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Keys to Understanding the Current Value of Your Dealership

Having a good understanding of the current value of your dealership is more critical than ever. Dealers have been facing a tsunami of factors impacting their business and its growth — dealer market consolidation, manufacturer price increases, changing interest rates and commodity pricing, to name a few.
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Answer Letter ... More Industry Perspective on ‘Root Cause of the ‘Ripped Up Deal’ — Volume Discounts’

A few days ago my wife emailed me a link to Farm Equipment’s guest blog penned by Duane Scholten from Scholten’s Equipment. She knows I’m not afraid to cast an opinion … especially related to the farm equipment industry. Even though I don’t believe I’ve met Duane, based on his column and bio it seems we have a few things in common. Where we differ in opinions is in the title of his op-ed: “Root Cause of the ‘Ripped Up Deal' – Volume Discounts.”
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AgRevolution (Vincennes, Ind.) - May 2023 Farm Equipment Store Visit

Kim Schmidt and Mike Lessiter hit the road in May 2023 for a couple of dealer visits in Indiana. One of them was our first visit to AgRevolution’s newest store in Vincennes, Ind., which opened in the summer of 2022. For those unfamiliar, AgRevolution is the moniker of the 7 company stores owned and operated by AGCO since the fall of 2020. The following is a slideshow of some photos taken during that visit.

Read more at "Company Store Observations ... AGCO’s Ag Revolution"

2017 Equipment Dealers Assn. Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey

In early June, the Equipment Dealers Assn. (EDA) released the results of its annual Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey. Through this study, equipment dealers rated the companies whose products they represent on 11 key categories of dealership operations and support.

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