Dealer consolidation has long been a mainstay of the farm equipment industry, and the recently released 2022 Big Dealer Report suggests consolidation is continuing its rapid pace.
Spurred by global environmental concerns and farmer demands for more economic productivity, some equipment makers are increasingly turning their research and development sights to the efficiencies of the electric motor.
Martha Hennigan, director of sales operations and marketing at Solectrac in Windsor, Calif., shared a perspective on the impact of tighter emissions standards from her days on the diesel tractor side.
Recent startup “pure-players” in the all-electric tractor and implement business — companies that are solely devoted to the use of EV technology — are open about their products and vision for the industry, but legacy tractor manufacturers as a whole are tight-lipped about R&D budgets devoted to electrification of their products.
Electric tractor manufacturer Solectrac caused a stir in the ag equipment industry when it announced it would be selling directly to customers as well as supplying dealers using a hybrid sales model.
As dealers are worrying about electric farm machinery entering the market, Columbiana Tractor’s Chris Mundy is making moves to set his dealership up for success with electric far into the future.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is fast-tracking mandates to electrify all mobile industry sectors in the state, citing California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order from September 2020 that ramped up timelines for vehicle and equipment sales to be “zero emissions” by 2045 “where feasible.”
Your service department is one of your biggest profit centers. But your service department is also the most expensive to operate. So, it needs to run like a well-oiled machine.
Headlines in the ag equipment world are routinely filled with flashy new products sporting larger capacities, faster field speeds, more accurate application rates and efforts at cleaner, more efficient farming.
Last month I wrote an article entitled “Lines of Delineation.” In the article, I write about 6 different buyer types. New buyer, the late model low hour used buyer, high depreciation used buyers, 5- to 10-year-old used buyer, and the high hour used buyer. After reading the article, I am not sure one paragraph did each segment justice.
Dealer consolidation has long been a mainstay of the farm equipment industry, and the recently released 2022 Big Dealer Report suggests consolidation is continuing its rapid pace.
Spurred by global environmental concerns and farmer demands for more economic productivity, some equipment makers are increasingly turning their research and development sights to the efficiencies of the electric motor.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is fast-tracking mandates to electrify all mobile industry sectors in the state, citing California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order from September 2020 that ramped up timelines for vehicle and equipment sales to be “zero emissions” by 2045 “where feasible.”
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