Send Farm Journal your ideas and self-built machinery items for a chance to win prizes in two of our popular contests.
In addition, winners of the $100 Ideas and the “I Built the Best” contests are automatically entered for a spot in the 2011 Miller Welding University. Hosted by Miller Electric Mfg. Co. and Farm Journal, three grand-prize winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Miller headquarters in Appleton, Wis., for welding training from Miller experts. Among other prizes, three entrants will receive a Miller welding helmet and 10 entrants will receive a pair of Miller welding gloves.
“I Built the Best”
Share your machinery ideas and win $500. Category winners will receive $500 when their idea appears in Farm Journal. Any idea that is published, even if it is not a category winner, earns you a check for $100.
Entries are judged in 12 categories:
- Technology
- Livestock
- Planters
- Sprayers
- Harvesting Equipment
- Chemical Handling
- Drills/Air Seeders
- Shops
- Tillage Tools
- Hay Tools
- Service Trucks
- Miscellaneous$100 Ideas
Share your unpublished ideas and join our $100 Ideas club. Upon publication, you’ll receive a special hat and check. The Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each.How to Enter Submit your entry online at www.FarmJournal.com or send a description of your idea and a photo or sketch to: $100 Ideas or “I Built the Best,” Farm Journal, P.O. Box 1188, Johnston, IA 50131-9421. Be sure to include your address and phone number. All material published becomes the property of Farm Journal Media.
Hands-On Legacy Planning Workshops
Plans are being finalized for more of our popular one-day succession planning workshops. Check our Web site for a full 2011 schedule and registration information.


