Serafin Group
59 episodes listed below
Machinery talk from the working farm gate.
Farm Machines & In-Betweens is a grounded agriculture show built around the machinery, markets, and decisions shaping regional operations. Episodes move between dealer-floor advice, customer testimonials, digital sales trends, fuel supply stress, and farm visits where equipment gets judged by real work.
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Farm Machines & In-Betweens is an Australian agriculture show with its boots in machinery sales, service, and on-farm performance. It is built around the practical questions that sit behind every big equipment purchase. What fits the operation? What keeps moving in dust, heat, tight soil, and long days? What support is available when a farmer needs the machine working, not waiting? The episodes use dealership conversations, customer spotlights, supplier interviews, and farm visits to answer those questions in plain commercial language. Digital buying is one recurring thread, with discussion of farmers researching, comparing, and narrowing down machinery online before speaking to a dealer. The show also pays attention to market conditions, including post-COVID stock cycles, used machinery demand, private selling, and the fading assumption that a field day is the only place to find a special. Its fuel episode brings a sharper edge, linking global instability and local supply pressure to the basic question of whether growers can keep tractors running through harvest, sowing, and seasonal work. The machinery testimonials are the most concrete. Chris explains the Fendt 1042 through row-crop tyre configuration, horsepower to the ground, slip, VarioDrive, GPS compatibility, cab comfort, and heavy linkage work. Brady Templeton describes the Gason 12T spreader in terms of capacity, consistent rate, mechanical drive, load cells, calibration, product changeover, and low-maintenance use. The gherkin episode broadens the show beyond machinery alone, following Ben through tanks, salt brine, fermentation, grading, packaging, crop by-products, and the unglamorous logistics of supplying a large food chain. Staff-focused episodes bring listeners inside Serafin AgPro, where sales advice is framed around steering buyers toward machinery that suits their operation over the next several years. The tone is practical and local. There is sales material in the mix, but the useful parts come from the specificity: tyre sizes, dusty conditions, diesel savings, operator age range, workshop calibration, and the way a machine moves from truck to work. Farm Machines & In-Betweens is best for people who care about the business end of Australian agriculture and want machinery talk that stays close to real paddocks, real customers, and real constraints.
Made for: For Australian farmers, machinery buyers, ag dealers, contractors, and equipment-curious listeners who want practical detail before a purchasing decision. It also suits anyone interested in how regional agriculture handles supply, fuel, technology, and changing sales channels.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by mixing dealership perspective with customer accounts that measure machines by field results, not brochure language. Episodes often get specific about configuration, calibration, fuel, GPS, tyres, capacity, and support.
Welcome to the Farm Machines & In-Betweens Podcast. A podcast that dives into the world of agriculture, innovation, and the machines that power the future of farming. Hosted by our staff from both Serafin Machinery and Serafin Agpro.Join us as we explore the latest trends, expert insights, and real-world stories shaping the ag industry. Whether you’re a farmer, ag-tech enthusiast, or just curious about what happens behind the scenes, this podcast is for you!Stay tuned for new and exciting episodes! Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss a thing. 🌾🎧https://www.serafin.com.au/
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Online research is changing machinery buying before buyers reach the dealership.
This episode tracks the shift in machinery buying toward digital research, where buyers compare options and sometimes even purchase online before reaching the dealership.
Pickles, yields, and fryer oil come together in a clear farm-business story.
Ben Parle's gherkin operation makes the commercial side easy to follow, since farming, storage, grading, processing, and buyer relationships all sit in one chain.
Sales tactics without the warm-up.
Showroom sales talk with operational bite.
Field logic for better HVACR work.
Practical sales training without motivational fog.
Technical sales beyond the offer.
Tom Rayner, managing director of Hardy, tells Cameron Williams of Sarah Finagro that the Sarator self-propelled range ends within about 12 months but Hardy is "not exiting the self-propelled sprayer market." Hardy will instead import Apache machines built by sister company ET Works in Indianapolis and the RX range shown at Agrotechnica last November, with a 2 to 3 metre variable axle width.
Farm Machines & In-Betweens puts Stephen Hales of carsales in the middle of the shift toward online machinery buying.
This episode discusses the severe fuel crisis affecting Australian farmers, exploring its impact on agriculture, food supply, and rural communities with insights from fuel industry expert Vince Bagiante.
Powell's Gherkins in Griffith supplies McDonald's with locally grown pickles, and Ben Powell says the farm sold 2.1 million kilograms of pickles to McDonald's in the last 12 months.
This episode introduces Cameron Williams, the new sales manager at Seraphim AgPro, discussing his role in guiding customers to the right agricultural machinery and his recent training experience with Agco.
Shane Burke of Hyde Power explains how four decades in hydraulics led to Woolmaster, a new wool press designed for Cat 3 compliance and Australian safety standards.
Seraph Machinery host Rodney interviews Australian Tyre Traders national manager Matt Peterson about agricultural tyre design, OEM supply, and Australian operating conditions.
Dennis Aramini discusses seven years selling farm machinery for Seraphins while travelling through Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales.
Mirza Kozarcanin, CEO of grower-owned Nice Rice, cites an ABARES report that Australian rice uses roughly half the water per hectare of most other countries.