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Improving Hay Quality: Insights for Dealers

July 14, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
Tom Kilcer, a former Rensselaer County, N.Y., extension agent and now a crop consultant with Advanced Ag Systems LLC in Kinderhook, N.Y., has conducted several studies and has extensive experience with wide-swath hay harvesting. He’s also tracked haylage harvest research around the country. Kilcer offers several insights that dealers should share with producers to help them improve forage quality.
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The Science Behind Drying Hay

July 14, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
“As mowing and conditioning equipment have evolved, some of the basic drying principles of forage have slipped by the wayside,” says Dan Undersander, Univ. of Wisconsin extension forage agronomist. “If we understand and use the biology and physics of forage drying properly, the hay dries faster and has less chance of being rained on and the total digestible nutrients (TDN) of the harvested forage is higher.”
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AGCO Tackles Farm Equipment's Dealer Survey

June 10, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
Each of the major North American farm equipment makers — AGCO, Case IH, John Deere and New Holland — were invited to contribute to this special report on equipment rollovers and provide their perspective. Only AGCO chose to participate. Steve Gorsuch, director of national accounts for AGCO, provided the company’s responses. Here are his answers.
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From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

'Too Busy' to Be Recognized for Accomplishments

By Dave Kanicki posted on April 4, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
Following up with our Dealership of the Year nominations last week, I had the opportunity to speak with a couple of dozen dealers. The good news is that nearly every dealer I talked with is busy. The bad news is nearly every one of those dealers is too busy.
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Planning for Profits

Benchmark Your Service Personnel Costs

By George Keen and George Russell posted on March 10, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
The single biggest personnel cost in a farm equipment dealership is in the service department. Of course, most dealerships will have more personnel in service than other departments. But if this cost is more than 20% of your service revenues, you need to closely examine it to determine if some things are out of line.
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