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Ag Equipment Intelligence

JCB Ag Looking for More North American Dealers

An 80% increase in sales to farmers and custom operators in North America is fuelling growth at JCB Agriculture, the farm equipment arm of Britain's construction machinery giant.
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Dealership of the Year 2012: Johnson Tractor

Spend some time at either of Johnson Tractor's two Case IH dealerships (Janesville, Wis., or Rochelle, Ill.), and you'll quickly surmise that the 2012 Dealership of the Year is indeed a "dealer's dealer."? Leo and Eric Johnson are as "blue-collar"? in approach as any dealer-principals you'll find these days, yet they still approach their three-site operation from a very high "thought level."
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Dealership of the Year: Kennedy Implement

No one is discounting the for- tunate set of circumstances that resulted in Kennedy Implement nearly doubling (+98.5%) its revenues between 2010 and 2011, least of all Mark and Kent Buchholz. On the other hand, credit for managing those circumstances to best advantage falls directly on the shoulders of owner Mark with more than a little support from his son Kent and nine other deal- ership employees.
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Business of Selling

Cash Difference Compensation Plan = Low Margins

In a survey conducted several years ago on how equipment dealers compensated their sales personnel, it was revealed that 30% of the dealers paid their sales personnel on the basis of salary while 28% of the dealers paid their sales force on the basis of "cash difference." While salaried sales compensation was the basis of last month's column, this column will explore the nuances associated with paying sales personnel on the basis of the cash difference that is "drawn"? on each transaction.
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Ag Equipment Intelligence

Ag Equipment Fundamentals Still Not Well Understood

Despite robust U.S. tractor sales in recent years, overall tractor sales remain far from their 2004 and 2005 peak. Nonetheless, in terms of dollars, ag equipment shipments remain strong and healthy.
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Ag Equipment Intelligence

AGCO Sees Net Sales Rise 25.6% in 1Q; NA Sales Up 57.6%

This morning, AGCO Corp., the third largest farm equipment maker worldwide, reported first-quarter net sales of $2.3 billion, an increase of 26.5% compared to net sales of $1.8 billion for the first quarter of 2011. Excluding unfavorable currency translation impacts of 4.3%, net sales in the first quarter of 2012 increased by 30.8% compared to the same period in 2011.
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