Lessiter Media is very pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Kim Schmidt has been promoted to Executive Editor of Farm Equipment and Rural Lifestyle Dealer magazines. Kim joined Farm Equipment in June 2012 as managing editor and has played an integral part in of the magazine’s growth and influence.

In this podcast we report on Deere & Co.'s third quarter earnings, which saw net sales increase 32%. In the Technology Corner, Jack Zemlicka discusses precision farming dealers' 5-year investment projections. With uncertainty stemming from tariffs, trade and commodity prices we also look at how manufacturers, dealers and producers are responding. Finally, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, farm income, capital spending and farmland values are all down.

Farm Equipment Managing Editor Kim Schmidt closes out the 2017 Dealership Minds Summit, thanking everyone for their participation in such a successful gathering.

In this 10-minute episode of the new Farm Equipment magazine podcast, “How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment’s Entrepreneurs” brought to you by GKN Off-Highway Powertrain, Kim Schmidt sits down Mike Lessiter to discuss the inspiration for this new project devoted to honoring the entrepreneurs in farm equipment manufacturing.