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:
- Putting Tariff Negotiations Under the Microscope
- The (not so easy) Art of Choosing Which F*cks to Give
- Flashback: IH Becomes First Tractor Manufacture to Hit 5 Million Units
- Final 2024 Tractor & Combine Sales Report: 5 Key Takeaways & What It Means for Buyers
- No-Till Farmer Announces 2025 Conservation Ag Fellow
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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.
Putting Tariff Negotiations Under the Microscope
In this Facebook post, Corran Addison shares an excerpt from Prof. David Honig of Indiana University, who teaches negotiations. He breaks down how President Trump’s distributive bargaining style — which always has a winner and a loser — doesn’t work in politics, especially international politics.
The (not so easy) Art of Choosing Which F*cks to Give
In this blog from SeedWorld, Shawn Brook writes Leadership is an ongoing balancing act of caring deeply about what matters while letting go of what doesn’t.

Shawn Brook, Seed World Group President.
Flashback: IH Becomes First Tractor Manufacture to Hit 5 Million Units
Did you know that on February 1, 1974, the 5,000,000th tractor bearing the Farmall nameplate rolled off the production line at the Farmall Works plant in Rock Island, Illinois?
Final 2024 Tractor & Combine Sales Report: 5 Key Takeaways & What It Means for Buyers
In this video, Mike Wiles, aka Tractor Mike, shares his takeaways from the final 2024 Assn. of Equipment Manufacturer sales reports, including that sales across all sizes of tractors and combines dropped to the lowest in 5 years.
No-Till Farmer Announces 2025 Conservation Ag Fellow
No-Till Farmer's editors and industry advisors selected Michael Thompson due to his extensive experience no-tilling a diverse array of crops, successful livestock integration and dedication to soil health and the active role he takes in the stewardship of local watersheds.
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