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Farm Equipment's Best of the Web: April 18, 2025

April 18, 2025

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:


CJ Beeps Goes All in on AI Barbie Bandwagon

From Farley, Iowa, comes this gem of a find as CJ Beeps Equipment presents “Big Iron Beeps Barbie,” the local Ag Equipment Jockey.


Robotic Safety on the Farm

During National Robotics Week, Monarch Tractor shed light on the safety features built into its Autodrive technology — with precision operations and advanced safety features like vision-based human, object, and vehicle detection. And now you know.


The Incident That Almost Ended My Farm Equipment Career | A Humorous Tale of a Near Disaster

Mike Wiles sits down to share one his most embarrassing stories. He writes, “As we drove, something started happening to me. I could feel the panic setting in, my stomach churning, and I began to grow visibly ill. I stopped talking, grew pale, and it was clear that something was seriously wrong. But Kenny and Curt had no idea what was going on. I, however, had just made a horrifying realization. We were about to run out of gas, and I had no idea how to fix it.”


Parallel Ag Kicks Off ‘Chronicles of Kayla’

@ChroniclesofKayla partners with Parallel Ag and will be sharing real-life-real-farm content on what’s happening on her family’s farm and their work with the Parallel Ag team.


Product Video of the Week: Martin’s New Kronos BA1350 Row Cleaner Offers Economical Option

Steve Martin, Martin Industries president, showcases the new Kronos BA1350 Row Cleaner, equipped with adjustable positioning, float and rigid modes, 50-degree angle and SmartClean/CleanSweep compatibility.


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Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt is the Executive Editor of Farm Equipment and the host of Ag Equipment Intelligence’s On The Record. An award-winning writer, she worked 7 years in business-to-business trade media before joining Lessiter Media in 2012. She is a journalism graduate of Marquette University.

Contact: kschmidt@lessitermedia.com