According the 2015 edition of the "Big Dealer Report" compiled by Ag Equipment Intelligence and Currie Management Consultants, the total number of dealer groups that own 5 or more stores increased to 188, up from 181 in the previous year.
Since I joined the Farm Equipment staff in 2005, I’ve heard about the John Deere dealer meeting that took place in 2002 in Louisville, Ky., that laid the groundwork for a lot of the dealer consolidation efforts that we’ve seen during the past decade.
Just read Mike Lessiter’s Op-Ed (“To The Point: In Praise of Straight Talk,” March 2015). In my circle of life (began since 1960s, dealer-principal since the 1970s), I have been a student of the industry. I followed Case and its rise, along with the disasters along the way, as well as Allis Chalmers and its demise.
Speaking alongside three dealers at a shortline manufacturing event in Vegas last fall, I closed up the panel citing a difference between the dealers and the independent execs in the audience.
Speaking alongside three dealers at a shortline manufacturing event in Vegas last fall, I closed up the panel citing a difference between the dealers and the independent execs in the audience.
AGCO has launched a website that allows customers to shop for equipment among the growing list of CPO equipment that participating dealers are selling on-site and posting to the new website.
CNH Industrial has announced a Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program aimed at giving customers the best possible warranties and financing on late model Case IH Steiger tractors, Magnum tractors and Axial-Flow combines.
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The House voted to make permanent the expired Section 179 expensing allowance, but the popular tax break is likely headed to another temporary extension until Congress can agree on a broad overhaul of tax policy.
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