What lessons learned from your sports-playing days do you use and leverage daily in the farm equipment business? What traits and skills do you find come more naturally by those who competed on the court and fields, even if many years ago?
One of our 6 Core Values at Lessiter Media is Teamwork with a maxim of “Call out the landmines; don’t let your teammates fail. Be named on others’ Foxhole Test!”
We are in turbulent times. We make a living selling “stuff” that is made all over the globe — especially in China. Events are occurring that could have catastrophic fallouts for us.
A freight train is coming around the corner for business owners and managers. And it's closer than you might think. New times call for new leadership styles. Businesses will not survive without having leaders who can influence multiple generations in the workforce.
As in so many other tragedies, there’s no way to arrive at meaning through such tragedy. There is no explanation nor are we equipped to comprehend it. But we still can learn along the way.
We had a good conversation recently with Paul Mikesell, CEO of Carbon Robotics, the Seattle-based tech firm which began selling its pull-behind LaserWeeder in 2021, about the economic and environmental benefits of the popular precision machine.
Those of you who’ve been to our Dealer Summits know the power of the dealer-to-dealer roundtables and the aha-moments revealed in those settings. January’s record-setting Precision Farming Dealer Summit in St. Louis did not disappoint.
To say 2023 is going to be interesting is like saying a hurricane creates a slight breeze. As the equipment market settles down and supply chain issues revert to “normal,” equipment values will change.
Without fail, every one of our semiannual Dealer Summits drops several ideas to swim in my brain for weeks on end. And the record-setting 2023 Precision Farming Dealer Summit in St. Louis did not disappoint.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.
At Machinery Scope, we believe you deserve the best risk management solutions for your investments in heavy equipment. Since 2013, we have been proud to offer extended warranty, appraisals, and inspections. Machinery Scope is a family-owned business built on our experience in farming and equipment dealerships. We understand your business and provide a personalized and professional level of customer service. Machinery Scope has built a strong warranty product with our customers in mind, offering the same professional level of service from the time you get a quote, through the processing of a claim.