In my experience with farm equipment dealerships, there seems to be little discussion about logistics, logistics planning or logistics support analysis, despite the immense pressure that dealerships and technicians face during planting and harvesting seasons.
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions, but I have one that I implore everyone — regardless of your role in the organization — to adopt for 2025. Rid the words “I’m just…” from your vocabulary. Those words have never advanced anything.
As we head into 2025, the agricultural equipment market stands at a crossroads shaped by potential declines in interest rates and slight increases in commodity prices, particularly for corn and wheat.
"After Thanksgiving, my Univ. of Minnesota freshman Hayden (a Journalism major) recorded an insightful interview with my in-laws and German immigrants, Herwig and Monika Lepold."
I don’t want to name them all for fear of leaving someone out but thank you to all the companies who don’t tell me to take a hike when I stick a camera in their face on a 90-degree day in late August at the Farm Progress Show.
When asked about the origin of his leadership style, the late Gulf War General Norman Schwarzkopf answered, “I never walk past a problem. I never see something going wrong and forget about it. I always stop and confront it right there.”
Executive editor Kim Schmidt checking in from Farm Equipment headquarters with an update on 2025 Dealership Minds Summit set for July 29-30 in Iowa City.
The program is out. Check it out at DealershipMindsSummit.com.
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