TheAirSeederChick – Devin Marcin with Quality Drills

09/22/22 • 47 min

Machinery Pete conversation with Devin Marcin, Operations Mgr. with Quality Drills in Windsor, Colorado. Devin is known as “TheAirSeederChick” on Instagram. Marcin tells of her journey from growing up in the non-ag world of suburban Denver, CO into the hands dirty world of customizing and optimizing farmer’s used John Deere air seeders and planters throughout the U.S., Canada, even down under to Australia with Quality Drills. (www.qualitydrills.com)

[:34] - Machinery Pete’s intro
[7:08] - Conversation with Devin Marcin begins
[12:01] - What Quality Drills does
[16:58] - Traveling far and wide
[26:29] - Devin’s early years and how she got into ag
[34:28] - How Devin grew on social media
[39:20] - What’s the current vibe at farm shows?
[42:44] - Final words from Machinery Pete

Machinery Pete was founded in 1989 and has grown from its humble beginnings to a full-fledged marketplace for farming equipment. Greg Peterson, founder and host, has also released Machinery Pete content across platforms including YouTube with his long-running Machinery Pete TV show.

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[:34] - Machinery Pete’s intro
[7:08] - Conversation with Devin Marcin begins
[12:01] - What Quality Drills does
[16:58] - Traveling far and wide
[26:29] - Devin’s early years and how she got into ag
[34:28] - How Devin grew on social media
[39:20] - What’s the current vibe at farm shows?
[42:44] - Final words from Machinery Pete

Previous Episode

When Will The Other Shoe Drop? Machinery Pete on Future of Used Farm Equipment Values

Machinery Pete has been asked a growing number of times throughout 2022, “Pete, when will the other shoe drop with used equipment values and how far will they fall?” Pete tackles this question head-on diving deep into multiple sources of market data and relevant anecdotal stories and comes out with an answer that will surprise many if not most in the ag space.

[1:11] - Machinery Pete’s intro - “When will the next shoe drop?”
[3:55] - Iowa farmers sell Peterbilts for more than what they paid new
[8:01] - Ritter Cox anecdote on equipment wait times, high prices
[10:58] - The shoe can’t drop - times are different now
[17:31] - Larger dealerships’ approach to the market
[20:01] - The pandemic’s impact on the ag equipment market
[23:20] - What’s ahead with this market and what should the farmer do?
[35:27] - Record prices of the last two months
[46:52] - Final words from Machinery Pete

Next Episode

Gary & Julie Peterson of Beresford, SD Reflect on Farming Career and Upcoming Auction Nov. 26

Machinery Pete visits with Gary and Julie Peterson in their farm shop in Beresford, SD in advance of their upcoming, highly-anticipated John Deere collector tractor auction November 26, 2022 in Lennox, SD by Westra Auction Land & Realty featuring the Peterson’s (6) rare open station 40 and 50 Series John Deere tractors. Gary and Julie share the story of their farming career and talk about how their tractor collecting got started, what drove it and how they are feeling as sale day approaches.

[:34] - Machinery Pete’s intro, latest auction prices
[4:45] - Previewing the Petersons’ auction
[10:14] - Conversation with Gary and Julie begins
[13:30] - How Gary and Julie met, growing up on family farms
[17:55] - Farming life in the 1980s
[20:24] - Advice for young farmers
[26:15] - Gary’s retirement and getting into collecting
[30:18] - Beginnings of the collection, what’s for sale and emotions of selling
[37:43] - Final words from Machinery Pete