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 Dealership Minds Summit.
Lessiter Media recently released its new Employment Recruitment Service to offer comprehensive multi-media resources to streamline the ag equipment community’s recruitment process, offering a direct link between dealers and manufacturers and a targeted, engaged, and qualified audience.
Two weeks ago, I joined my dad, Frank, on a trip to Lancaster County, Pa., where he received a soil health award from a farm association and spoke at its annual field days event. We added a day to our trip to see three farm equipment dealers in the highly competitive, and concentrated, area.
Iowa governor Kim Reynolds applauded registered apprenticeships at Van Wall Equipment (2016 Farm Equipment Dealership of the Year) in Nevada to get state support to help develop a training program for technicians.
Once you find a precision farming technician with some potential, set a clear on-boarding plan and career path to increase the likelihood of retaining a long-term employee.
Finding good employees — and retaining them — is a challenge for all farm equipment dealership departments, but it is particularly challenging for the precision farming department where burnout rates are high.
Diversity, flexibility and hands-on experience are three desirable inclusions a recent graduate looks for in a precision farming job within a dealership.
Vanderloop Equipment takes its time when hiring new employees to ensure they have the right team in place. Robb Vanderloop, co-owner and general manager, says he'd rather take time getting the right person in than having the wrong person who could cause more harm than good. The dealership regularly looks outside the ag industry for employees.
Capital Tractor’s service manager John Mattison understands the importance of finding and training young service technicians. He currently serves on the Ag Engineering Consulting Committee at State University of New York (SUNY) Cobleskill as well as the Ag Advisory Board with the Greenwich High School.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take a look at CNH Industrial’s goals for growing its precision business by 2030.
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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