Rural Lifestyle Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of the rural lifestyle market. Here is our favorite content from the past week:


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Would You Keep Doing Business with a Company Like This?

Every so often, Good Works Tractors gives its YouTube viewers an inside look at the business side of the dealership. In this video, the dealership talks about the decisions involved in adding or dropping a manufacturer. They give first-hand examples of some of the troubles we've dealt with in hopes that you can venture with more confidence in your own business endeavors!


Supercars & Agriculture: Jay Leno Examines a Lamborghini Tractor

Supercar enthusiast and TV host Jay Leno has been cataloguing the history of the supercar market for some time on his YouTube channel. However, back in 2012, he brought on a piece of machinery that was unusual for his channel: a 1960s Lamborghini R485. Leno gets into the history of how the tractor came to be and takes a look under its hood.


Bobcat Teases Autonomous Remote Control Compact Loader

Bobcat recently unveiled its latest prototype: a fully driverless compact loader. The RogueX is designed to be cab-free, specifically for remote operation and uses advanced kinematics and provides vertical-path and radial-path lift capabilities in one machine.


Kioti Introduces New Skid Steer & Compact Track Loader Series at National Farm Machinery Show

Rural Lifestyle Dealer's sister publication Farm Innovations was onsite at this year's National Farm Machinery Show and caught up with Kioti to take a look at their latest releases. Jason Berger, senior product manager at Kioti, discusses the specs on the company's new Skid Steer and Compact Track Loader Series, with the new series set to hit the market for availability this summer.


TurfTroniq Shows Off Autonomous Jacobsen Mower

TurfTroniq — a manufacturer of robotic mowing systems — recently added the Jacobsen F305 to the portfolio of supported machines for its RMS autonomous mowing system. It was built on the Jacobsen F305 of Buchen GmbH, in collaboration with the company's German distributer Godau Golf & Kommunalmaschinen Technik.


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