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Plan Early, But Have Patience

While Champlain Valley Equipment doesn’t have a script for acquiring another dealership, planning early and addressing challenges as they appear has led to six smooth dealership transitions for the company.
By Jaime Elftman posted on June 11, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
While Champlain Valley Equipment doesn’t have a script for acquiring another dealership, planning early and addressing challenges as they appear has led to six smooth dealership transitions for the company.
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PFD Summit: Developing Privacy Policies to Protect Customer Data

Solid privacy policies can ease tensions between dealers and their customers relating to data management and protect dealers from potential liability cases.
By Jaime Elftman posted on March 12, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Precision Ag Sales & Service
Alongside the benefits of evolving technology and increasingly in-depth data collection, come increased risks that can create tension between dealers and their customers. To allay potential customer concerns, dealers and manufacturers must answer these questions: Who owns the data? Who can access it today and in the future?
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Dealership Minds

Helping ‘Frontline’ Employees Keep Customers Satisfied

By Kim Schmidt posted on February 13, 2016 | Posted in Department Management
Joe Alvarado leads by example and doesn’t take any of the opportunities he’s been afforded for granted, something he attributes to his time in the Marine Corps. When Alvarado returned to civilian life, he started working for a farm equipment and auto parts company in Tipton, Calif. It was a small, family-owned operation, but it was there that he fell in love with agriculture — more specifically the people of agriculture.
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Online Extras: October/November 2015 Issue

October 1, 2015

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • An interview with Susanne Veatch, Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Kinze Manufacturing
  • Industry Q&A on the subject of employee training
  • Insight into how one family resolved conflict within the dealership

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Dealership of the Year 2015: Salem Farm Supply Inc. Salem, N.Y.

Category: Under $75 Million in Revenues
By Kim Schmidt posted on July 16, 2015 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance, Dealer Succession
Carole Lewis, president of Salem Farm Supply, didn’t plan on making her living as a farm equipment dealer, but life had different plans for her. Her father, Philip Lewis, purchased Salem Farm Supply in 1988 from the original owner. Philip was an investment banker from New York City who had moved to the area intending to buy a business. One day, he came in to Salem Farm Supply looking to buy a tractor, and he ended up buying the dealership, Lewis says.
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Analysts Comment on CNHI CEO's Departure

Analysts Comment on CNHI CEO's Departure

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Weasler Engineering, we look at some analyst comments on Scott Wine's departure from CNH Industrial. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks to Pessl Instruments' CEO about the recent investment it received from Lindsay Corp. Also in this episode, dealers and farmers chime in on brand loyalty, air seeder sales forecasts and layoffs at the Racine, Wis., Case IH plant.
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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.
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Montag Mfg

Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.

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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.
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