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Charlie Glass

Charlie Glass

Chairman emeritus, Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn.’s (FEMA) Dealer Relations Committee

With more than 4 decades in the industry, Glass produces an annual tractor and combine forecast and provides technical assistance to various investment groups. A former director of FEMA, he is also a frequent presenter and author of several white papers on the future of farm equipment distribution. Glass is also a judge for Farm Equipment’s Dealership of the Year program.

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Looking Back: Farm Equipment Sales in the 1970s

A Look Back on Farm Equipment History with: Charlie Glass, Chairman emeritus, Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn.’s (FEMA) Dealer Relations Committee
By Charlie Glass posted on August 14, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices, Manufacturer & Dealer Issues

I grew up on a small farm and had other family members who were farming much larger farms, so I felt right at home in the industry. It did not take long for me to understand that the best job in the company was calling on farm equipment dealers, and that is where I wanted to be.


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Does Selling Shortlines Make Sense? Two Industry Veterans Debate the Value to Dealers

We asked two industry veterans — Charlie Glass, chairman emeritus of the Farm Equipment Dealers Assn.’s Dealer Relations Committee, and Dr. Jim Weber, a management consultant to the ag equipment industry — to argue their case for why dealers should, or should not, add shortlines to their offerings.
By Charlie Glass and Dr. Jim Weber posted on August 25, 2021 | Posted in Operations & Finance
We asked two industry veterans — Charlie Glass, chairman emeritus of the Farm Equipment Dealers Assn.’s Dealer Relations Committee, and Dr. Jim Weber, a management consultant to the ag equipment industry — to argue their case for why dealers should, or should not, add shortlines to their offerings.
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Technological Advances in Agriculture — Looking to the Future

By Charlie Glass posted on September 10, 2020
1960 saw changes in farm tractors in styling, increased horsepower and operator comfort that were intended to entice farmers to purchase their next new tractor. Even with all of these modern improvements, those tractors remained essentially a frame with an engine and transmission covered with a sleek sheet metal exterior.
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September 2018 Tractor & Combine Analysis

By Charlie Glass posted on October 12, 2018 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
The limited cash available to farmers and ranchers in the U.S. will continue to put a dampener on the equipment markets in 2018 and 2019. The expanded depreciation programs that appeared in 2010 and reached its zenith in 2014 had the effect of pulling ahead purchases from future years. We are now enduring the results of that program.
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June 2018 Tractor & Combine Analysis

By Charlie Glass posted on July 15, 2018 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
The unknown resulting from the current trade negotiations have had a major impact on the positive feelings that existed just a few months ago. Farmers and ranchers are facing reduced incomes coupled with rising interest rates for their necessary operating capital and that does not produce a bright, cheery outlook.
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