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Helping Specialty Farm Equipment Dealers Succeed

Mark Core of Vermeer Corp. and Richard Fox-Marrs of JCB Inc., top executives from two long established, family owned manufacturers of specialty farm equipment, explore their strategies for helping their dealers be profitable by providing services that go beyond traditional product support. Also, providing highly innovative products gives them an edge that competing dealers don’t have.
By Dave Kanicki posted on June 9, 2018 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
Mark Core of Vermeer Corp. and Richard Fox-Marrs of JCB Inc., top executives from two long established, family owned manufacturers of specialty farm equipment, explore their strategies for helping their dealers be profitable by providing services that go beyond traditional product support. Also, providing highly innovative products gives them an edge that competing dealers don’t have.
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2018 Dealership Minds Summit Conference Speaker

Video Marketing — What Works & What Doesn't

Mike Wiles, host of the popular Ask Tractor Mike Youtube page, to share proven video marketing strategies at the 2018 Dealership Minds Summit
April 28, 2018 | Posted in Dealership Marketing
Marketing expert Mike Wiles, host of the popular Ask Tractor Mike Youtube page, just announced to speak at the 2018 Dealership Minds Summit, July 24-25 at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Iowa City.
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PFD Summit: The Journey to Digitizing Agriculture

Technology is disrupting virtually every economic sector and agriculture is no different. Digitization is the next stage in ag’s disruption.
By Dave Kanicki posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Data & Forecasts, Precision Ag Sales & Service, Product Innovations & Introductions
Rabobank is forecasting that median Midwest corn farmers will be working with a margin of about 4% during the next 4-5 years. This is “unacceptable” and means they will need to increase their efficiency while continuing to cut costs, Kenneth Zuckerberg told attendees of the 2018 Precision Farming Dealer Summit in January.
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From the Desk of Mike Lessiter

Depth Chart, Talent Scouting Report ... How It’s Worked for Us

By Mike Lessiter posted on January 8, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
We launched the “Lessiter Media Depth Chart” at a quarterly employee meeting last year. Put simply, it’s a place to seed the names of individuals who our employees see as sharing our core values and could one day be candidates for job openings. The intent is to identify and document potential talent — and assign someone to get to know them — BEFORE we have the need.
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Sponsored Content: Successful Equipment Remarketing Strategies

Thinking 'Small' Pays When It Comes to Moving Used Inventory

Small-store leaders within Farm Equipment’s Dealership of the Year Alumni Group share the actions they’re relying on to guide them through the choppy waters of reducing equipment backlogs.
By Dave Kanicki, Mike Lessiter, and Mike Wiles posted on August 25, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Used Equipment Remarketing
A dealer responding to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s November 2015 Dealer Sentiments survey summarized the industry’s current dilemma: “There was a lot of positive activity during the month, but a lot of people passed on making purchases when they saw what their used equipment was valued at. Used pricing is too soft to convert people to make new machine purchases.”
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Why Dealers Need to Adapt Sales Approach to the New Generation of Farmers

By Dave Kanicki posted on April 28, 2017 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
We’ve all read enough about how dealing with the Millennial generation is vastly different than that of the Baby Boomers and subsequent generations of consumers. So far, most of the talk has centered on managing Millennial employees, but farm equipment dealers need to ready themselves for this new breed of customer, as well, because, as we all know, farmers aren’t getting any younger.
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Cost of Doing Business

How Dealers are Measuring Up

The 2016 Cost of Doing Business study reveals areas where dealers must up their performance to get back to being profitable.
By Dave Kanicki posted on February 11, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Data & Forecasts, Operations & Finance
When it comes to unit sales of farm machinery, in the past 5 years North American farm equipment dealers have seen the highest highs and the lowest lows they’ve experienced in the past 3 decades. As sales rose in 2012 and 2013, so did many of the industry’s operational and financial measures. Likewise, as sales began dipping in 2014, these same indicators reflected the industry’s downturn.
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The Real World of ESOPs

From Acquisition to Owner Retirement

An employee stock ownership plan is providing a seamless succession strategy for Livingston Machinery.
By Mike Wiles posted on July 18, 2016 | Posted in Operations & Finance, Dealer Succession
It’s a tough situation laying in a hospital bed and realizing the business you’ve spent most of your life building might go away if you’re unable to return to work. In 2008, that was the reality for Earl Livingston of Livingston Machinery in Chickasha, Okla., after he suffered a stroke and wasn’t sure he’d make it back.
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Since 1980, A&I Products has become a leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of aftermarket replacement parts for the agricultural, turf, and industrial equipment markets. A&I Products' experience and expertise has greatly contributed to the company's reputation as a top supplier of quality, reasonably priced parts. Founded with roots as a small machine shop and repair facility, the company made the transition by manufacturing new parts to replace those that were identified as commonly needing repair. Throughout the 1980s, the company quickly garnered a reputation for offering quality parts at a reasonable price.

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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.
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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.
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