If the number of nominees for this year’s Dealership of the Year is any indication, dealers are beginning to recover from the ag economy downturn and feeling more confident about their businesses.
At the onset of several of the face-to-face interviews we arranged for this special report, we were asked, “So, what are the ground rules of these ‘Conversations’ interviews?” Our reply was consistent ... “That the first and only rule was that there are no rules.”
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.
From autonomous advancements to the reemergence of an international tractor company in the U.S., Farm Equipment recaps the best from Louisville and Tulare.
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.
Among the highlights of the 2018 Precision Farming Dealer Summit were the 21 roundtable sessions that offered face-to-face opportunities for attendees to ask questions, discuss challenges and share solutions to pressing precision problems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
Since 1980, A&I Products has become a leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of aftermarket replacement parts for the agricultural, turf, and industrial equipment markets. A&I Products' experience and expertise has greatly contributed to the company's reputation as a top supplier of quality, reasonably priced parts. Founded with roots as a small machine shop and repair facility, the company made the transition by manufacturing new parts to replace those that were identified as commonly needing repair. Throughout the 1980s, the company quickly garnered a reputation for offering quality parts at a reasonable price.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
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