Ag World and Ag Authority — two dealerships linked together by the same ownership team — are nestled in the heart of big Western Canada producers and big Western Canada dealership groups. But, they’re not afraid of a little competition. In fact, competition is the origin of both stores.

Join us as Eric Wareham, VP government affairs at WEDA, discusses legislation passed this year at the state level that is important to dealers. He also covers legislation dealers should pay attention to coming up at the federal level. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Workforce development is a challenge that all businesses face these days, and it seems that it is hitting farm equipment dealers and manufacturers particularly hard.

Workforce development is a challenge that all businesses face these days, and it seems that it is hitting farm equipment dealers and manufacturers particularly hard.

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.

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.

Sales tax compliance has never been easy, even though the vagueness of some of the standards may have made it easier to gloss over potential sales tax obligations. With the new Wayfair ruling by the Supreme Court, dealers will get the benefit of some additional clarity for both reporting obligations and responses to customer questions. But this clarity comes at the cost of requiring you to be even more vigilant about your compliance efforts as there will be less gray area involved in sales tax audits regarding sales to out-of-state customers. Learn these new rules to help minimize your exposure in future sales tax audits. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

We’ve been following and reporting on “Right to Repair” legislation for over 2 years now, and it just keeps popping back up in my newsfeed. This time around, it was an opinion piece that appeared in Bloomberg.