Starting on January 9 with a tweet from farmer and rancher Jerod McDaniel, farmers and other agriculture professionals began using the Twitter hashtag #AgPowerballDreams to spout off about what they’d do with the enormous, record-breaking lottery pot. (It’s the largest in North America, anyway – Spain’s El Gordo has reached heights of $2.4 billion, though that’s split amongst many more winners than the Powerball.) And some of those responses have been priceless. Here are our favorites:
I won I won! $4 from a $10 investment. Just like farming. #AgPowerBallDreams
– Randy Uhrmacher (@Cornfrmr) January 10, 2016
#AgPowerballDreams Buy one of everything ever made with the Deere logo on it… (May take two lottery winnings)
– Jerod (@jerodmcdaniel) January 10, 2016
#AgPowerBallDreams ………….buy 5000 units of seed just to get a free hat
– Andy Pasztor (@apasztor82) January 10, 2016
#agpowerballdreams Buy a John Deere 9RX with three point, 15ft batwing and mow the yard with it.
– Cole Deklotz (@CDeklotz) January 10, 2016
#AgPowerBallDreams New rear tires for the 8400 and enough $$ left over for a Mt. Dew. #tiresareexpensive
– Eric Mondhink (@emondhinkFH05) January 10, 2016
#AgPowerballDreams I would see if $800 million in cash would be enough collateral at the bank for a $10000 loan in a down cattle market
– Caucasian_Sensation (@TheDailyCowman) January 10, 2016
#AgPowerBallDreams I would convert my $800 million in winnings to Canada dollars and become a $1.1 Billion lottery winner.
– Caucasian_Sensation (@TheDailyCowman) January 10, 2016
#AgPowerBallDreams 3 words: Orangutan truck driver.
– Eric Mondhink (@emondhinkFH05) January 10, 2016
#AgPowerBallDreams I’d sleep in till 7 am
– Mitch Kennedy (@KccMitch) January 10, 2016
I’d move our ranch to Hawaii and start a Scottish Highland cattle herd for giggles #AgPowerBallDreams
– Sheldon Kyle (@KenrayRanch) January 12, 2016