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Top Tips for Customer Training: For Both the Farmers’ & Dealers’ Benefit

The manager of Agri-Service’s separately-branded precision farming arm shares tips for their top-performing customer training sessions — ones that farmers don’t want to miss.
By Cody Searle posted on April 7, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management, Precision Ag Sales & Service
I recently talked to industry people about their thoughts on customer training. One response was that customer events are a “necessary evil;” that customers expect it, so we do it. Another said, “We do them, but we don’t feel like we get anything in return from them.” And another said, “Our customers don’t remember anything that we teach them so why do them — what’s the point?”
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PFD Summit: Turning Digital Ag Potential into Profit

2018 Precision Farming Dealer Summit — Roundtable Coverage
By James DeGraff posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
In a conversation representing dealers, software specialists and farmers from across the globe, this roundtable during the Precision Farming Dealer Summit, Jan.8-9, discussed several digital-based topics: the potential of converting ag data into profit, how to position farm data into a billable format for dealers, and how to communicate that value to the farmers.
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PFD Summit: Reboot or Recycle? Strategies for Selling & Servicing Used Technology

2017 Precision Farming Dealer Summit — Roundtable Coverage
By Kim Schmidt posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
Much like with used iron, dealers need to be picky and “buy right” when it comes to selling and servicing used precision farming equipment. Among the top things to consider when it comes to taking in a piece of used precision technology are age and condition of the unit, who potential second customers are and how many of the same unit you have in inventory already.
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PFD Summit: The Journey to Digitizing Agriculture

Technology is disrupting virtually every economic sector and agriculture is no different. Digitization is the next stage in ag’s disruption.
By Dave Kanicki posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Data & Forecasts, Precision Ag Sales & Service, Product Innovations & Introductions
Rabobank is forecasting that median Midwest corn farmers will be working with a margin of about 4% during the next 4-5 years. This is “unacceptable” and means they will need to increase their efficiency while continuing to cut costs, Kenneth Zuckerberg told attendees of the 2018 Precision Farming Dealer Summit in January.
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Adopting an Agronomic Mindset in the Precision Department

3 precision farming experts share how they’ve paired agronomy with their precision farming business to provide solutions for the customer.
By Kim Schmidt posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
As precision farming departments at farm equipment dealerships evolve, adding agronomic services has been somewhat of a natural progression. But, generating recurring revenue from agronomic services can be a challenge.
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