Opinions & Columns

Kanicki
From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

Dealers Still Have Positive Things to Say

If you only look at the unit sales for big farm equipment, it would be hard to get too excited about the current state of ag machinery business. But plowing through the dealer commentary from this month’s “Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions Update” survey, it’s interesting how many dealers had some pretty positive things to say.
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Kanicki
From the Desk of Dave Kanicki

Argue Ideas, Not Personalities

Sometimes you just need to step back and re-examine some things. In this case, we’re taking a closer look at what reader responses we approve for posting on the Farm Equipment website.
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Kanicki
To The Point

It's Easy to Forget

As I was coming down on the elevator of the hotel where I was attending a meeting last week, one of the passengers looked at me and said, “You’re the forecast guy.” He kind of took me off guard, and I said, “I do some work in the that area.”
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George Russell
Technology for Profit

Monetizing 'Dealership Wisdom'

What is the value of the knowledge, experience and analytical ability (or troubleshooting) that your dealership has developed in order to sell and support your customers? This ability, which has been developed over time and exists in the minds of you and your employees can rightfully be called dealership wisdom.
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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Tractor/Implement Datalink in the Works

Twenty years ago, farm field speeds were slower and sprayers and other implements were not as wide, nor were they as complex as systems now farming the land. That was the world into which the first control area network (CAN) was standardized as a communication link between tractors and implements.
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Dr. Jim Weber
Business of Selling

Leading from the Front

While previous articles have addressed dominating a market, initiating a strategy and executing with speed, all using the precepts of Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” this column will use the same source to identify the leadership attributes necessary to win a protracted war of attrition.
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Majors Led By Home-Run Seeking MBAs is Problem

Just read Mike Lessiter’s Op-Ed (“To The Point: In Praise of Straight Talk,” March 2015). In my circle of life (began since 1960s, dealer-principal since the 1970s), I have been a student of the industry. I followed Case and its rise, along with the disasters along the way, as well as Allis Chalmers and its demise.
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