Technology Editor Noah Newman noted during opening remarks that while no one has all the answers, attendees would hear a lot of different takes and insights entirely geared towards helping run a more profitable precision business.
The 2025 Dealership Minds Summit, held at the Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel & Conference Center in Iowa City, Iowa, on July 29-30 drew a crowd of over 200 attendees — including 130 first-timers — from 49 different dealerships across the United States and Canada.
This could be a golden opportunity for dealers to evaluate different toolbars to potentially carry or at least size up the ones their local competition might be selling as the demand for strip-till equipment increases across North America.
Centered on the theme “Proven Strategies for Precision Success,” the program featured 2-days of dealer-to-dealer roundtable discussions, panel presentations, general sessions and intense networking opportunities.
Given that younger generations are motivated by things other than just salary and benefits, employers are going to have to come up with new approaches to compensation tailored to each employee's values and goals. The result, though, could be a new kind of loyalty.
Farm Equipment editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great farm machinery industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by CLEANFIX.
Forget trying to attract the unemployed; the ‘numbers game’ favors recruiting the job hoppers. Listen to what they need & then create the environment that keeps them.
You realize that 65% of the population right now are job-hopping. They believe that changing the job every 2 years is the easiest way to advance their career.
In his address to attendees at the 2022 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds Summit, Bob Clements, BCI International, walked dealers through the best practices of the 300-plus dealers he consults with regularly.
Centered on the theme “Next Level Service Management,” the program featured 2-days of dealer-to-dealer roundtables sessions, panel presentations, general sessions and intense networking opportunities.
The 2021 Dealership Minds Summit welcomed back farm equipment dealers from across the United States for the 7th annual gathering of the brightest minds in the industry.
Neil Messick, Co-Owner, Brian Messick, President, and Jay Gainer, General Manager, discuss how the Messick’s dealership has grown over the past 75 years to now employ 350 people.
Since 1980, A&I Products has become a leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of aftermarket replacement parts for the agricultural, turf, and industrial equipment markets. A&I Products' experience and expertise has greatly contributed to the company's reputation as a top supplier of quality, reasonably priced parts. Founded with roots as a small machine shop and repair facility, the company made the transition by manufacturing new parts to replace those that were identified as commonly needing repair. Throughout the 1980s, the company quickly garnered a reputation for offering quality parts at a reasonable price.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
At Machinery Scope, we believe you deserve the best risk management solutions for your investments in heavy equipment. Since 2013, we have been proud to offer extended warranty, appraisals, and inspections. Machinery Scope is a family-owned business built on our experience in farming and equipment dealerships. We understand your business and provide a personalized and professional level of customer service. Machinery Scope has built a strong warranty product with our customers in mind, offering the same professional level of service from the time you get a quote, through the processing of a claim.