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Inaugural Farm Equipment Hall of Fame Class of 2024: Derek Stimson, Rocky Mountain Equipment

Rocky Mountain Equipment Calgary, Alta Primary Lines: Case IH, New Holland, Bourgault, Degelman, Krone, MacDon, Vaderstad, Unverferth Locations: 43

By Kim Schmidt posted on January 29, 2024 | Posted in Best Practices

Derek Stimson got his first taste of dealership life at the age of 14 when working as a service technician at his father’s dealership, Hi-Way Service. By the time he was 18, Stimson was attending Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, while also working full-time at the Taber, Alta., dealership.

Cost of Doing Business

Dealer Financials Holding Steady

Dealers responding to the latest Cost of Doing Business survey reported improvements in their aftermarket business, but struggled to improve their profits and revenues.

By Ben Thorpe posted on January 25, 2021 | Posted in Data & Forecasts, Operations & Finance

According to the results of the 2020 Cost of Doing Business study from the Western Equipment Dealers Assn., dealers are doing well according to several key financial metrics, including increased aftermarket gross margins and increased revenue per employee.

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Investing in Turbulent Times [Webinar]

November 5, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic certainly dominates the news cycle, but investors are seeking to understand how the upcoming election might impact the market and their investments. In this webinar, David B. Wentz examines the market returns during election years, performance under different political administrations, provide perspectives on why we observe these results and advice on how investors can stay on track. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Generating Cash Part 3: Billing Efficiency & Warranty Losses in the Service Department

By Ben Thorpe posted on May 25, 2020 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management

Trent Hummel, a consultant and trainer with the Western Equipment Dealers Assn.’s Dealer Institute recently gave a webinar for Farm Equipment where he explained how dealers should be taking down credit card numbers ahead of time, when to get OEMs to help pay for warranty losses and how to increase billing efficiency.

Generating Cash Part 2: Optimizing the Parts Department

By Ben Thorpe posted on May 18, 2020 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management

In a recent webinar, Trent Hummel, consultant and trainer for the Western Equipment Dealers Assn.’s Dealer Institute, explained how dealers can maximize the benefit of their OEM return program, sell obsolete parts to the wholegoods department at a discount and have their technicians assist by upselling parts while on service jobs.

2019 State Legislative Recap and Federal Update [Webinar]

By Kim Schmidt posted on June 13, 2019

Join us as Eric Wareham, VP government affairs at WEDA, discusses legislation passed this year at the state level that is important to dealers. He also covers legislation dealers should pay attention to coming up at the federal level. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Dealers Discuss Risks of Equipment Chipping (Tuning)

By Kieran Brett posted on May 24, 2019 | Posted in Manufacturer & Dealer Issues

Source: Canadian Equipment Dealer Magazine

More and more farm equipment in Canada is coming in for service or trade that’s had its software tuned or emissions systems removed by a third party with the intention of boosting performance. In this special Canadian Equipment Dealer report, dealers were asked to offer their perspective on this issue.

Special Report: Growing the Workforce

The Processes & Challenges of Hiring International Ag Technicians

Brent Bazin, corporate service manager at Young’s Equipment, shared the dealership’s history with international recruitment and why they see it as a valuable option when looking for new employees.

By Sierra Wolff posted on May 14, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices

A talented technician cannot be found overnight. When there are not enough near your dealership looking for work, you need to come up with a new strategy to bring in a good technician.

Digital Marketing Best Practices [Webinar]

March 27, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealership Marketing

Knowing how your dealership is viewed on the digital market is essential for dealer organizations to grow and thrive. Craig Taylor, Senior Digital Strategist, WEDA Digital, shares the elements of truly successful digital strategies for single and multi-store dealerships. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

ELD Ag Exemption Legislation Reintroduced

March 13, 2019 | Posted in Dealer News

Representatives have reintroduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation to relieve certain sectors of the trucking industry from the Federal Motor Carrier Association’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate.

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Farm Equipment Videos

Baltimore Port Closure to Impact High Horsepower Tractor Imports & Exports

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Weasler Engineering, we look at how the Port of Baltimore's closure will alter the flow of high horsepower tractors in and out of the country. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks about some changes coming to drone operation regulations. Also in this episode, Kazakhstan's potential for the North American ag equipment industry and what 2024 holds for the sprayer market.

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Yetter Farm Equipment

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.

Montag Mfg

Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.

Finance Scope

Finance Scope is able to provide the best financing opportunities for equipment dealers and customers through a diverse mix of lending companies under one single platform. Our large group of lenders, allows for competitive rates regardless of credit scores. Additionally, dealers and customers have access to the industry’s best expertise surrounding finance and lease structures, for all purposes, within the agricultural and construction industries. We provide all of this into one online platform to provide our customers with the best available tailored finance solution for their equipment.