Max Armstrong shares insight from a recent Mecum Gone Farming auction including the stories he heard while there. Max shares the story of a farmer who drove the tractor for the first time and hit the “seep hole” in a Farmall M. The history of that tractor included the son of the original owner re-acquiring it, and bringing it back into top trim.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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