Watching Zach Reiter work the TruAG exhibit at the 2014 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, you might have thought he worked for the manufacturer of seed tender products, as well as anhydrous bars. As it turns out, Reiter is an independent farmer-dealer who handles TruAG products as his main line of equipment.
Prior to coming to Agri-Service, I worked in operations for a very large mortgage banking and real estate company for several years. The founder of Agri-Service, Cleve Buttars, is my father-in-law and we compared notes regularly as his company grew and the company I worked for also grew considerably. We always talked about the opportunity for me to come and work for him. In fact, he recruited me on several occasions and I told him no quite a few times because I was happy with what I was doing.
It's pretty easy to get caught with your face buried in a computer screen and forget that the world out there is a pretty amazing place. Plus, that's really where opportunity exists.
In the summer of 2004, when our firm acquired Farm Equipment, we saw an industry embarking on great change, and a real opportunity to seek out thought-processes as dealers navigated new waters. And even before our first edition, we were planning the next year's debut of the Dealership of the Year (DOY) program.
Buzzwords, buzzwords, buzzwords! Oh, they make us working professionals grit our teeth and give us migraines. Yet the true power behind a buzzword's meaning can have great impact on the way things are done.
Every manager usually has some headaches waiting for them when they get to the office. Not Craig Greenwood, service manager at Birkey’s Farm Store’s Hoopeston, Ill., location.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at AGCO’s plans for its precision business and its 2029 targets. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks with Eis Implement’s precision team. Also in this episode, the interest savings dealers could see with the latest rate cut by the Fed and a look at the used 100+ horsepower tractor market.
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