In an email distributed to members of the North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA), as of July 8, 2024, John Schmeiser will no longer be serving as chief operating officer of NAEDA.
According to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s latest Brand Loyalty survey, 62.3% of farmers consider themselves brand loyal. When it comes to buying a piece of equipment not manufactured by their primary brand, tillage tools have been the most common piece of equipment farmers bought that wasn’t their primary brand. The full Brand Loyalty Report will be released in July.
Current Ohio dealers Lowe & Young, Mayer Farm Equipment and North Star Hardware & Implement will expand their services in current territories. AGCO-owned AgRevolution will enter the state with brick-and-mortar locations and mobile services to provide AGCO's full product lineup to farmers in northern Ohio.
On June 18, software company CDK Global was hit by a cyber attack causing a system-side outage that left dealers unable to access their business system and carry out day-to-day activities. While CDK Global Heavy Equipment merged with E-Emphasys Technologies in May 2023 and is now part of VitalEdge, dealers using IntelliDealer have been locked out. While the VitalEdge servers are separate from the CDK servers, CDK Global restricted access to them all as a safety precaution.
The number of dealers — particularly Deere dealers — who have expanded their footprint non-contiguously is on the rise. On June 20, Arizona-based Stotz Equipment and Ontario-based Premier Equipment announced the two firms were partnering to strengthen and position both companies for growth. The combined group will have 33 stores."
Precision ag startup Sentera launched an Early Access Program to preview its Aerial WeedScout product. The company says the program will provide valuable feedback and build momentum for the 2025 commercial release of Aerial WeedScout.
This week’s Dealers on the Move include Skyview Equipment and RDO. 2-store Missouri and Kansas New Holland dealer Skyview Equipment recently consolidated its stores — including its distribution business — under the Skyview Equipment name. John Deere dealer RDO Equipment finalized its acquisition of Rocky Mountain Transit & Laser this week, expanding its construction tech solutions offerings in 8 locations across Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.
How well do you know your farm equipment news? Test your knowledge of recent ag industry updates for June 2024! The Farm Equipment News IQ Quiz is brought to you with the support of Fastline Marketing Group.
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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