As Bobcat marks 50 years of equipment innovation, the company is still seeking input from customers through the How Bobcat Unleashed Me Contest.

From the beginning, Bobcat Company has been listening to customers and providing machines that help operators work better, smarter and faster.

Some fifty years ago, Minnesota turkey farmer Eddie Velo asked blacksmith-inventor brothers Cyril and Louis Keller to build a self-propelled loader light enough to be lifted to the second floor of Velo