Several of the Farm Equipment staff attended the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days Show in mid-July in Lake Geneva, Wis. During blazing temperatures, we took numerous opportunities to escape the sun by ducking under exhibitors’ tents for water and conversation.
Recently, a small advocacy group in Nebraska published an op-ed promoting what is commonly known as “Right to Repair” legislation. The group argued that Right to Repair will lead to increased competition and decreased prices for consumers. What these proponents didn’t tell you is that this type of legislation does little to protect consumers and instead jeopardizes both safety and environmental protections in several ways.
Conventional wisdom says that when wholegoods sales go down, parts sales go up. Or does it? Earlier this summer Don Van Houweling, owner of Van Wall Equipment in Iowa, told me contrary to popular belief, that’s not actually true.
Early last year a heated debate was instigated by a gentleman who was frustrated by his inability to help his neighbor who was having service and repair issues with his new tractor (“The Next High-Tech Battle in Ag,” Farm Equipment E-Watch, Feb. 10, 2015).
In Part 1, we defined employee engagement as going the extra mile. Companies whose employees are highly engaged produce 300% better financial results, according to Towers Watson’s 2012 Global Workforce Study.
Two years ago in this column, we told you the familiar CJ-4 diesel engine oil category was living on borrowed time as regulators continued to make demands on engine designers to improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions. Today, that prediction is reality with a new CK-4 category, announced for a broad range of off-road equipment and light duty diesel powered pickup trucks.
Wow! What a month! British citizens voted to leave the European Union and the world markets reacted violently. The Dow was down 611 points or nearly 3.3% from the previous close, and the U.S. dollar skyrocketed against other world currencies
As a student of agriculture for nearly 40 years, I’ve seen lots of things come and go. Good times and bad times. Things like ethanol, biotechnology and genetic research that have literally changed the course of the industry.
There are plenty. That’s what I can say about how many used 12 row corn heads have been floating around in the used market the past few years. There are plenty and they are piling up even more.
As we prepared the special report that appeared in the June issue of Farm Equipment on what steps dealers who have acquired another dealership take immediately after finalizing the deal, I found it interesting how dealers seemed to be split on who they should address first, customers or employees?
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
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