The joint boards of the Equipment Dealers Association (EDA), the Midwest-SouthEastern Equipment Dealers Association (MSEDA), the United Equipment Dealers Association (UEDA) and the Western Equipment Dealers Association (WEDA) have voted to move forward with a proposal that would consolidate the four associations. This action is the first step towards consolidating which requires a vote by dealer members of each association, which should be completed in spring 2022.

If you see something you like or need, you better snatch it up now, before it’s gone or not available for delivery sometime in 2023. That’s the hard truth 40-year veteran Jerry Beard at Beard Implement Co. in Arenzville, Ill., is delivering to his customers.

“Farmers have disposable income, so they have money to spend it on and the tax laws really, really favor purchasing equipment,” Gary Schnitkey, a professor of farm management at the University of Illinois said. “Manufacturers are having difficulty keeping up with the demand.”

Hutson Inc., a John Deere dealership with 30 locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee, is setting up a talent pipeline to help overcome an industry-wide shortage of service technicians.

The author, Gary Schilling, cited Deere & Co., and its plans to accelerate production off the heels of the just-concluded 5-week strike, to meet robust demand and rebuild inventories (see Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers bullish report on December 10, 2021).