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:
- Reflecting on the Independent American Manufacturer
- Colors & Fighting Words
- Sennett’s Farewell Chat with AEM
- Deconstructing a Tractor
- Using Data to Shift Sales Tactics
- What Makes Independence Day So Great?
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Reflecting on the Independent American Manufacturer
As America celebrated its independence this week, we found this item from Thomas Industry News celebrating the independent manufacturers. Farm Equipment’s next edition is devoted entirely to the small and independent (shortline) equipment manufacturer and its role in advancing innovations and choice to the market.
Colors & Fighting Words
By request from a Best of the Web reader, this Instagram video from user Kibblemansam is an excerpt from Kibble Equipment’s podcast Everything Ag & Then Some jokingly compared red tractors to green tractors. Which side do you think they’re on?
Sennett’s Farewell Chat with AEM
For the last 16 years, AEM’s Anita Sennett has served as a tireless advocate of the global agriculture industry and worked to support the association’s members, equipment manufacturers and the ag customers they serve. In this Q&A she shares how her role evolved over the years with AEM. Anita has been a great friend and has always been helpful to the Farm Equipment & No-Till Farmer staff over the years. Enjoy retirement, Anita!
Deconstructing a Tractor
Check out this throwback Claas recently shared. In 2016, the manufacturer and the trade magazine "traction" dismantled a used AXION 920 into its individual parts. The aim was to analyse whether significant wear and tear was already evident on key components, particularly the driveline, after 3,500 hours of operation. The result: everything was in the green zone, even though the tractor had been anything but spared up to that point.
Using Data to Shift Sales Tactics
Dealerships are facing a distinctly different operating environment now than in the past two years as factors like returning equipment supply, increasing machinery values, higher interest rates, and likely lower farm profitability trigger a return to normal. As the market transitions, dealership sales teams strategize how they use data insights to be better positioned to move forward. Tractor Zoom shares 3 perspectives from dealership leaders across the Midwest detail what works in their organizations.
What Makes Independence Day So Great?
We sit here on this national holiday, flipping channels and contemplating the meaning of this day off from work. We are first and foremost proud and appreciative of living in these United States of America. We are so blessed. We live in a country that was founded on freedom and life with liberty and the pursuit of happiness, hippiness or whatever path we choose to travel. Check out Tim Brannon’s latest Equipment Dealer Tips, Tales & Takeaways blog on Rural Lifestyle Dealer.
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