April 11, 2016

Trading Equipment

April 11, 2016/ Brent Frankenhoff

TALES FROM THE BACK 40 - Trading equipment can have a positive outcome, but it could also result in a stressful experience. Equipment wears out. Yes, no matter how many years of faithful service it has provided, that implement is going to need to be replaced sooner or later. The experienced farmer has, before that time comes, probably been checking out newer models and keeping an eye on what specials his local dealers have been offering—both in price and financing.

February 19, 2016

Charitable Acts

February 19, 2016/ Brent Frankenhoff

TALES FROM THE BACK 40 - Farm communities are full of charitable acts. They say a farmer will give you the shirt off his back, and, in my experience, that’s always been true. The neighbors around our farm helped each other, kept an eye on each other’s fences and property, lent equipment when needed, and borrowed equipment, if it was needed.

December 14, 2015

Other Jobs

December 14, 2015/ Brent Frankenhoff

TALES FROM THE BACK 40 - While most of my early work was performed on our family farm, I did take on occasional other jobs for other employers in the years before I moved away to begin my full-time job as an editor in Iola, Wisconsin.

November 30, 2015

Six Tractor Enthusiast Gift Ideas, Starting at $5

November 30, 2015/ Candace Brown

THE NEWBIE - Your Christmas shopping just became much quicker and easier, thanks to Antique Power magazine and the Ertel Publishing Gift Shop. Whether you are a newbie to the world of antique tractors, a veteran collector, or a friend or family member who wants the perfect gift for a tractor, truck, or fire truck enthusiast, the Ertel Gift Shop can help you plow through those chores without a hitch—three-point or otherwise.

November 13, 2015

Accidents Happen

November 13, 2015/ Brent Frankenhoff

TALES FROM THE BACK 40 - In a list of the most dangerous industries where accidents happen the most often you’ll find agriculture. Farm workers’ fatality rates are seven times higher than the average for other jobs. Considering the dangers—from the moving parts on machinery to high voltage power lines to animals that far outweigh the farmer—it’s easy to see why many folks end up in the emergency room or hospital.

November 02, 2015

Tractor Paint Colors

November 02, 2015/ Candace Brown

THE NEWBIE - When dark and rainy November arrives, nothing feels nicer than sitting down in your cozy home with the latest issue of Antique Power magazine, guaranteed to offer plenty of brightly colored tractors among those featured. If published back in the late 1800s and early years of the 20th century, however, Antique Power might have looked more like the November landscape outside your window than the artist’s palette it resembles today.

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