According to the newest Sandhills Global market reports, auction values for used equipment, trucks, and trailers in Sandhills' U.S. marketplaces were up overall in December auctions, reflecting a typical end-of-year trend. Trade Values & Trends is brought to you by TractorHouse.
A wicked snowstorm couldn’t stop the 10th annual Precision Farming Dealer Summit from delivering an information-packed program in downtown Louisville, Ky., Jan. 6-7.
Dealers can help farmers overcome their initial sticker shock by highlighting the many ways a hay merger can benefit their operations from both an economic and agronomic standpoint
Hay mergers have been around for a couple of decades. Yet some manufacturers and dealers say interest in this type of equipment has begun to pick up some serious steam in recent years.
When Eddy Mazer, was 50 years old, he moved his wife and 5 kids from their Saskatchewan farm to Brandon, Man., to become an implement dealer. Bob Mazer was 9 years old at the time.
Known for his innovative approach to business and his dedication to dealership sustainability and profitability, Raymond P. Koenig was respected by peers as a forward-thinking leader and transformative force in the agricultural equipment industry.
Without the generous farmland of other parts of American agriculture, the Arizona market demanded equipment dealers to be early pioneers in consolidation, diversification and centralized operations.
Wayne Hunt is a man of influence, but you wouldn’t immediately know it based on his humble demeanor. Whether it is building up his team leaders to carry on his legacy or advocating for the ag industry in politics, his reach is far and wide.
Born into a family of farm equipment dealers in Upper Sandusky, Ohio in 1932, Roger Bowen started helping in the parts department before he was tall enough to see over the counter.
3 common organizational structures used in the farm equipment industry each have their place. Choosing the right one largely depends on the size, growth and diversity of the dealership as a whole.
As a dealership expands its footprint, the typical top-down management approach with everything running through the owner can start to become impractical.
Helping farmers make informed decisions on controlling resistant weeds is the goal of a collaborative project between USDA NRCS and university partners.
The problem of “not seeing the forest for the trees” may have a solution with 3-D technology being used to estimate biomass of cover crops growing in farm fields.
While precision farming sales and service revenue was down on average in 2024, most dealers are optimistic they’ll bounce back this year according to the 12th annual Precision Farming Dealer Benchmark Study.
The latest Day in the Cab installment takes us to the northwest corner of Illinois, where precision specialist Dave Thompson holds down the fort for Johnson Tractor in the small town of Amboy — one of 11 locations for the Illinois and Wisconsin Case IH dealer.
A wicked snowstorm couldn’t stop the 10th annual Precision Farming Dealer Summit from delivering an information-packed program in downtown Louisville, Ky., Jan. 6-7.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
Since 1980, A&I Products has become a leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of aftermarket replacement parts for the agricultural, turf, and industrial equipment markets. A&I Products' experience and expertise has greatly contributed to the company's reputation as a top supplier of quality, reasonably priced parts. Founded with roots as a small machine shop and repair facility, the company made the transition by manufacturing new parts to replace those that were identified as commonly needing repair. Throughout the 1980s, the company quickly garnered a reputation for offering quality parts at a reasonable price.
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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