In the farm equipment business, many managers often tell their sales crews to never mention the competition when making a product pitch to farmers. It’s a negative to bring up another dealer’s different colored highly competitive machines, service concerns, parts delays and other business practices.
As our editorial team recently gathered intel from the 100 biggest dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, many CEOs and managers identified technicians as their greatest employment area of need for 2024.
Before an employee quits, there is typically a phase of disengagement. In today’s tight labor market, it’s more important than ever to quickly identify that stage.
The updated Core Principles require companies to explain whether data is anonymized and whether a farmer can opt out of contributing to the anonymized and aggregated dataset.
High interest rates and high inventory levels are compounding the challenge for dealers as the floorplan inventory cost continues to eat at the bottom line.
I just finished a cover story article for the June 2024 edition of Farm Equipment on a dramatic “color conversion” story at Intermountain New Holland (Twin Falls, Idaho). The 2-store dealership earned a chance with a custom harvester on one New Holland swather, and quickly parlayed it into 6 units.
The evolution of precision agriculture and collection of agricultural data is providing farmers with tools to increase productivity and profitability. These core principles were originally developed by farmers, commodity organizations, and ag technology providers in 2014.
We had a front-row seat to the launch of AEF’s Agricultural Interoperability Network (AgIN) at AGRITECHNICA a few weeks ago, which promises to ease the process of data sharing for farmers and dealers.
DigiFarm VBN is a proven leader in providing RTK Correction Services across the Midwest and beyond, via cellular based RTK network. We have been in business since 2011 working with farmers, Ag retailers, and precision Ag dealers
We leverage our years of experience and industry knowledge to deliver solutions that keep you moving forward. For more than 30 years, our team of entrepreneurs and technicians have focused on understanding the hurdles you face. Then we brainstorm possibilities. Whether it’s offering a replacement part, repairing parts that aren’t working or creating custom solutions for your challenge. We’re experts in ag equipment electronic parts and systems. But more importantly, we make connections to keep your operation moving forward.
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