Machinery Pete Podcast

Machinery Pete talks with Bernie Poore, retired John Deere Engineer, about his 1982 John Deere 4640 tractor with only 1,857 hours selling on June 21st Machinery Pete Monthly Online Auction and his 2005 Chevrolet 3500 Silverado dually 4x4 crew cab with only 55,906 miles also selling on the June 21 online auction. Bernie and Pete talk about Poore’s 41-year engineering career with John Deere, which b...

Machinery Pete’s conversation with Joel Everitt of the legendary Everitt auction/farm equipment family of Strawberry Point, IA. Joel’s grandfather started out in the 1950’s and was followed into biz by Joel’s father Jerry. Pete and Joel talk about the amazingly HOT current used farm equipment market and all the changes to the auction biz over the years, including rapid change since the pandemic hi...

Machinery Pete highlights recent strong auction sale prices from the northeastern U.S. and stays with the northeastern ag focus for a conversation with guest Neil Messick, 3rd generation farm equipment dealer with Messick’s Farm Equipment, a 5-location Case IH / New Holland / Kubota dealer in southeast Pennsylvania. Neil is the driving force behind Messick’s huge Youtube audience with over 106,000...

Machinery Pete talks with farmer Darcy Goossen from Ferintosh, Alberta, Canada, inventor of the TireGrabber: the award-winning and head-turning, easy, new, safe way to change large ag tires. [:34] - Machinery Pete previews his upcoming farm show appearances [3:51] - Equipment market update [9:10] - Introduction to interview with Darcy Goosen. [11:10] - Interview begins, first TireGrabber sale, how...

Machinery Pete has a conversation with Dustin Bollig, VP Sales/Marketing Dir. with Dragotec USA, the North American distributor of Drago corn heads. Bollig relays the tale of how his family brought the Italian made corn head, which dates back to 1954, over to the U.S. and their Fenton, IA farm/factory in 2001 and the explosive growth the company has been seeing and reasons behind the growth. [:31]...

Pete gives update on the red-hot farm equipment market and then welcomes guest John Phipps, former host of US Farm Report TV show and current eastern Illinois farmer and columnist/contributor to Farm Journal, Top Producer, AgWeb.com, to the podcast for a fun wide-ranging conversation including what to do about China, the supply chain issue, the issue of small rural farming communities pulling apar...

Machinery Pete stops in Dana, IN to interview Erin Holbert on the family farm she returned to a couple of years ago. From the cab of their John Deere 8420 tractor back in October 2019 Holbert created her own online clothing store, “Heart of the Midwest”, which has grown rapidly. Holbert proceeded in short order to build massive social media and Youtube followings, now with nearly 60,000 Youtube su...

Pete talks with his friend made on the auction trail years ago, Alan Hoskins, President of American Farm Mortgage & Financial Services. Pete and Alan talk about current challenges and opportunities in farm country, including tips and advice for young folks looking to get into farming, ag lending or any new career. Pete and Alan have an in depth talk about the Power of Listening. [:50] - Today’...

Machinery Pete interviews Neil Dahlstrom, Manager of Archives and History for John Deere about his new book, “Tractor Wars – John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester and the Birth of American Agriculture.” Dahlstrom shares fascinating stories from the period 100+ years ago on the race for dominance and relevance in the burgeoning new American market for farm tractors. Pete also provides a r...

Machinery Pete highlights the growing trend of consolidation in the farm auction industry and talks with Dan Sullivan and Allen Henslin about Sullivan Auctioneers (Illinois) recent acquisition of Henslin Auctions, Inc. of Minnesota. Pete also touches on consolidation in the farm equipment dealer sector. [:33] - Machinery Pete farm equipment market update [4:44] - Today’s topic - consolidation in t...

Machinery Pete talks through the historic year 2021 has been in the farm equipment market, providing key examples that spotlight the trend of RISING used values and the why behind rising values. A tribute to Brice Volker at the end of the episode. Volker, from Auburn, Neb., passed away 10/2/21 at age 38 suddenly and unexpectedly. Volker was deeply connected in the farm equipment world online and i...

Story of Easton Halverson of Claremont, IA - now two-time Grand Champion of Iowa State Fair Annual FFA Tractor Restoration Competition. Halverson just won the '21 competition with his beautiful 1966 Oliver 1950 FWA, which is now for sale to help pay for medical school for Easton: https://www.machinerypete.com/details/100-174-hp/1966/oliver/1950/20412162   He also took top honors in 2019 with his r...

Machinery Pete talks with 20-year-old ag Youtube star Carson Kahler who has nearly 11,000 subscribers to his "6th Gen Farmer" Youtube channel which he started 3 years ago. Kahler will be a Senior this Fall at South Dakota State University studying multiple Ag Programs and is a Sales intern this summer with C&B Operations at their Jackson, MN store location. [:58] - Machinery Pete sets up this...

