Farm Equipment's Best of the Web: April 28, 2023

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 from across the web:

ESOP Update at Birkey’s Farm Stores
Growers Sound Off on Right-to-Repair Concerns
Ag Equipment Financing’s Future
John Deere Startup Collaborator Dealership of the Year Alum AgriVision
Case IH Celebrates 100 Years of Farmall

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ESOP Update at Birkey’s Farm Stores

Birkey’s executives Mike Hedge and Brady Foster visited all 18 store last week to present the 2022 Share Price, distribute annual ESOP statements, and educate its employee-owners how the ESOP works. Birkey's, a FARM EQUIPMENT Dealership of the Year Alum, is 100% employee owned.

Growers Sound Off on Right-to-Repair Concerns

Frank Lessiter, editor of No-Till Farmer, shares some of the comments he’s gotten from farmers on the heated right to repair debate. Farm Equipment regularly reports on the dealer and manufacturer side of the argument, in this article Lessiter digs into the farmer perspective.

Ag Equipment Financing’s Future

This webinar hosted by Brownfield Ag details the challenges the farm segment and lending institutions face in buying or lending, and the options that can be expected in the future.

John Deere Startup Collaborator Dealership of the Year Alum AgriVision

2020 Farm Equipment Dealership of the Year AgriVision recently hosted John Deere’s Startup Collaborator.

Case IH Celebrates 100 Years of Farmall

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Farmall tractor. Case IH is celebrating the milestone with stories from its customers.

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Claas Leads Way Among U.S. Full-Line OEMs

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Weasler Engineering, we take a first look at the major line results from the North American Equipment Dealers Assn. 2024 Dealer-Manufacturer Relations survey. Also in this episode: CDK Global's cyber attack puts IntelliDealer customers offline and Stotz Equipment and Premier Equipment announce an industry-first cross border partnership. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman provides an inside look at Sentera's Aerial WeedScout product.

Top Directory Listings

Yetter Farm Equipment

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.

Montag Mfg

Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.

Machinery Scope

At Machinery Scope, we believe you deserve the best risk management solutions for your investments in heavy equipment. Since 2013, we have been proud to offer extended warranty, appraisals, and inspections. Machinery Scope is a family-owned business built on our experience in farming and equipment dealerships. We understand your business and provide a personalized and professional level of customer service. Machinery Scope has built a strong warranty product with our customers in mind, offering the same professional level of service from the time you get a quote, through the processing of a claim.