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:
- Birkey’s Throw Back
- Prairie State Tractor’s Chris Rupiper Talks Dealer Consolidation on the Pacesetter Pod
- The Intelligent Tractor 1992
- Precision Farming Dealer Summit Takes Over Louisville
- AGCO CEO Sees 2025 as the Bottom of the Farm Slump
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Haven Steel Products started as a fabricator working with clients in the agricultural, construction, and trailer production business. Today, we have grown our company by expanding our capabilities to new levels and new industries while still keeping the same exceptional steel products and processes that our customers have come to expect.
Birkey’s Throw Back
In celebration of 70 years of Birkey’s, the dealership shared this throwback of Floyd Birkey with L.C. (Barney) Barnett, district manager for International Harvester, with a 990 IH mower conditioner customer.
Prairie State Tractor’s Chris Rupiper Talks Dealer Consolidation on the Pacesetter Pod
Prairie State Tractor’s CEO Chris Rupiper recently sat down with Joe Mosher of The Pacesetter Pod podcast to talk about what’s driving dealer consolidation in the ag space, the challenges of running a business and the importance of investing in your people.
The Intelligent Tractor 1992
With a lot of autonomous ag equipment news coming out of CES this week, check out this throwback video from 1992 introducing the "Intelligent tractor.”
Precision Farming Dealer Summit Takes Over Louisville
Not even a winter storm could stop the 2025 Precision Farming Dealer Summit from kicking off in downtown Louisville. Dealers from across the country participated in general sessions, classrooms and roundtable discussions. Stay tuned for a recap soon on PrecisionFarmingDealer.com!
Machinery Advisors Consortium’s Russ Green (r) recaps his dealer-to-dealer roundtable. “This business is not about just wholegoods or parts and service. It’s time for precision farming to put its elbows on the table.” #PFDS2024 #PrecisionFarmingDealersSummit #PFDS pic.twitter.com/wBu5w3hXhu
— Precision Farming Dealer (@PFDeditors) January 6, 2025
AGCO CEO Sees 2025 as the Bottom of the Farm Slump
Eric Hansotia, the CEO of AGCO, joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about how AGCO is navigating the most significant downturn in the farming industry in a decade and what impact he thinks the new Trump administration will have on the agriculture sector. He speaks with Katie Greifeld, Sonali Basak and Matt Miller on "Bloomberg: Open Interest."
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Haven Steel Products started as a fabricator working with clients in the agricultural, construction, and trailer production business. Today, we have grown our company by expanding our capabilities to new levels and new industries while still keeping the same exceptional steel products and processes that our customers have come to expect.
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