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Inaugural Farm Equipment Hall of Fame Class of 2024: Orhan Yirmibesh, 1914-1999

Badger Farm Store, Clinton & Avalon, Wis. Primary Lines: Oliver, White, New Idea, Massey Ferguson Locations: 2
By Mike Lessiter posted on January 8, 2024 | Posted in Best Practices, Manufacturer & Dealer Issues, Dealership Marketing
According to Clinton historian Tom Larsen, Orhan Yirmibesh was an Istanbul native who attended an all-male Turkish boarding school since age 8 and graduated from American Robert College. In 1936, he arrived at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison to pursue a graduate degree in economics.
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55 Years of Farm Equipment

[Video] Farm Equipment's Roots with Johnson Hill Press — Part 2

December 15, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices
In this video, brought to you by AgDirect, Jonathan Pellegrin, retired CEO of Johnson Hill Press, joined the company in 1967 and helped grow the publishing company to 30 publications in agriculture, transportation, construction and home building. He shares the story of splitting Feed, Grain & Farm Equipment into 2 titles — Feed & Grain and Farm Equipment.


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The Escape to Find Your Team’s Effectiveness

Accepting a mission of ‘breaking in and breaking out’ provides observable lessons on the effectiveness of your team
By Mike Lessiter posted on December 7, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices
Last summer, after a few years’ absence, I rejoined my weekly men’s group at church, getting back with a few friends I’d started with 10 years earlier. Like me, guys come in and out as life changes around them, while new faces appear, some of whom I’m still getting to know.
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2023 Dealership of the Year: Hutson Inc.

[Video] Offering a Unique Precision Ag Experience to Each Customer

December 3, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealer News
To further incentivize precision ag sales, Hutson Inc. has adopted John Deere’s precision ag incentive score card which helps customer account managers monitor customers’ precision ag engagement, says Matthew Ramage, vice president of Sales. He explains how this allows the customer account manager to better understand the customer’s needs and offer ag equipment and new technology unique to their operation. This helps the customer both increase their precision engagement score as well as their bottom line.
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Big Dealer Consolidation Continues in 2024

Big Dealer Consolidation Continues in 2024

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Weasler Engineering, we break down the key takeaways from Ag Equipment Intelligence's newly released 2024 Big Dealer Report. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman shows us how cover crop planting could be done autonomously. Also in this episode, CNH Industrial reports a drop in ag sales, AGCO combine and application equipment sales are down year-over-year and a UK New Holland factory strike could impact North America.

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