# Hagie History: The Story of the World’s First Self-Propelled Sprayer Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm4profit-podcast-88385/hagie-history-the-story-of-the-world-s-first-self-propelled-sprayer Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm4profit-podcast-88385/hagie-history-the-story-of-the-world-s-first-self-propelled-sprayer.md Podcast: [Farm4Profit Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm4profit-podcast-88385) Published: 2026-06-04T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.com/episodes/hagie-history-the-story-of-the-worlds-first-self-propelled-sprayer-bxdcC5Ek Audio file: https://afp-22652-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/ee0d7693-cf91-40f0-9644-5c7b641c3579/episodes/edc5cec3-a32f-4b97-93bf-50c89d0446e8/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=ee0d7693-cf91-40f0-9644-5c7b641c3579&awEpisodeId=edc5cec3-a32f-4b97-93bf-50c89d0446e8&feed=NQG_ZnDw Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farm4profit-podcast-88385/episodes/hagie-history-the-story-of-the-world-s-first-self-propelled-sprayer Duration seconds: 5362 ## Resource Kevin Marshall joins Farm4Profit to tell the incredible story of Hagie Manufacturing, from Ray Hagie's first self-propelled sprayer in 1947 to becoming one of the most respected names in agricultural equipment. The conversation explores innovation, the horsepower and sprayer evolution, surviving the farm crisis, and how Hagie has maintained its identity while partnering with John Deere. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farm4profit-podcast-88385/episodes/hagie-history-the-story-of-the-world-s-first-self-propelled-sprayer/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm4profit-podcast-88385/hagie-history-the-story-of-the-world-s-first-self-propelled-sprayer.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.