Here are some of the top things we saw — and heard — at the 2026 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky.

Minster, Ohio-based dealership focuses on the ‘little things’ while keeping up with rapidly evolving precision technology 

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“It’s a way to bring customers onto our service team and teach them what we know. They won’t grasp everything, but they’ll take some knowledge back to their own operation and it will give them confidence in what they’re doing.” 

Leaders from 3 major equipment manufacturing companies jumped at the chance to address some of the top precision dealers in North America during an OEM panel session at the 2025 Precision  Farming Dealer Summit in Louisville, Ky.