Two weeks ago, 2 or my 3 sons and I hopped in the truck to see my uncle and cousins in Michigan and go back and see the land settled by our British ancestors in 1853.
With the CDK-e-Emphasys merger in May further reducing the independent software choices for dealers, our “deep dive” into software for our next edition is most timely.
This “naked pursuit of scale” and quest for market share sounds familiar. Farm machinery manufacturers and their dealers have dealt with this push-pull reality for decades (at least since I started covering the industry in 2004).
This blog was posted in response to Frank Lessiter’s article, “133 Right-to-Repair Concerns -- Growers Get Loud,” that was a follow-up to a unique content project between Lessiter Media’s farm equipment and grower divisions. To view the original work, click here to review the arguments for dealers/manufacturers (Executive Editor Kim Schmidt) and growers (Grower Division Editorial Chairman Frank Lessiter).
Lessiter Media Inc., now in its 42nd year of independent and family ownership, is uniquely positioned in the Right to Repair (R2R) debate, publishing both grower- and dealer-facing content.The content that follows presents a unique vantage point in all of agricultural media. Here, the content leaders of the two divisions – and on each side of the chasm –express their respective audience’s arguments on this R2R debate.
As the NCAA’s wrap up and baseball’s opening days take place this week, we went to farm equipment leaders about the lessons learned from their sport-playing “glory days.”
What lessons learned from your sports-playing days do you use and leverage daily in the farm equipment business? What traits and skills do you find come more naturally by those who competed on the court and fields, even if many years ago?
As in so many other tragedies, there’s no way to arrive at meaning through such tragedy. There is no explanation nor are we equipped to comprehend it. But we still can learn along the way.
Those of you who’ve been to our Dealer Summits know the power of the dealer-to-dealer roundtables and the aha-moments revealed in those settings. January’s record-setting Precision Farming Dealer Summit in St. Louis did not disappoint.
Without fail, every one of our semiannual Dealer Summits drops several ideas to swim in my brain for weeks on end. And the record-setting 2023 Precision Farming Dealer Summit in St. Louis did not disappoint.
Award-winning farmer and No-Till Farmer Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Ray McCormick talks about his long history of working with Alliance Tractor, particularly Sales Representative Ryan Seger, with whom he shares a passion for no-till farming and cover crops.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.
Finance Scope is able to provide the best financing opportunities for equipment dealers and customers through a diverse mix of lending companies under one single platform. Our large group of lenders, allows for competitive rates regardless of credit scores. Additionally, dealers and customers have access to the industry’s best expertise surrounding finance and lease structures, for all purposes, within the agricultural and construction industries. We provide all of this into one online platform to provide our customers with the best available tailored finance solution for their equipment.