Articles by Kim Schmidt

2019 Equipment Dealers Assn. Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey

Dealers Rank Their Shortline Equipment Suppliers

Farm Equipment magazine once again analyzes the results of EDA’s annual survey ranking ag equipment manufacturers by equipment dealers’ top criteria.
In late May, the Equipment Dealers Assn. (EDA) release the results of its annual Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey.
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Spend Less and Sell More with Cropstream Ag Business Messaging [Digital Demonstration]

The way people communicate is changing and messaging is leading the way. Join Farm Equipment and Tim Aughenbaugh, President of Cropstream, for a digital demonstration of Cropstream — a free mobile ag business messaging platform built to facilitate communication with agribusiness and growers via smartphones, tablets or computer. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
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Manufacturer Perspective

Vermeer Focuses on Workforce Development through STEM Education

The labor shortage isn’t just impacting farm equipment dealers, manufacturers are facing the same struggle. “It’s stifling to think through the challenges. We have to be able to find the right people, enough people and to keep them there and be able to manage our business,” says Mark Core, executive vice president & CMO for Vermeer.
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Special Report: Growing the Workforce

Filling the Skills Gap Requires Industry-Wide Effort

Low unemployment, declining populations and a widening skills gap are all contributing to the challenges farm equipment dealers face in workforce development. Solving the problem needs participation from dealers, associations, OEMs, schools and the community.
Workforce development is an issue impacting all sectors of the U.S. and Canadian economy, and farm equipment dealerships are no exception. Currently, unemployment rates in both countries are low — 3.6% in the U.S. and 5.7% in Canada.
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