next level, you have to work hard and smart (who knew)!”

Case Teams Up with Metallica’s James Hetfield

A special edition compact track loader from CNH construction brand CASE Construction Equipment was on display at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, USA at the Helping Hands charity concert. Held on December 13, this annual event is organized by the rock band Metallica’s All Within My Hands charitable foundation. Following its debut, this custom-designed CASE TV450B compact track loader is destined for use at the ranch of Metallica frontman and co-founder James Hetfield. Hetfield commissioned the design as part of an equipment supply agreement with our CASE brand.

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Supporting Tomorrow’s Diesel Techs

Hoober Inc. sponsored a station and helped with judging at Penn Tech’s Diesel Technology Competition Dec. 14.

When Rudolph Can’t Fly, Valtra Helps Save the Day

Santa is busy wrapping presents for Christmas. But what's that?! Oh no Santa has run out of wrapping paper. Santa can see from his Connect app that Rudolph is resting after an injury. With the roads in such poor condition, will Santa make it in time?

Prairie State Tractor's 12 Days of Christmas

We can’t wait to see what the next 6 days have in store for the Prairie State Tractor crew in this fun holiday series of YouTube Shorts.

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