I just finished reading the Cost of Doing Business article in the February 2024 issue of Farm Equipment, and I would like to share a persistent thought as it relates to that subject matter.

One category of risk that is often overlooked relates to the inventory you obtain from suppliers experiencing financial difficulties. 

Oil marketer engine test labs are likely to get a lot noisier later this year as technicians there begin evaluating various new diesel engine oil formulations for a projected new category release in 2027.

As a young new farm equipment dealer in Northeast Iowa with many smaller farms, our dealership had a need for good used farm equipment. So we started to purchase lease return tractors from a couple of dealerships in Wisconsin.