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Farm Equipment's Dealership Minds: Vanderloop Equipment, Profile of a Successful Dealership
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Drought conditions, paired with high winds, are causing an increased fire threat. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, much of the High Plains are in some level of drought. At the same time, corn harvest is ongoing and there’s always a risk of an equipment-related fire could start.
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Fundamentals for Dealers
Feeling overwhelmed?
Start with these information-packed articles hand-picked by our editors:
How Dealers Can Use ROI to Sell More than Farm Equipment
To successfully sell customers on ROI, determine the numbers that are important to them — hours saved, fuel savings, yield increases — and go from there.
8 Factors for Cultivating & Promoting a Professional Culture of Excellence
These facets are all tied closely to developing your dealership’s image, which in turn goes hand-in-hand with high customer satisfaction.
The Washout Cycle — A Better Way to Manage & Sell Used Equipment
Casey Seymour swears by this strategy for managing used — and new — inventory for the best cashflow.
How Leverage & Inventory Turnover Keep the Balance Sheet in Order
This executive shares his approach to teaching employees throughout the dealership the importance of leverage and turnover, the guard rails for keeping the balance sheet — and dealership — on track.
Thought Leaders
Merging an AGCO & a Shortline Dealer into a New Company
In this episode of Farm Equipment's Thought Leader Series, Associate Editor Ben Thorpe sits down with Parallel Ag President and CEO Shawn Skaggs.
The Thought Leaders video series is brought to you by Laforge.
Current Issue
Summer of Change at the Dealership Formerly Known as Alliance Tractor
Dealership Minds 2024 Overview: Vanderloop Equipment
Actions Today … And Tomorrow’s News
Dealers on the Move
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- Johnson Tractor Acquires 2 St. Joseph Equipment Locations in Wisconsin
- Progressive Tractor & Implement Grows Within CASE Dealer Network
- Claas Farmpoint Grows Mobile Service Footprint With New Iowa Dealership
- Atlantic & Southern Acquires Operating Assets of Bridges Equipment
Farm Equipment Videos
From Drought to Hurricanes, Weather is Impacting Harvest & Production
In this episode we look at the potential impact Hurricanes Helene and Milton will have on ag production as well as the dealers and manufacturers in the impacted region.
Sabanto Expands Network of Dealers
Marketing Specialist Sara Gillum explains how Sabanto's retrofit kit can transform a conventional tractor into an autonomous tractor and the recent announcement of King Ranch Ag and Turf joining Sabanto's network of dealers and how this will affect the market.
USMCA Would Prevent Trump’s 200% Tariff Threat on Deere
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Benzi America, we take a look at former President Donald Trump’s threat of a 200% tariff on Deere’s Mexico built equipment. In the Technology Corner Noah Newman visits with Bluewhite about the company’s partnership with New Holland.
Summer of Change: Navigating Sloan Implement’s Acquisition of Alliance Tractor
Store manager Jason Boyles breaks down a busy summer for the Vincennes, Ind., dealership formerly known as Alliance Tractor after it was acquired by 22-store John Deere dealer Sloan Implement. Boyles takes us through the transition process and explains the challenges and benefits of the acquisition.
Industry Insider
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When Your Customers Disappear
Glass Management Group has been producing an annual forecast for tractors and combines for about the past 25 years and even though our 2024 forecast was not published, our models continued to produce a forecast for 2024. -
Financial Metrics that Will Help You Manage Risk
Our industry is cyclical in nature, and what goes up must come down. So how do we prepare for a cycle that we know cannot continue? -
Dealer Principal Turned DMS Provider Talks Tech & Customer Service
While many suppliers can trace its history to a farmer building a better piece of equipment, Sean McLaughlin’s career took a different, albeit parallel, path: an ag equipment dealer who built a better piece of technology.
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Precision Ag’s Multi-Front Blitz
Major M&A activity, investment in tech stacks & retrofit kits are securing the beachfront for a whole new era for ag production.
