Shape of Things to Come?

Apr 18, 2024

The recent purchase of Kubota of Denver by the Bob Howard Luxury Auto Group has many industry watchers scratching their heads and pondering possible changes afoot in farm machinery marketing.

When an established auto dealer located primarily in Oklahoma and Texas that features products from Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover brings its deep pockets — and massive television advertising budgets — into the farm machinery mix, one must wonder when other shoes begin to drop elsewhere.

Kubota of Denver is the latest iteration of long-time equipment seller Universal Tractor Co. of Lakewood, Colo., and features all things orange from Kubota’s “heavy iron” M8 on down through hay equipment, utility vehicles and riding lawn mowers, so BHLAG didn’t just enter the lawn and garden tractor market.

Like other big OEMs Kubota seems to appreciate well-heeled companies operating numerous stores in their market areas, and this intermountain purchase seems to be tailor-made for that business model. The synergy of such arrangements makes sense, and this could be a bellwether moment in the industry.

Source : Farm Equipment

Video: A Farm Song (Busy) | Parody of A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey

Lyrics:

My days begin with workin’, Alarm’s at 5 o’clock,
I Fill 5 gallon buckets, The feeders and the troughs,
This five to nine ain’t workin’, why the heck do I work so hard?,
I can’t worry ‘bout health problems, I can sleep in when I’m gone,

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

I’ve been working pretty stressed but,
I ain’t changing for some cash,
Lord knows that I’m very blessed (More chores),
But I gotta say it’s hard,
Workin’ outside gettin’ charred,
Living out here on the farm, (more chores)

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history
There’s another 20 chickens that still need feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm getting’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Fun, here on ranch that’s what you can’t ignore,
Might be pretty hard but I love it to its core,
Flannel’s gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores (Tell ‘em sing with me)

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
Watching cattle in the dark, don’t miss me,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
(Yeeeeeehaw)
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
It’s the best bro, go get yourself a farm