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2021 Equipment Dealers Assn. Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey

Bourgault Tops List of Shortline Manufacturers in EDA Survey

This year’s EDA Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey saw shortline manufacturer Bourgault become the top-rated shortline, denying Vermeer a third year at the top.

With a total mean score of 6.13, Bourgault once again took the lead among shortline manufacturers in this year’s Equipment Dealers Assn. (EDA) Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey.


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Farmers Say Price, Innovation Continues to Drive Shortline Equipment Purchases

A recent Farm Equipment survey found a majority of farmers believe shortlines have the edge over majorlines in both equipment price and customization.

In an effort to discover what exactly drives farmers to purchase equipment from shortline manufacturers instead of their majorlines, Farm Equipment surveyed nearly 240 farmers about their shortline equipment ownership, including their preferred brands and what drove them to purchase the equipment.


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USDA Reports 41% of Corn Dented

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 22 reported 41% of corn dented, in line with the 41% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 38%.
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[Podcast] What Happened with August’s Crop Report?

In this episode of Farm Equipment’s Used Equipment Remarketing Roadmaps podcast, brought to you by Volvo Penta, Casey Seymour of Moving Iron LLC is joined by Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef AgriMarketing to talk over the latest WASDE report and how the market has responded.
In this episode of Farm Equipment’s Used Equipment Remarketing Roadmaps podcast, brought to you by Volvo Penta, Casey Seymour of Moving Iron LLC is joined by Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef AgriMarketing to talk over the latest WASDE report and how the market has responded.
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USDA Reports 22% of Corn Dented

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 15 reported 22% of corn dented, above the 21% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 22%.
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USDA Reports 8% of Corn Dented

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 8 reported 8% of corn dented, below the 10% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 11%.
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Used Equipment Remarketing Roadmaps

[Podcast] Talking Right to Repair with the Hot Rod Farmer Ray Bohacz

In this episode of Farm Equipment’s Used Equipment Remarketing Roadmaps podcast, brought to you by Volvo Penta, Casey Seymour of Moving Iron LLC talks with Ray Bohacz, the Hot Rod Farmer, to discuss Ray’s background in automotive as well as what he’s done to help educate farmers about their machinery and then they get into the right to repair movement.
In this episode of Farm Equipment’s Used Equipment Remarketing Roadmaps podcast, brought to you by Volvo Penta, Casey Seymour of Moving Iron LLC talks with Ray Bohacz, the Hot Rod Farmer, to discuss Ray’s background in automotive as well as what he’s done to help educate farmers about their machinery and then they get into the right to repair movement.
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USDA Reports 79% of Corn Silking in the U.S.

According to the most recent USDA crop progress report, some 79% of corn crops were reported silking as of the week ended July 25, in line with the 79% reported silking in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn silking in the week was 73%.
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