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June 2018 Tractor & Combine Analysis

By Charlie Glass posted on July 15, 2018 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
The unknown resulting from the current trade negotiations have had a major impact on the positive feelings that existed just a few months ago. Farmers and ranchers are facing reduced incomes coupled with rising interest rates for their necessary operating capital and that does not produce a bright, cheery outlook.
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To the Point: Wanted: Private Equity Investors?

By Kim Schmidt posted on July 2, 2018 | Posted in Mfr. & Dealer Issues
What happens in the auto industry often finds its way into the farm equipment industry, and it’s no different with dealer consolidation. And while dealers have been merging and acquiring each other for years, recently there’s been a growing interest from private equity investors — both in the auto dealer world and our own
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Can You Tell Your Employees to Grow Up?

By Kim Schmidt posted on June 19, 2018
Where do you draw the line with catering to new management styles for different generations of employees? Should you have to adapt to the preferences of a younger generation or should they be the ones adapting?
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May 2018 Tractor & Combine Analysis

By Charlie Glass posted on June 18, 2018 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
Our industry is navigating some very choppy waters as international trade negotiations continue. Uncertainty has created caution in farmers’ spending recently and most likely will continue until there is some resolution to the trade talks now underway.
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