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 Norden Mfg.
What lessons learned from your sports-playing days do you use and leverage daily in the farm equipment business? What traits and skills do you find come more naturally by those who competed on the court and fields, even if many years ago?
One of our 6 Core Values at Lessiter Media is Teamwork with a maxim of “Call out the landmines; don’t let your teammates fail. Be named on others’ Foxhole Test!”
A culture of high expectation is fostered through 12 specific characteristics, including market and customer orientation, ability to change, strategic focus, values & standards, rituals & ceremonies, concern for people, rewards & punishments, open communication, conflict resolution, Esprit De Corps, commitment and teamwork.
While Don Zajac, service manager for Kern Machinery’s Buttonwillow, Calif., store, and James Boel, service manager at Kern Machinery’s Delano, Calif., store, have different levels of experience with the dealership and slightly different responsibilities, they both run their service departments with the same principle. No 2 days are the same for the pair and even under the best-laid plans, circumstances and schedules change.
Godfrey Bros. in Jonesville, Mich., looks for people who are willing and able to learn when looking for new employees. Kevin Godfrey, owner, says the dealership builds a culture based on sharing and teamwork by focusing on how to solve problems and ensure they don't happen again. Each department works together to make sure the customer's needs are met to ensure they return to Godfrey Bros.
Retirement is a long ways away for me in this farm equipment business! Why retire when you get to wake up every morning and deal with some of the best business people in the world — farmers! In the past number of years of being an equipment dealer in Western Canada, I have leaned many different things and accepted many different challenges this industry brought to us.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
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.
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