While many suppliers can trace its history to a farmer building a better piece of equipment, Sean McLaughlin’s career took a different, albeit parallel, path: an ag equipment dealer who built a better piece of technology.

During a Feb. 28 Farm Equipment webinar in conjunction with Franchise Equity Partners, George Russell, a founding member of the Machinery Advisors Consortium (MAC), shared some options dealers have when it comes to private equity investment and how those options tie into what he calls the “second machine age dealer.”

When farmers were asked in an exclusive Lessiter Media email survey what they thought of the current right-to-repair issues, they didn’t hold back in voicing their opinions, feelings, thought and ideas.

Question: How are rising interest rates impacting your business as a dealer and what changes do you need to take as a result?