Tim Norris has learned through experience that one of the best ways to generate employee buy-in and maintain high levels of staff motivation is by cultivating a shared vision.
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, sponsored by Trimble Agriculture, Tim Norris, co-owner of Box Concepts Consulting, shares how to identify your business’s mission and vision, and explains what having a defined mission and vision can do for your company’s culture and finances.
Tim Norris, co-owner of Box Concepts Consulting, has seen firsthand how identifying your business’ vision can motivate your employees, no matter how many people you have. This episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast is sponsored by Trimble Agriculture.
Tim Norris, former CEO of Ag Info Tech and Belinda Hughes, experienced financial planner, and now co-owners of Box Concepts Consulting LLC, will host an interactive workshop demonstrating essential management tools and encourage you to purposefully work on your business growth plan.
Feeling the pressure of trying to fulfill parts orders prior to spring planting, dealers are proactively planning revisions to how they stock and sell pre-season equipment.
With wrenches turning in service bays in preparation for spring planting, dealers and farmers are well into their annual routine of row unit maintenance, seed meter calibration and prescription loading.
As the calendar closes in on spring planting in many areas, anxiety is building among some customers, dealers and even manufacturers as to the timely delivery of parts and technology to be installed, tested and ready to take to the field.
A week into the new year, one of the carryover lessons learned by precision dealers in 2020 was that they either need to learn how to disrupt the way they do business, or risk being disrupted.
Wrapped around this concept is the question of how dealers will help their customers be more profitable with where and when they invest in ag technology products and services.
Long-time precision ag dealer, Tim Norris and Belinda Hughes, both from Central Ohio, formally announce our Creation of Box Concepts Consulting LLC, designed specifically for small precision ag businesses with 5 – 15 team members, to help them navigate the challenges of growing their business, creating the right team and become more efficient.
There are likely more people than ever looking toward the future — pick your reason right now — but the reality is it will be here before we know it. This can be both a paralyzing and comforting thought for farm equipment dealerships.
Momentum for driverless vehicles in ag has grown in recent years, but the coronavirus pandemic has required companies to find alternative opportunities to demonstrate and discuss the benefits of the systems. Tim Norris, business development manager with Raven Autonomy discuss the manufacturer's short- and long-term outlook for developing its dealer network.
At InfoAg 2017 in St. Louis, finding effective and lucrative avenues for billing precision support and streamlining delivery of data management services, were among the trending topics discussed by dealer attendees and speakers during the 3-day event.
Go behind the scenes with Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., as he hits the road for on-farm visits and pre-season maintenance checkups. Baker helps a first-generation no-tiller prepare for planting season, and later runs into a couple big challenges with a customer’s new, high-speed, 24-row planter.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.