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PFD Summit: Collaborators Not Competitors: Establishing an External Precision Support Network

2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit — Roundtable Coverage
By Farm Equipment Staff Report posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
Collaboration is usually the answer to solving a complex problem, and precision farming is no exception. Peer groups are a common way for small, independent dealers and larger, multi-store OEM retailers alike, to share ideas and strategies.
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Farm Equipment Editors Share ‘Biggest Newsmakers’ Out of Winter Farm Shows

From autonomous advancements to the reemergence of an international tractor company in the U.S., Farm Equipment recaps the best from Louisville and Tulare.
By Farm Equipment Staff Report posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Farm Equipment sent staffers to the National Farm Machinery Show and Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) in Louisville, as well as the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., to cover the latest innovations and trends in the farm equipment market.
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Precision Farming Dealer Summit

Contrasting, Collaborative Dealers Gather to Bridge Precision Gap

The 2018 Precision Farming Dealer Summit draws sold out crowd in January
By Farm Equipment Staff Report posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
Prioritizing the people side of a precision business, reinforcing the return in investment approach to selling services and leveraging long-term trust of customers for recurring revenue were building blocks of the third Precision Farming Dealer Summit.
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What Caught Your Attention in 2017?

Read these summaries of the most-viewed content via Farm Equipment’s Digital Media offerings during the first 11 months of 2017.
By Farm Equipment Staff Report posted on December 23, 2017
As trends and forecasts constantly shift throughout the ag world, it’s important to accurately keep up with the most newsworthy topics.
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Breakthroughs That are Reshaping Agriculture

By Farm Equipment Staff Report posted on December 23, 2017
For decades, farmers equated machine control with having two hands on the steering wheel, navigating their field on instinct and tradition. The onset of GPS guidance and auto-steering more than 20 years ago created profitable efficiencies, which served as the cornerstone of precision farming hardware innovation.
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13th Annual Awards Program Recognizes Industry’s Top Dealers

Valley Truck & Tractor & Ellens Equipment earned the industry’s top honors as Farm Equipment’s 2017 Dealership of the Year.
By Farm Equipment Staff Report posted on July 15, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices
Now in its fourth year, the downturn in the ag economy has presented farm equipment dealers with numerous challenges. But, the best of the best have risen to the occasion and found ways to face those challenges head on.
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How the ‘Big Four’ are Dealing with Dealer Issues

From consolidation to equipment ‘purification’ to succession policies, manufacturer-dealer issues are high on the list of industry concerns.
By Farm Equipment Staff Report posted on January 2, 2006
You would be hard pressed to find a farm equipment dealer these days who does-n’t have his hands full dealing with the normal, day-to-day challenges of run-ning a successful business. But the unique issues confronting many dealers today can go beyond the straight-forward demands of increasingly keen competition and making some money.
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Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

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