Columns & Opinions
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Leadership — It’s All About Communicating
There are a lot of different facets that go into leadership — planning, managing, mentoring, etc. — but at the end of the day, it boils down to one key point: communicating. -
In Turbulent Times, Seek Stability by Adapting and by Seizing Opportunities
The current downcycle will test dealer leaders, particularly newer untested leaders and managers, who must also deal with the turbulence and uncertainty of new technologies, generational changes, and the economy. -
Finding Your Tech Whisperer
The tale of the Pitcher Whisperer immediately reminded me of a recent interview I did with Vanderloop Equipment's Mark Vanderloop, who I’ll call the “Tech Whisperer” of the 3-store AGCO dealership.
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Preparing Subordinates for Future Leadership Roles
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, nurturing future leaders from within the organization is vital for long-term success.
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Top Directory Listings
Yetter Farm Equipment
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
Machinery Scope
At Machinery Scope, we believe you deserve the best risk management solutions for your investments in heavy equipment. Since 2013, we have been proud to offer extended warranty, appraisals, and inspections. Machinery Scope is a family-owned business built on our experience in farming and equipment dealerships. We understand your business and provide a personalized and professional level of customer service. Machinery Scope has built a strong warranty product with our customers in mind, offering the same professional level of service from the time you get a quote, through the processing of a claim.
Finance Scope
Finance Scope is able to provide the best financing opportunities for equipment dealers and customers through a diverse mix of lending companies under one single platform. Our large group of lenders, allows for competitive rates regardless of credit scores. Additionally, dealers and customers have access to the industry’s best expertise surrounding finance and lease structures, for all purposes, within the agricultural and construction industries. We provide all of this into one online platform to provide our customers with the best available tailored finance solution for their equipment.
BEST OF THE WEB
Editors' Picks for This Week
Farm Equipment editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great farm machinery industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week.
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TRADES VALUES & TRENDS
Sprayer/High Clearance Values Guide
This month's equipment value guide highlights high clearance sparyers from Apache, Case IH, John Deere, Miller, New Holland and RoGator. All of the sprayers included in the selection are model year 2020 units and appeared in the Summer 2022 IronGuides issue.
Values shown in the tables listed here represent the most commonly equipped options with typical usage hours on equipment of this age. For more detailed values use IronGuides.com, an online appraisal tool for agricultural equipment that adjusts for your machine’s unique region, options and usage.
Farm Innovations Review
Dealer Product Showcase
This month's featured products geared towards equipment dealers.
Special Coverage
Farm Equipment Dealer 100™
The Farm Equipment Dealer 100™ (a ranking of the top 100 North American farm equipment dealers — by number of locations) provides information on total and ag stores, brands, geographies served, employees, history, executives and ownership/company profile information.
This interactive content is compiled by the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence and Farm Equipment in collaboration with VitalEdge.
Product Roundups
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Vertical Tillage Product Roundup 2024
Check out the latest vertical-tillage products from some of the industry's leading suppliers.
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Farm Progress Show Product Roundup 2024
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Strip-Tillage Product Roundup 2024
Check out the latest strip-tillage products from some of the industry's leading suppliers.
Top Store Items
Electric Farm Machinery: Outlook Through 2027
This online-exclusive report features original reporting from expert farm machinery journalists and primary research on the impact of electric farm machinery for North American equipment dealers, manufacturers and suppliers.
No-Till Farming Market in the U.S.: A 10-Year Study into the Practice & Trends
This multi-billion dollar investment into conservation ag will undoubtedly raise awareness for the benefits of no-till farming and drive adoption in the U.S. It’s more important now than ever that dealers and manufacturers understand no-till farming, what it can do for their customers and the potential demand for equipment it will create on the heels of these investments.
Chinese Tractor Market Analysis & Forecast
This online-exclusive report delivers an executive-level summary and expert analyses from Ag Equipment Intelligence’s veteran correspondents, researchers and forecasters. It is further supplemented by previously compiled research and reference material and also includes a new feature that automatically curates ongoing Chinese Farm Machinery content – as it occurs.
Cover Crop Adoption & Outlook by High-Production U.S. Farmers: Applications, Economics & Trends
This new report helps you identify the opportunities and challenges for your business by participating in one of the largest trends in all of American agriculture, cover crops. The online-exclusive report features original reporting and primary research data licensed from years of operational benchmarking surveys of growers compiled by No-Till Farmer and Cover Crop Strategies.