Dealerships are built on teamwork. And as a leader, you may not always know who and what contributes to your success. You can learn from others to build great teams to be the employer of choice. You can also learn from those who aren’t so great.
Combines are the last to the party and the first to leave — every time. When new equipment started to get tight and used equipment was selling at a record pace and price, combines lagged in the rear.
In the months leading up to the 2018 National No-Tillage Conference in Louisville, Ky., I made arrangements with Howard and Steve Martin, the father-son duo behind Martin Industries, to sit with me for a video interview.
On Jan. 18, a Thai government official announced a large deposit of lithium had been discovered in the country, billing it as the third-largest in the world.
There’s a certain allure for customers to buy direct from the manufacturer, but as two recent news stories show — the grass isn’t always greener when customers bypass the dealer.
In a recent Inc. article, Howard Tullman points out that most car dealers aren’t much interested in selling electric vehicles (EVs.) And the same is likely true for many farm equipment dealers.
LanzaJet, a 2010 startup that pioneered a proprietary technology to produce “Sustainable Aviation Fuel” (SAF) from ethanol feedstocks, opened a full-scale ethanol-to-jet refinery in Soperton, Ga., in late January drawing much fanfare from industry and government entities.
Few things are guaranteed, but many things are taken for granted. My career in the equipment business has been filled with guarantees that are dressed-up things taken for granted.
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.
Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.
Finance Scope is able to provide the best financing opportunities for equipment dealers and customers through a diverse mix of lending companies under one single platform. Our large group of lenders, allows for competitive rates regardless of credit scores. Additionally, dealers and customers have access to the industry’s best expertise surrounding finance and lease structures, for all purposes, within the agricultural and construction industries. We provide all of this into one online platform to provide our customers with the best available tailored finance solution for their equipment.