An agricultural equipment expert is generally an agricultural engineer having extensive experience with a wide range of farm equipment such as tractors, combines, cotton pickers, forage equipment, planting equipment, loaders, and mowers. He may have one or more graduate degrees in agricultural engineering and experience in industry and/or as a professor of agricultural engineering, and is often a registered professional engineer (PE). He will be familiar with basic mechanical/agricultural engineering principles as well as having a strong background in farming and agriculture. He will be capable of doing accident reconstruction on agricultural equipment and will have extensive experience in forensic engineering.