Is your dealership offering drop boxes throughout your service area where customers can pick up parts? Why and how do you make this service work?

A new social website, launched six months ago, offers a chance to keep the "coffee shop" heritage of agriculture discussion at the convenience of the busy farmer. As the site describes itself, it's "The All-Farm, All-the-Time Social Network".

The final tally for ag equipment sales is not yet in for the current year, and the larger than usual number of variables dealers and manufacturers are confronting is clouding visibility into 2013.

Terex Construction, a business segment of Terex Corporation, announced today the completion of a new Supply Agreement with Takeuchi Manufacturing (U.S.), Ltd. for the supply of eight new models of Takeuchi Branded Skid Steer Loaders.

Trimble introduced today boom height control for self-propelled sprayers as the latest feature of its Field-IQ crop input control system.

Farm Equipment magazine has announced the agenda and presentation lineup for the 2013 Dealership Minds Summit, a first-ever, 1-day conference and networking event for dealer-principals, top-level management and executives from farm equipment dealerships of all colors.

From my experience in manufacturing, I always found it just as difficult, if not more so, coming out of a recession then it is going into it. From what farm equipment dealers tell me, the same is true when agriculture goes into or comes out of a significant weather event like this year's Midwest drought.

Trelleborg, global developer and supplier of tire and complete wheel solutions for the agricultural and materials handling industries, received the prestigious AGCO EAME 2012 SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AWARD in the category “Collaboration� during a ceremony held at the AGCO Fendt facility in Marktoberdorf, Germany on 25 September 2012.

Zetor Tractors recently received the prestigious Zlatý klas s kytiÄkou 2012 and Zlatý kosák 2012 awards for its new Zetor Forterra HSX Series tractor exhibit. The Zlatý klas s kytiÄkou award was granted by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic during the 39th international 2012 exposition in ÄŒeské BudÄjovice, Czech Republic.

AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE: AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, today announced the release of its first global sustainability report. The report describes AGCOs approach to enhancing the sustainability of its business processes and global agriculture. It presents data supporting the strategy and updates progress towards change. At AGCO, sustainability is vital to our vision to offer high-tech solutions for farmers feeding the world,said Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President and CEO of AGCO. "We are in a very unique position to impact sustainability along the manufacturing and agricultural value chains. We developed our approach to provide the best impact to both."?