Neil Dahlstrom, John Deere – Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture | #408

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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Business, Investing, Management

4.7 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Today’s guest is Neil Dahlstrom, the archivist and historian for John Deere and author of Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture. In today’s episode, business wars hits the farm! Neil’s book is a case study on the evolution of the tractor industry and it’s importance during a time the world was experiencing a global plague, World War & food shortages. We touch on all the major players, including a young Henry Ford. We even walk through he different strategies each company took around pricing and distribution. As we wind down, we touch on the future of the industry with things like autonomous tractors and drone technology. ----- Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- This episode is sponsored by AcreTrader. AcreTrader is an investment platform that makes it simple to own shares of farmland and earn passive income, and you can start investing in just minutes online. For more information on how to become a farmland investor through their platform, please visit acretrader.com/meb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mebb favor Show, where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.
0:11.0	Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and
0:13.4	uncover new and profitable ideas all to help you grow wealthier and wiser. Better
0:17.4	investing starts here.
0:18.8	Meff Faber is the co-founder and chief investment officer at Cambria Investment Management.
0:23.4	Due to industry regulations, he will not discuss any of Cambria's funds on this podcast.
0:27.2	All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the
0:30.8	opinion of Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates.
0:33.4	For more information, visit cambria Investments.com.
0:37.0	Today's episode is sponsored by Acre Trader.
0:42.1	I personally invested on Acre Trader and can say it is a very easy way to access one of my favorite investment asset classes. Farmland.
0:50.0	Acre Trader is an investment platform that makes it simple to own shares of farmland and earn passive income,
0:55.5	and you can start investing in just minutes online. Acre Trader provides access, transparency,
1:00.8	and liquidity to investors while handling all aspects of administration
1:04.7	and property management so you can sit back and watch your investment grow.
1:08.5	We recently had the founder of the company, Carter Malloy,
1:11.2	back on the podcast for a second time in episode 3.12.
1:15.0	Make sure you check out that great conversation,
1:17.0	and if you're interested in a deeper understanding,
1:19.0	and for more information on how to become a farmland investor through their platform, please visit acretrader.com
1:26.0	forward slash meb. And now back to our great episode.
1:29.5	What's up y'all we We have a really fun business wars that show for you today.
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