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A Look at the Bigger Picture

By Dave Kanicki posted on May 9, 2016 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
How will farm equipment dealers grow their businesses in the near future? Sell more equipment? Acquire more locations? Offer more types of product, like compact construction equipment or specialized machinery? Diversify into other types of businesses?
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From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

No Better, No Worse

By Dave Kanicki posted on April 26, 2016 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
I can’t say I’m a big fan of this time of the year. While farmers are anxious to get in the fields and dealers are busy helping them get ready, I’m reading all of the speculation that industry pundits tend to toss around just before planting season. Most of it doesn’t say much.
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From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

A Sign of Things to Come?

By Dave Kanicki posted on April 11, 2016 | Posted in Manufacturer News
The single biggest challenge preventing specialty ag equipment manufacturers from expanding their operations and market reach is the lack of adequate distribution channels. Or more plainly stated, they can’t find dealers to sell their products. Or maybe it’s the kind of dealers they want — and need — to sell and service their equipment.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead Of The Curve

Pinpoint Targeting Aims at Reducing Input Use

By Dan Crummett posted on April 6, 2016 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service, Product Innovations & Introductions, Niche Equipment Markets
As financial and environmental pressure continues to mount on farmers to reduce chemical inputs, the marketplace is responding with a host of sophisticated products aimed at better targeting crop protectants. At the same time, the demand for more precise sprayer capabilities opens sales and service opportunities for equipment dealers ranging from new OEM equipment sales to retrofit projects on existing spraying equipment.
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To the Point

An Issue of Opportunities

By Dave Kanicki posted on April 6, 2016
Last summer I was invited to speak to a farm equipment dealership’s sales team on new opportunities in the farm equipment business. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to do it, but the fact that managers at the dealership were intentionally addressing the subject of new opportunities told me a lot about that organization.
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Deere-Hagie News Shows 180-Degree Changes Can Come Quickly

By Mike Lessiter posted on April 1, 2016 | Posted in Manufacturer News
I was out at the Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show when I heard the big news that John Deere had acquired majority ownership of self-propelled sprayer manufacturer Hagie Manufacturing, Clarion, Iowa. Hagie's sprayers, which followed the direct-to-farmer model for most of its 70 years, will, over the next 15 months, be distributed through to Deere’s strong network.
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