Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt is the Executive Editor of Farm Equipment and the host of Ag Equipment Intelligence’s On The Record. An award-winning writer, she worked 7 years in business-to-business trade media before joining Lessiter Media in 2012. She is a journalism graduate of Marquette University.

Contact: kschmidt@lessitermedia.com

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Industry Q&A

Dealers Respond to Software Mergers

With the recent announcement that e-Emphasys ­— privately held and backed by 2 private equity firms — and CDK Global Heavy Equipment are merging, 6 of the main dealer software options are now owned by 2 companies.
What impact – positive or negative – do you expect this development to have on dealer software operations/options for your dealership’s size and scope?
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Right to Repair

Dealer Efforts ‘Water Down’ Colorado R2R Law

New law will have minimal impact on dealers, but non-legislative solutions continue to be better for the industry
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed the Consumer Right To Repair Agricultural Equipment bill into law on April 25, making it the first U.S. right to repair bill focused on ag equipment to be approved by the legislature and signed by a governor.
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Farm Equipment's Editors Debate Right to Repair

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.
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