In this episode, Zach sits down with Roger Hoy, Director of the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab which is located on the University of Nebraska's campus.

The University of Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory (NTTL) is the officially designated tractor testing station for the United States and tests tractors according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) codes OECD codes. Tractors are tested in the country of manufacture. Twentynine countries adhere to the tractor test codes (including nonOECD members: China, India, the Russian Federation, and Serbia) with active tractor test stations in approximately 25 of those countries. Reciprocity agreements with the codes require that once an OECD test report is officially approved, it must be accepted by all participating countries.

NTTL employs 2530 parttime student workers, most majoring in Agricultural Engineering or Mechanized Systems Management through UNL's Biological Systems Engineering Department. Many of these students are also members of the Quarter Scale Tractor Team, which competes in an annual event sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

For more information on the lab visit https://tractortestlab.unl.edu/