Peter Pakosh

Peter Pakosh (June 11, 1911 – February 20, 1999) was co-founder of the Versatile tractor company, and is credited with many inventions and equipment innovations including the modern-day grain auger used by combine harvesters.

He is considered an innovator in the field of agricultural machinery on a level with John Deere and Cyrus McCormick.

In 1935, Peter's father paid a cattle buyer $5 to take his son to Winnipeg, where he studied mechanical engineering.

Those ground-breaking tractors were primitive by modern standards, with a 6-cylinder diesel or 8-cylinder gas engine producing 100 horsepower.

In 1993, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (formerly EMI), a trade association for manufacturers of agricultural and construction equipment, selected Pakosh as one of "100 Significant Contributors and Contributions to the Mechanization of Agriculture and Construction".