How things have changed. This column originally appeared 10 years ago — in the June 2008 issue of Farm Equipment — when, the industry was dealing with equipment shortages.
I would be surprised if you have not heard the old saying “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” It may be tired but it is so true. Whether in your business life or home life, planning is critical to get to the spot you wish to be. The other part of planning is that it must be constant.
The agriculture market is a hard one to predict. Between the weather and politics, there’s no sure fire answer to what commodity prices might do or when equipment sales might start to pick back up.
I’m sure too it’s no surprise to you hear me say that over nearly 3 decades tracking auction sale price data I’ve found “farm” auctions tend to produce the strongest sale prices. This makes sense.
While doing some research for a project about how dealers respond to telephone and internet sales inquiries recently, I came across an interesting report entitled, Online Automotive Leads: How Well Do Dealers Respond?
Here is Glass Management Group’s discussion and analysis of the farm equipment sales report issued by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers on April 10, 2017.
The marketing and engineering staffs at AGCO spent the last year working together to take the “oranges” out of the “apple and oranges” choices customers make in buying square balers. The result is a classification system that gives customers an idea of a baler’s capabilities — regardless of what size bale they desire.
In the last few issues of the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. Shortliner, we have shared information with members on legislation being promoted by the North Dakota Implement Dealers Assn. That legislation was signed by the Governor on March 16 and will take effect August 1.
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.
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