Machinery Pete gives an update on the farm equipment market (on fire) + cool story of an Illinois man working to start up a new Truck & Tractor Show in his hometown of Neponset, IL. The event is scheduled for June 26, 2021. [:30] - Machinery Pete teases today’s interview [3:08] - Used values continue to go up, what that means for now + the future [12:18] - Interview with Rodney Benett begins [...

Machinery Pete talks with Thad Shively, Dir. of Pre-Owned Inventory for C&B Operations, a 37-store John Deere dealership with stores in MN, IA, SD, WY, MT and ID. Shively is retiring in April '21 after a lifetime in the farm equipment dealer biz. Thad and Pete talk about the current farm equipment market, trends and cycles over the decades, where the farm equipment has been and where it’s head...

Machinery Pete shares his memories from, as well as the full interview he did 10 years ago this month (Feb. 2011) in Wyoming, IL with then 97-year-old Joe Colgan. Joe got into the farm equipment biz in 1933, went to work for John Deere in 1937 and became a John Deere dealer in 1947. Joe Colgan passed 4/28/15 at the age of 101, but his words of wisdom still hold true today. [:28] - Machinery Pete s...

Machinery Pete talks with Marshalltown, IA farmer David McCubbin about his online farm retirement auction on December 16, 2020. Pete and David talk about the emotions and planning involved from start to finish and beyond the sale....how does it feel when all the machinery is gone and your shed is empty? [:45] - Machinery Pete sets up today’s topic - retirement auctions [2:13] - The shift away from...

50 years ago this week, on January 6, 1971, Vermeer Corp. of Pella, IA introduced the first large round baler to the ag industry. Pete talks with Jason Andringa, President/CEO of Vermeer and also grandson of company founder (founded 1948) Gary Vermeer about how the large round baler came to be. Pete, Andringa and Mark Core, Exec. VP, also talk about how Vermeer has handled the pandemic as well as...

Machinery Pete talks with Kurt Miller, Director of Used Equipment for Heritage Tractor, a 21-store John Deere dealership in MO, AR, KS, NE and OK, about their unique new -1% Finance Program (They Pay You!) on any of 65 used combines they have for sale. Since the program started three weeks ago, they've already sold 22 combines. Pete and Kurt also talk  about the latest trends in the farm equipment...

Micah Moulin of Adams, NE is a busy young man with a full time job and a cool growing business, "Moulin Farm Art and Repair." His unique pencil drawings (now paint as well) of tractors, trucks and farm scenes have caught on in a big way with special commission orders coming in from around the country. Hear how it all got started for Micah and where his passion for drawing comes from. [2:30] - Mach...

Machinery Pete and auctioneer Kurt Aumann with Aumann Vintage Power of Nokomis, IL discuss the collector tractor market, including the 1971 IHC 1066 (1st one made!) with 2,993 original hours Aumann sold it for a new record price of $86,100 on a 9/22/20 collector auction in Iowa. Aumann tells stories on the following record price setting tractors he's sold over the years (IHC 1468 for $52,000 in Ka...

Machinery Pete gets the scoop on the story behind the 1992 John Deere 4760 tractor with only 3.6 actual hours on the Raptor Enterprises auction October 28, 2020 in Speers, SK by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. Also, a 1988 John Deere 4450 2WD with only 256 hours is on this sale. Pete talks with Brendan Kramer, Territory Manager with Ritchie Bros., to get the story behind these tractors + other barn fin...

Machinery Pete talks about the big announcement last week about making the Auction Price Data FREE at www. MachineryPete.com . Over 726,000 sale prices on ALL types of farm and construction equipment, updated daily. Pete also spotlights an upcoming market-setting auction for used Combines, the August 17, 2020 absolute online dealer inventory reduction auction for Ag-Pro John Deere dealership locat...

Pete talks with his friend Jeff Ryan, farmer/writer from Cresco, IA. Ryan is known as "Guy No. 2" for his long-time online blog/columns about life and farming in northeast Iowa, always with a humorist slant that brings a smile. Or a tear. Ryan tells Pete about overcoming the Essential Tremor he grew up with and how an incredible brain surgery in 1998 - while he was awake on the table, changed his...

Machinery Pete talks with Bob Sinclair, owner of Sinclair Tractor, and auctioneer Dan Sullivan with Sullivan Auctioneers about Sinclair Tractor's huge absolute online dealer auction in southeast Iowa on June 30, 2020 that featured 80+ late model farm equipment items, including 20 John Deere S680 combines. Pete also touches on some eye-opening latest search traffic stats and sales data on smaller H...