I try to attend as many industry conferences as I can each year. They are great places to network, talk best practices, listen to industry speakers and catch up with old friends.
This week I had a chance to talk with Dirk Mitchell of Mitchell Equipment. Our conversation was about how to categorize used equipment during the trade evaluation process.
For 13 years, I have worked in the ag equipment business. Along the way, I have had many mentors and trustworthy people teach me everything I know. One reoccurring theme has been differing opinions between the auction market and the retail market.
To say this has been a challenging year would be a gross understatement. In areas of the Corn Belt, the growing season was cursed with too much rain and now not enough.
Data points to large farms getting bigger and the number of "hobby farms" or rural lifestyle property owners growing in number, not size. So this leaves the producer in the middle.
Earlier this year I wrote an article titled “The Hangover.” The article talks about the amount of used equipment on the market from Model Years 2010-14.
Earlier this year I wrote an article titled “The Hangover.” The article talks about the amount of used equipment on the market from Model Years 2010-14.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Marc Johnson, principal with Pinion, provides 4 factors that will be important for dealers to watch in 2025 that will impact their business.
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