Scott Meldrum, integrated solutions manager for Van Wall Equipment, shares that about 40% of crop insurance policies have an error in them that would cause that policy to fail an audit. Meldrum talks about how Van Wall ensures their customers' policies are not in the 40%. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
Walking into the Nevada, Iowa, location of Van Wall Equipment isn’t like walking into any typical farm equipment dealership. The 66,000 square foot facility was built in 2014 and brought the previous ag store in Nevada and a lawn and turf store in Ames together under one roof.
At the top this month is our coverage of the 2016 Dealership of the Year award recipient, Van Wall Equipment. John Deere's retail sales comment made the list at #2.
In the last 3 years, the precision department has grown rapidly at Van Wall Equipment, adding agronomy services in 2014 and crop insurance in 2015, along with the added volume that came with the company’s addition of 11 stores through acquisition since 2014.
In 2009, Van Wall Equipment expanded its business to include renewable energy after meeting with BTI, a John Deere dealer in central Kansas that was an Endurance Wind distributor.
Conventional wisdom says that when wholegoods sales go down, parts sales go up. Or does it? Earlier this summer Don Van Houweling, owner of Van Wall Equipment in Iowa, told me contrary to popular belief, that’s not actually true.
Mike Van Houweling, CFO of Van Wall Equipment, talks about the dealership's key metrics to monitor. At the "30,000 ft. view," those include: operating return on sales, return on assets, market share. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
AMS specialists at Van Wall Equipment are at farms 12 months of the year. Scott Meldrum, integrated solutions manager for Van Wall, talks about how that relationship is about way more than selling as it involves getting equipment set up, managing data and understanding the customers' needs. Van Wall earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
Scott Meldrum, integrated solutions manager for Van Wall Equipment, talks about the growth of the dealership's precision department. When Meldrum started working at Van Wall about 6 years ago, the dealership had 3 AMS specialists at 5 locations. In 2016, they now have 10 AMS specialists at 16 stores. They've also added agronomy positions to the Integrated Solutions department. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
Chad Stoline, corporate service manager for Van Wall Equipment, explains that a majority of the dealership's service revenue comes from preventative maintenance service specials. Large storage sheds on Van Wall's lot allow the service techs to stage equipment under a roof without taking up space in the shop, which is appealing to customers. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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