Welcome to the Machinery Pete Podcast hosted by Greg Peterson, known to the industry as Machinery Pete. For over 30 years, Greg has been a trusted source of knowledge in the farming equipment industry. Starting with a gut feeling, Greg set off to bring more and better data to the agriculture space. He’s been a voice you can trust, no matter where you’re listening or reading. In this podcast, Greg will be sharing stories and conversations from around the industry. The kinds of conversations that…
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Machinery Pete welcomes back guest Jeremiah Fairbanks, General Mgr. of Morton Buildings Repairs & Renovations Division. Tremendous growth in this unique Division of Morton Buildings, a storied company with roots to rural fencing 122 Years ago in 1903. Machinery Pete even suggests a unique Christmas gift idea for farms that have everything
Machinery Pete highlights the latest data trends on used farm equipment values through the month of July ’25, referencing a number of high interest auctions around the country. Pete also highlights an upcoming farm auction August 11, 2025 in Bronson, IA featuring the most extensive line of Versatile Tractors he’s seen on a farm sale. Pete also brings in guest Jack Lyon with Alex Lyon & Son to…
Machinery Pete spotlights pair of upcoming farm auctions, June 21 in Lime Springs, IA and June 26 in Merrill, IA featuring extremely nice low hour equipment line ups. Pete also recalls June Auction memories of one of the most memorable sales he's ever covered, a June 28, 2014 collector auction in Bedford, IA featuring amazing vintage Allis Chalmers and John Deere tractors. Pete also has monthly…
Machinery Pete conversation with Ken Girard with Girard Auction & Land Brokers of Wakonda, SD about how he has built the auction company his late father Marv Girard started 55 Years ago in 1970 into a worldwide leading auction firm for Farm Toys, Pedal Tractors and Farm Memorabilia. Pete and Ken highlight the upcoming Jay Eudy Collector Estate Auction coming up Saturday, May 3 in Wakonda, SD…
Machinery Pete talks through update on current used farm equipment market with lot of eye opening fresh examples from the auction front. Early ’25 has provided a very surprising market adjustment. Pete also gets monthly update from Jack Lyon with Alex Lyon & Son Auctions, largest family owned auction company in the world, on very latest in the used construction equipment market
With the 2025 Major League Baseball season kicking off this week Machinery Pete shares the very timely tale from 70+ years ago of a young farm boy from Ney, OH who went on to become a Major League Baseball star, winning 20 Games as a pitcher for the 1951 St. Louis Browns who lost 102 games that year. After his baseball career Garver returned to Ney, OH and lived a quiet yet very involved life in…
Machinery Pete heads to Cadiz, KY to talk with Micheal Oliver of Wlidcat Chevrolet. Micheal is a former John Deere dealer that transferred over to the automobile industry. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to the Machinery Pete Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please…
Machinery Pete provides his take on the used equipment market at the end of 2024 and into early 2025 to open this episode. He then welcomes in feature guests Alex and Gina Kerr with Kerr Equipment/Kerr Auction of Mt. Sterling, IL. The Kerrs’ 12 year old daughter Kay Kerr joins the conversation. Alex and Gina started Kerr Auction mid ‘24 and have already grown it exponentially to a three-state…
Machinery Pete talks about the power of listening and how it helped him both on a personal development level and also as a business building tool over the past 34 years. Pete’s podcast guest, Rob Wierenga, partner with Neeralta Mfg. of Alberta, Canada also touches on how important listening to their farmer customers has been a vital component in building out the state of the art line of grain…
Machinery Pete talks with Jake Bryce, Co-Founder of Machinery Scope ( www.MachineryScope.com ) in Alexandria, MN about the new partnership between Machinery Pete and Machinery Scope and also about Machinery Scope’s growth over the past 11 years since founding in 2013. Family owned business. Bryce brings his deep farming roots along with extensive experience on the farm equipment dealer side to…
