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George Russell
Technology for Profit

Technology to Exceed Customer Expectations

By George Russell posted on October 1, 2013
I love what I do. Every day I work with leading farm and construction equipment dealers all across the continent as they strive to get better. I continue to learn much from these progressive dealers who are constantly working to better serve a customer base with rapidly rising expectations.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Sell Tillage Productivity Instead of Tillage Iron

October 1, 2013
Despite significant moves by growers into no-till and conservation tillage, the market for ground-engaging iron shows no signs of gray hair or long teeth. This is particularly true in regions growing GMO corn and in those areas affected by herbicide-resistant weeds.
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From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

Will CNH Learn From IH's Mistakes?

By Dave Kanicki posted on September 30, 2013 | Posted in Manufacturer & Dealer Issues
Source: Dave Kanicki
If the new company formed by the merger of CNH Global and its parent company, Turin, Italy-based Fiat Industrial S.P.A., looks familiar to you old timers, it should. The major businesses of the new CNH Industrial farm equipment, construction equipment and trucks are nearly identical to that of International Harvester when it was the big dog of equipment and truck manufacturers.
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From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

New Changes Coming to Farm Equipment Dealerships

By Dave Kanicki posted on August 30, 2013 | Posted in Dealers on the Move
We all have a tendency to ignore things that are happening elsewhere because they aren't happening right in our back yard. Well, maybe dealers should start paying more attention because what's happening elsewhere like in other states could easily end up in their own back yard.
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From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

Introducing Farm Equipment's New Editorial Advisory Board

By Dave Kanicki posted on July 22, 2013
While compiling the report for the July issue of Ag Equipment Intelligence on the merger that will result in a new company to be called CNH Industrial, George Russell, who provided analysis for the story, sent along some excerpts from a book that he felt would give some context to the article.
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