I work for an ag impliment dealer and warranty is always a sore subject. We as a dealer would like to help the customer out but the warranty period is 1 year that's all you get. Anything after that is a good will offering. If people would bother to read the warranty policy most warranties are...
One of our local banks has a heifer project. The reciepient gets 5 bred heifers and at the end of 5 years they return 5 bred heifers. During the project the kids meet quarterly to go over records with the bank. Here's a link http://www.rollinghillsbank.com/heifer_project.htm