Articles by Jack Zemlicka

Stotz Equipment

Today’s Update: Stotz Equipment Precision Farming Team

Spring planting poses enough daily challenges for precision farming specialists without having to wonder when, how and if they will be able to access needed hardware or call on experienced back-up to tag-team complicated service calls to get farm customers in the field. Fortunately, the 18-member precision farming team at Stotz Equipment is ably navigating through the added seasonal uncertainties, without sacrificing quality or communication.
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Pete Youngblut

Today’s Recap: Pete Youngblut, Owner, Youngblut Ag, Dysart, Iowa

Visiting with Pete Youngblut, founder and sole proprietor of Youngblut Ag, a precision farming dealership in Dysart, Iowa, it’s immediately clear that his primary focus is on preparing customers for planting — because he has to — regardless of the circumstances. I caught up with Youngblut in the middle of a hydraulic steering installation on a Case IH MX180 tractor the afternoon of Monday, April 6.
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Precision Farming Dealer Summit 2020 Recap

3 Disruptive Tech Trends that Will Shape Your Precision Business of the Future

Having the right tools in the field and in the dealership are essential to advancing customer communication and improving the overall service experience.
Anticipation can be a frustrating and ambiguous objective when it comes to forecasting the when and how the next ag tech innovation will influence a dealership’s precision farming business.
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Dealership Minds

Connecting On-Farm Experience with Customer Engagement

A generational drive to innovate through experimentation fuels Brandon Hunt’s progressive focus managing the family’s 11,000 acre farm operation.
As a fourth generation farmer, but the first to solely focus entirely on managing the family’s 11,000-acre operation near Herndon, Ky., Brandon Hunt appreciates how innovation  is born out of experimentation.
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Special Report: Growing the Workforce

Train to Retain Precision Talent: Mentor, Don’t Mandate

Having a defined onboarding process can forge trust between the manager and employee right away, and also define the role and initial responsibilities of a new precision specialist. Riesterer & Schnell, a 14-location John Deere dealer in Wisconsin, sets incremental objectives for new precision hires.
Within dealerships, some of the most impactful, and often toughest decisions come on the hiring side. This is especially true when hunting for precision talent.
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