2018 NDIDA Convention
Date: 11/12/18
Location: Bismarck, ND
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Eric Shanfelt, founder of the Local Marketing Institute, breaks down the basics of digital marketing and how — and why — farm equipment dealers should implement a digital marketing strategy.
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Conversations with Ag Equipment’s Entrepreneurs: Yetter Manufacturing’s Pat Whalen
This episode of “How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment’s Entrepreneurs,” sponsored by Osmundson Manufacturing, features Pat Whalen, the third-generation owner of Illinois’ Yetter Manufacturing.
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Precision Farming Dealer Summit
2019 PRECISION FARMING DEALER SUMMIT REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Centered on the theme of "Building Business Value With Recurring Revenue," the 2019 Precision Farming Dealer Summit is a 2-day DEALERS ONLY networking and idea sharing event that is 100% focused on equipping your company to run a more profitable precision farming business.
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Product Innovations & Introductions
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- [Video] Steinbauer Boosting the Diesel Performance Market
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Farm Equipment Videos
Flywheel Discusses the New Features of their Sales and Marketing Software
Mike Vetter, CEO announces software that allows dealers and manufacturers to collaborate on lead sharing.
Wearparts Displays their Custom, Steel Made Disc Blades
Wearparts, LLC explains the new generation, custom steel openers with 3-zone hardness for improved blade life.
Steinbauer Boosting the Diesel Performance Market
Development Engineer Michael Green sat down to discuss the impact Steinbauer has had on the diesel performance market, their decision to shift from automobile engines to large implement equipment as well as moving their operation to the centrally located Michigan.
New Developments with a New COO at TRIBINE Harvester
New TRIBINE COO, James Shurts, provides an update on the TRIBINE T1000 making the leap from R&D to production with first machines placed and orders being taken for additional machines. With TRIBINE’s advanced design, the TRIBINE T1000 can unload a full load of grain in 2 minutes filling a semi truck and eliminating the need for a tractor, grain cart and operator.
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When Does Stress Become Burnout?
When it comes to small business accounting, most people know that it is important to keep your records updated for taxes. However, there are many more benefits from small business accounting that you can use to grow, improve and expand your business. -
Creating an Efficient Sales Process Requires Focus on People, Processes, Technology & Training
Dealer organizations that thrive in the future will be the groups that are the most efficient in all business processes within their organization. -
5 Most Important Accounting Reports for Your Small Business
When it comes to small business accounting, most people know that it is important to keep your records updated for taxes. However, there are many more benefits from small business accounting that you can use to grow, improve and expand your business. -
Garton Tractor’s Ben Garton: A Different and More Personal Way to Handle Online Inquiries
Ben Garton was the leading voice during a roundtable on key performance indicators in marketing at the 2018 Dealership Minds Summit in Iowa City, Iowa. He contributed to what evolved into a fascinating conversation about his leads and what he does with them to ensure they are attended to. Garton is the chief marketing officer for Garton Tractors, a 10-store New Holland and Kubota dealership in California.
Columns & Opinions
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Help Wanted: Developing the Farm Equipment Workforce
In my conversations with dealers and manufacturers alike, I always ask what their biggest challenges are right now and in the years ahead. Without fail, the answer is always related to staffing and more specifically with finding service technicians. -
Ask the Expert: Making Your Used Equipment Stand Out Among the Rest Online
Our expert Casey Seymour of 21st Century Equipment and Moving Iron LLC addresses the following question: With the ability to shop inventory to death on the internet, what do you guys do to make your inventory stand out and separate it from everybody else? -
Demand for Larger Farm Operating Loans Bears Watching
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released it third quarter Ag Finance Databook last Friday and its headline read “Large Scale Financing Drives Ag Lending Activity Higher.” -
September 2018 Tractor & Combine Analysis
The limited cash available to farmers and ranchers in the U.S. will continue to put a dampener on the equipment markets in 2018 and 2019. The expanded depreciation programs that appeared in 2010 and reached its zenith in 2014 had the effect of pulling ahead purchases from future years. We are now enduring the results of that program.
Dealers on the Move: The Latest
H&R Agri-Power Acquires JL Farm Equipment Co.
Dealers on the Move is the latest news on dealer growth, including acquisitions, consolidations and new locations. It is brought to you by Adpearance.
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The Success in Shortline Machinery series highlights the best practice strategies employed by top farm equipment dealers to promote and sell shortline equipment. It is brought to you courtesy of Art’s Way Manufacturing.
Canadian Shortline Manufacturing Industry Advances Farming Innovation
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Machinery Scope offers premier risk management tools for farm equipment. We provide timely, personalized, and flexible solutions to protect more farm equipment investments than anyone in the industry. We add value and peace of mind when you are buying, selling, or managing your farm equipment by offering extended warranty plans.
Ask the Expert: Remarketing Used Equipment
Ask the Expert: Filling the Used Equipment Manager Position
Our expert Casey Seymour discusses what makes for a good Used Equipment Manager in this latest installment of the “Ask the Expert: Remarketing Used Equipment” series.
This blog by industry expert Casey Seymour is part of the Ask the Expert: Remarketing Used Equipment series, sponsored by Iron Solutions.
At Iron Solutions, we provide used equipment valuations, market intelligence and a suite of integrated, cloud-based business systems custom-tailored for the equipment industry. Our proprietary model is built on actual dealer sales transaction data. Learn more…
Product Roundups
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Planters, Drills & Air Seeders Product Roundup 2018
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Residue Management Product Spotlight 2018
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Feed Mixers Product Roundup 2018
Check out the latest feed mixers from one of the industry's leading suppliers.
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Big Shortline Report: A Listing of Specialty Ag Equipment Manufacturers (PDF)
This first-of-its-kind report, "The Big Shortline Report: A Listing of Specialty Ag Equipment Manufacturers" is the result of an exhaustive 2-year project by Ag Equipment Intelligence editors to aggregate the key business metrics of more than 120 shortline equipment manufacturers throughout the U.S.
How New Equipment Technologies are Reshaping Farming
For decades, farmers equated machine control with having two hands on the steering wheel, navigating their field on instinct and tradition. But the next generation of machine automation is imminent, offering the ag industry promising, yet unproven opportunities.
Brand Loyalty in the Farm Equipment Business (PDF)
Every three years since 2011, Ag Equipment Intelligence editors have extensively surveyed farmers across 12 states encompassing the Corn Belt (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri), Lake States (Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin) and Northern Plains (Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota) regions of the U.S. to gauge the level of loyalty they hold toward equipment. The culmination of a nearly a decade-long study, Ag Equipment Intelligence has now combined this extensive primary research into an insightful, comprehensive and unique dealership management report, Brand Loyalty in the Farm Equipment Business.
2018 Big Dealer Report
Since 2009, the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence in collaboration with the Machinery Advisors Consortium have compiled the annual "Big Dealer" Report to provide the ag equipment industry with a thorough, by-the-numbers analysis into the shifts in dealer ownership, along with insight into the implications these shifts have on the industry. It's the most detailed source of information on ownership changes and consolidation trends of North America's largest farm equipment dealers.