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Your 2020 Dealer of the Year ...

By Mike Lessiter posted on July 10, 2020
It was 15 years ago this summer that Farm Equipment’s Dealership of the Year (DOY) edition made its debut. Revisiting the collection of articles on these Alumni Group Members over this period provides an interesting timestamping of growth in the size of leading dealer operations.
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Kim Schmidt
From the Desk of Kim Schmidt

Recovering from the Shock

By Kim Schmidt posted on June 29, 2020
With 2020 not pulling any punches, I was ready for some good news. So, it was refreshing to look at the results of Ag Equipment Intelligence’s latest Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions survey when they came across my desk last week.
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Kanicki

Old Equipment & New Technology

By Dave Kanicki posted on June 15, 2020 | Posted in Used Equipment Remarketing
It wasn’t that long ago when we were talking about U.S. farm equipment being younger than it had been in decades. With the ag boom of 2010-14, farm tractors were literally flying off the shelves. North American sales of high horsepower equipment peaked at a little over 50,000 units in 2013.
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Ask the Expert

Step Aside if Emotions are Tied to a Trade

Pillar 1: Centralized Appraisal Process
By Casey Seymour posted on June 8, 2020 | Posted in Used Equipment Remarketing
In my last article, I wrote about the importance of using the used equipment/remarketing manager to understand the current market conditions and outside influencers. Below are the three functions of Pillar One, the Centralized Appraisal Process, that I find most important.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Irrigation Tech Puts Sensors on the Pivot

By Dan Crummett posted on June 3, 2020 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
While satellite imaging of farm land and unmanned aerial surveillance of crops capture most of the attention in remote sensing, a young analytics firm and Valley Irrigation have been collaborating over the last couple of years to bring crop monitoring a little closer to the ground with sensors mounted on center pivot sprinklers.
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