“For some organizations, near term survival is the only agenda item. Others are peering through the fog of uncertainty, thinking about how to position themselves once the crisis has passed and things return to normal. The question is, ‘What will normal look like?’ While no one can say how long the crisis will last, what we find on the other side will not look like the normal of recent years.”

These are strange times we're operating in, but the entire Farm Equipment team is dedicated to getting you the important content you want and need. In times of crisis, there's often an urge to help however you can. Social distancing and safer at home orders make that a little bit more challenging.

I talk about the future of the farm equipment business from time-to-time in my blogs and podcast. With automation and autonomy just around the corner, it’s hard not to!

Interconnected tire sensors and on-board artificial intelligence processors promise on-the-fly changes to tire pressure and tread conformation depending upon soil and traction conditions.

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” — a quote attributed to management guru Peter Drucker defines the core idea of this spoke. The best plans fail without a strong culture to support them. On the flip side a strong culture means your dealership is more likely to overcome setbacks and changes even without a strong strategy.

To say we’re in the midst of a challenging time would be an understatement. Among all the news in the last week about closings, there was a spot of bright news.

There are things within our control in this business (effort, commitment and focus to name a few), and many things that are not. If we’ve needed any reminders, we’ve found them recently: trade wars, Covid-19 pandemic, and falling stock and commodity prices, including two trade halts. And then there’s the familiar yet always unpredictable face of Mother Nature.

The run-up to the 2014 auction season was one of disbelief and dismay. The amount of used equipment on the market was no joke, and it was getting worse every day.

Machine vision and artificial intelligence are developing hand-in-hand with efforts to reduce weed pressure by forcing weeds into patches of concentration where they are more likely to be controlled.