Articles Tagged with ''Equipment''

Scott Supply Reflects on 100 Years of Business

This year marks the 100th anniversary for Scott Supply, a Case IH dealer in Mitchell, S.D. and Farm Equipment's 2007 Dealership of the Year. It hasn't always been the simplest path, but for the past century, the Scott family has successfully maneuvered its way through the road less traveled.
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Summers Manufacturing Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Founded in Maddock, N.D., in 1965, Summers is a leading fabricator of agricultural equipment, including tillage, land rollers, field sprayers, mounted attachments and rock picking implements, and utilizes an established dealer network across North America to facilitate sales worldwide.
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George Russell

Technology for Profit: Automating the Service Department of the Future

Service is without a doubt the most expensive department to operate. It occupies the most space in the dealership so it has the highest occupancy costs (heat, light, power, rent/amortization, etc.); it also employs the most people, and has the highest operating costs. This is particularly true when you include the costs associated with field service vehicles, special diagnostic tools and consumables used in repairs.
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Forecast & Trends

Half of Dealers Say 2014 Revenues Will Come In Lower Than Expected

Nearly one-half of North American farm equipment dealers are expecting that full-year revenues from the sale of new equipment in 2014 will be down vs. 2013. This is about the same percentage of dealers who are projecting declining revenues in the year ahead.
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Business of Selling

These are the Times

As of this writing, dairy prices are at record levels and livestock prices are rebounding, but grain prices are trading at 50-60% below their record levels of a few years ago. As a result, farmer income is now expected to be down 14% this year. The one bright spot for all equipment dealers is some pending legislation pertaining to bonus depreciation that, if passed, should give the equipment end-user a reason to make a purchase by year-end.
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