Layton, Ryan and Nick Jensen run a company with three individual brands: Blu-Jet, Simonsen Iron Works and ChuckWagon. Father-son duo Layton and Nick Jensen discuss how they’ve managed to do that well over the years, and how they continue to, in Thurston, Neb.

As the proprietors of Nebraska-based Duo Lift Manufacturing, Jim, Ben and David Hellbusch represent a family that has seen decades of ups and downs in the agriculture business and their fair share of business changes.

Worksaver turned a business around amid the 1980s ag crisis and later survived the bankruptcy of one of its largest customers

Ric Kirby explains the company’s evolution from dealer to manufacturer, some entertaining sales and demo techniques, their growing international business and memories of the day the team rallied behind a commitment to one another to weather a financial hardship.

In this episode of the <em>Farm Equipment</em> podcast, "How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment's Entrepreneurs" brought to you by Osmundson Manufacturing, Editor Mike Lessiter sits down with Ric Kirby, to discuss the California-based Kirby Manufacturing, a pioneer in equipment for large commercial dairies, which retired a lot of pitchforks.

In this episode of the <em>Farm Equipment</em> podcast, &ldquo;How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment&rsquo;s Entrepreneurs&rdquo; brought to you by Ingersoll Tillage, Editor Mike Lessiter met up with the three Hellbusch gents down south to talk about their business’ origins and how they established their business as a name in fertilizer and trailer equipment.

In this bonus episode of the <em>Farm Equipment</em> podcast, &ldquo;How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment&rsquo;s Entrepreneurs&rdquo; brought to you by Ingersoll Tillage, Editor Mike Lessiter invited AgriSolution's Vice President Roger Murdock to discuss the history of Ingersoll and adjusting to changes in the industry.

In this episode of the <em>Farm Equipment</em> podcast, &ldquo;How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment&rsquo;s Entrepreneurs&rdquo; brought to you by Ingersoll Tillage, Editor Mike Lessiter met up with Worksaver's Tom and Tim Burenga in Texas to talk about how their business survived the 1980s and how they transitioned the business from a supplier to farm stores to establishing their own Worksaver brand.