Mike Lessiter, publisher of Farm Equipment magazine, and Michael Libbie, host of Insight on Business, discuss John Deere, dealer purity and the recent closure of Schmitt Implement. Posted with the consent of Michael Libbie and Insight on Business.
The stress of industry consolidation and brand purity on farm equipment dealers is also becoming the one of the biggest conundrums confronting shortline manufacturers.
Annual survey from editors of Rural Lifestyle Dealer magazine show equipment dealers expect much better year in 2010 for sales to hobby farmers and lawn/landscape customers
It looks like farm equipment dealers or manufacturers won’t have the cushion going into 2010 as they did a year earlier when strong early-order sales kept the demand for ag machinery solid through the first half of 2009.
Ag Equipment Intelligence is a monthly newsletter that provides ag equipment marketers, dealers and analysts with late-breaking news, analysis and viewpoints on the changing trends in the farm machinery marketplace.
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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