View a rundown of the top 10 articles trending from the first half of the year on Farm-Equipment.com.

Applbaum succeeds Stephen G. Kaniewski, CEO since Dec. 31, 2017, who is stepping down to pursue other opportunities.

Agri-Service, an AGCO dealer serving Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Wyoming, has acquired Deer Park Farm Center, Diesel & Machine and Walla Walla Farm Center.

David B. Wentz, CEO of Tax Favored Benefits, gave a webinar in May to help equipment dealers offering 401(k) plans understand how SECURE 2.0’s more than 90 provisions could affect those plans.

The North Carolina-based dealers Charlotte Tractor and Lake Norman Tractor announced that the two are merging to become Highway Equipment & Tractor, a division of Highway Equipment Company. The new Kubota dealers are located on Starita Road in Charlotte and Statesville Road in Cornelius. 

The company's visorPRO AI solution is automate responses to some questions, freeing technical experts to focus on more complex issues.