Ag Equipment Intelligence editors visited Blue Equipment, Kinze Manufacturing’s new full-service store located on its vast manufacturing campus in Williamsburg, Iowa. Dealership Sales Manager Justin Render provides an overview and tour of the new showroom and modern repair shop for Kinze equipment sold, traded and repaired in Southeast Iowa.
60% of dealers expect their precision sales to go up at least 2-7% this year according to the 2025 Precision Farming Dealer Benchmark Study. Spud Armstrong, precision specialist for New Holland Rochester, shared his sales outlook at the Precision Farming Dealer Summit
While precision farming sales and service revenue was down on average from the previous year, most dealers are optimistic things will bounce back in 2025 according to the 12th annual Precision Farming Dealer Benchmark Study.
As the agricultural industry continues to evolve, farmers will increasingly rely on advanced planting technologies to navigate the challenges of dynamic field conditions.
“The sales strategy with precision agriculture moved from just being able to provide an ROI on paper to more of a consultive sales style," says Jake Ridenour of PTx Trimble. "You’re going to a farm and looking at their entire operation to provide a more holistic solution instead of focusing on an individual product.”
I took a short, 100-minuteish road trip to Wisconsin Dells to check out the 2025 Precision Planting Winter Conference yesterday. Farmers and dealers from across the area gathered inside the Glacier Canyon Conference Center to watch the program.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Deere & Co., on January 15 alleging the company’s repair practices violate competition law. The FTC is concerned the OEM has withheld key information and diagnostic tools from farmers and independent repair shops, reports Bloomberg.
The new JDLink Boost option supports the partnership between John Deere and Starlink by SpaceX network, providing farmers who face rural connectivity challenges with the opportunity to fully leverage precision agriculture technologies.
2025 will start with a bang, and I can’t wait to check out some of the new technology on display at these shows, including the following winners of the World Ag Expo’s Top 10 New Products contest.
This week, we’re catching up with the precision team at Eis Implement, a John Deere dealer in Two Rivers, Wis. The leaders of the department give us the inside scoop on what it takes for a precision team to be successful at a single store dealership.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take a look at how the flooding in Texas will impact the ag industry and check in with some dealers in the region.
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