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Brand Purity, Deere Cancellations
Hit the Airwaves
Farm Equipment Editor/Publisher Mike Lessiter was on Des Moines radio with Michael Libbie to explain two critical industry challenges: brand purity efforts by the majors and several recent John Deere dealer cancellations.

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Dealer Comments about Recent Cancellations...

Comments on Schmitt Implement Cancellation

Comments on Charles Oliver & Sons Cancellation

Video Interview, Comments on Dealer Cancellations

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In the 2010 January SHOWCASE Issue

Special Report
Dealer Pressures are Shortliners' Problems

Even the most successful shortline manufacturers acknowledge that the challenges of expanding distribution channels are becoming more rigorous. Read Farm Equipment's exclusive interviews with executives from Buhler, Amity, Brillion, Art's Way and Kinze.

Farm Equipment Covers Agritechnica

Farm Equipment visits the world's largest ag equipment show in Hanover, Germany. Read our coverage of new products and overseas manufacturers' plans for the North American market. We'll also have an interview with the director of Germany's equipment dealer association about market issues in Europe.

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Farm Equipment SHOWCASE Celebrates its 40th Anniversary!

Top 40 Ag Countdown: 40 Years of Changes
Lessiter Publications founder and editorial director Frank Lessiter shares 40 innovations in agricultural equipment from the last four decades that changed the face of farming.

Editor's Page
Longevity is No Accident
Farm Equipment's SHOWCASE, the annual shopping guide for dealer readers and manufacturers, has evolved over four decades to become a source for latest-and-greatest products and in-depth editorial reports, Executive Editor Dave Kanicki writes.

Ag Equipment Industry Congratulates SHOWCASE on its Anniversary

Web Exclusives

NEWEST WEB EXCLUSIVE ITEMS INCLUDE:

• Special Report: Farm Equipment's Coverage of Agritechnica
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• The Biggest Farm Equipment Dealers in North America
• Agri-Service: There’s Still a Place for the Single-Store Dealership
• Metrics of Management: Part 4 of 4

Coming in the March Farm Equipment!

Following on the heels of the 80-page February edition is the March Farm Equipment, primed for dealers' focused attention as the industry begins to awaken this spring. Among the many "must-read" feature reports in this issue are “The Best of What's New from World Ag Expo and National Farm Machinery Show, “Special Report on GPS & Precison Farming (two feature articles),” “How-to-Sell Manure Application Equipment,” “Dealer Profile; Butler Machinery,” and “Strip-Till's State-of-the-Art.” Special New Product Coverage includes: GPS & Precision Farming * Tillage * Technology & Business Software * Utility Vehicles & ATVs * Debris & Wood Handling

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