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:

• 21st Century Equipment CEO Heads to Junior High
• Worst Tech Predictions of All-Time
• Use Gamification to Promote Technician Careers
• Reflecting on 45 Years in Ag Equipment
• Bane-Welker Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Store

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21st Century Equipment CEO Heads to Junior High

21st Century Equipment’s CEO Owen Palm speaks at middle schools, and is bringing the John Deere dealer group’s 40-foot Mobile Learning Lab trailers to promote STEM — and service tech careers.

Worst Tech Predictions of All-Time

This recent blog by Trung Phan is loaded with thought-provoking examples of misses from the past. Don’t want to spoil it for you, but there’s truth in these words … “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

Use Gamification to Promote Technician Careers

This generation of technicians learns differently. Tina Zwolinksi, CEO & Founder, skillsgapp, shares her knowledge on how gamification can engage the younger generation and attract them to technician careers.

Reflecting on 45 Years in Ag Equipment

In this interview MAC advisor Russ Green shares how the ag equipment industry has changed over the last 45 years that he’s been involved with it, as well as the lessons he’s learned along the way.

Bane-Welker Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Store

On Jan. 23, Case-IH dealer Bane-Welker held a ribbon cutting and open house for its new Winamac, Ind., store. Much of the new facility is the old combine shop reimagined. The shop at the new store will include air conditioning to help gain and retain service techs.

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Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by CLEANFIX.

Proven in the most demanding of ag conditions, CLEANFIX reversible fans provide the most efficient diesel engine cooling and radiator cleaning available. The multi-patented reversing fan technology maintains machine cooling as needed and, when required, provides the strongest blowout of dust and debris -- without halting or slowing operations.

        

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