The recent purchase of Kubota of Denver by the Bob Howard Luxury Auto Group has many industry watchers scratching their heads and pondering possible changes afoot in farm machinery marketing.
In any merger or acquisition, the focus is often on the financial and legal parts of a transition. From a strategic perspective, this ensures a dealership is sound and operational and can include establishing leadership, organizational charts and other business systems necessary after a transition.
The acquisition combines the strong local presence of Agrowquip with Brandt’s existing locations across the North Island to create a network of John Deere dealer locations that runs from Cape Reinga to Wellington.
Stacy Anthony, CEO of AGCO dealership AgRevolution, which has 7 locations in Kentucky and Indiana, believes there are 3 factors currently impacting dealers’ journey to (or maintaining) 100% absorption.
Florida Coast Equipment announced the acquisition of Growers Equipment Company, the latest of 6 dealer acquisitions over the last year, increasing locations from 4 to 13.
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 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.
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.