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Farm Equipment's Best of the Web: Jan. 19, 2024

By Farm Equipment Staff posted on January 19, 2024

Farm Equipment editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great farm machinery industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Dealer Success Academy.

Farm Equipment Announces Manufacturer Advisory Board

December 12, 2023 | Posted in Department Management

The following individuals will serve a 2-year stint on Farm Equipment’s manufacturer advisory board starting with the January 2024 issue.

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Major-Line Farm Equipment Dealership Numbers: U.S. & Canada — November 2023

December 12, 2023 | Posted in Data & Forecasts

This map, broken out by USDA Farm Production Regions, illustrates the number of dealerships by state/region based on a November 2023 analysis of unique addresses of equipment dealerships in Farm Equipment’s by-request circulation database.

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Working Through the Slowdown

By Kim Schmidt posted on December 8, 2023 | Posted in Data & Forecasts

The talk for much of 2023 largely centered around an expected downturn and not if, but when. Ag Equipment Intelligence’s Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions Update has continued to show dealer optimism in negative territory in every month of 2023.

Lessiter Media Launches New Employment Recruitment Service

November 15, 2023 | Posted in Manufacturer & Dealer Issues, Operations & Finance, Department Management, Dealer News, Manufacturer News

Lessiter Media recently released its new Employment Recruitment Service to offer comprehensive multi-media resources to streamline the ag equipment community’s recruitment process, offering a direct link between dealers and manufacturers and a targeted, engaged, and qualified audience.

A Dealer’s Role in NFL History

A trip to the National Football Hall of Fame reinforces how auto dealers learned retail & service best practices from their implement dealer counterparts

By Mike Lessiter posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices

A trip to the National Football Hall of Fame reinforced how the auto world learned how to retail and service customers from its implement dealer counterparts

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Farm Equipment's Best of the Web: Oct. 20, 2023

By Farm Equipment Staff posted on October 20, 2023

Farm Equipment & Equipment Dealers Foundation Celebrate 55 Years with Scholarship Donation

October 12, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices

In celebration of Farm Equipment’s 55th anniversary, Farm Equipment and the North American Equipment Dealers Assn. (NAEDA) teamed up to donate $5,500 to the Equipment Dealers Foundation (EDF).

Best of Fogarty

Some Thoughts About Survival

This industry's history proves that the changes we think will happen don't always work out as expected.

October 10, 2023

To me, the farm equipment industry has always been a grand theatre, and I've had a front-row seat for 40 years. It's not always a spectacular show, but it's constantly changing.

Best of Fogarty

Shortline marketing will keep changing

Let's hope that there will continue to be fresh, profitable ways for new, specialized ideas to get into the marketplace.

October 10, 2023 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets

Shortly after I joined this industry in 1958, I went to the conventions of the Farm Equipment Manufacturers and the Farm Equipment Wholesalers Assns. at Kansas City's then stylish Hotel Muehlebach.

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Big Dealer Consolidation Continues in 2024

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Weasler Engineering, we break down the key takeaways from Ag Equipment Intelligence's newly released 2024 Big Dealer Report. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman shows us how cover crop planting could be done autonomously. Also in this episode, CNH Industrial reports a drop in ag sales, AGCO combine and application equipment sales are down year-over-year and a UK New Holland factory strike could impact North America.

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