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2014 Dealership of the Year Award Winner: PrairieLand Partners

By Mike Lessiter posted on July 15, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices

The 2014 recipient in the large, multi-store category of the Dealership of the Year program — PrairieLand Partners, headquartered in Hutchinson, Kan. — embodies much of what you’d expect from a professionally managed dealership group for the 21st century. Things like decisiveness and objectivity, action plans that groom and test the next generation, and hard discussions about getting people in the right seats on the bus — and moving those who are not.

2014 Dealership of the Year Award Winner: Godfrey Bros

By Dave Kanicki posted on July 15, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices

Single-store dealers who handle John Deere farm equipment are becoming a vanishing breed. Kevin Godfrey knows this. He also knows other small Deere dealers who have been squeezed out of the business to make way for the company's "bigger is better" model for its retailers. He's feeling the pressure and understands the push for larger multi-location dealerships isn't going to go away; it's how Deere wants it.

Dealership of the Year Retrospective: A Decade of Change & Challenges

By Jaime Elftman posted on July 15, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices

After a decade of annually selecting the top performing dealerships in North America, we have seen 21 dealerships, large and small, earn the title of Dealership of the Year by meeting and exceeding Farm Equipment’s criteria for a top dealership. Despite its challenges, these farm equipment dealers are comprised of many top performers making significant contributions to agriculture, their farm customers and their local communities.

PrairieLand Partners: Investing to Multiplying the Skills of Others

July 1, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices

“One of the strengths here is a willingness to look long-term,” says Doug Neufeld, CEO of PrairieLand Partners, the 2014 Large Multi-Store Category recipient of Dealership of the Year.

PrairieLand Partners: Checklist for a Successful Merger

July 1, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices

Farm Equipment’s interviews with the managers of 2014 Large Multi-Store Operation Dealership of the Year PrairieLand Partners yielded some of the keys to transitioning the merger of their three separate businesses (Deer Trail Implement, Conrady Western and Pankratz Implement) in 2008, along with some lessons learned.

Are You Farm Equipment's Next Dealership of the Year?

October 31, 2013 | Posted in Best Practices

Following another successful Dealership of the Year program, Farm Equipment is now accepting nominations for the 10th Annual Dealership of the Year.

Submit Your Dealership of the Year Nominations Today: March 19, 2013

March 15, 2013 | Posted in Dealers on the Move

Farm Equipment is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Dealership of the Year. The Dealership of the Year program recognizes dealers in three categories: Farm Equipment Dealers with annual revenues of $50 million or more Farm Equipment Dealers with annual revenues of under $50 million Rural Lifestyle Dealers serving the rural lifestyle/hobby farm market

To the Point: Don’t Fall for ‘Shiny Shoes’

By Mike Lessiter posted on March 13, 2013 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management, Dealer Succession

Update: This article from 2013 — referencing “shiny shoes” (also referred to by some as “pointy shoes”) was brought up again over a dinner conversation at the July 2018 Dealership Minds Summit in Iowa City. Here’s the original Farm Equipment column (March 2013) on RDO Equipment by Mike Lessiter.

What Kennedy Implement Means by 'Customer Service'

July 17, 2012 | Posted in Best Practices

Any conversation with Mark and Kent Buchholz about what led Kennedy Implement to be selected as Farm Equipment's 2012 Dealership of the Year in the under $50 million in annual revenue category starts and ends with customer service.

Web Exclusive: Dealer of the Year 2014

July 9, 2012 | Posted in Dealers on the Move

The 24-part 2014 Farm Equipment Dealership of the Year video series is sponsored by PFW Systems, a leading provider of management software for equipment dealerships throughout North America.

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