Crown Power and Equipment Co., based in Columbia, takes over ownership in mid-January. Fritz Implement will become the seventh store in the Crown group in Missouri.
North American farm equipment dealers lowered their forecast for 2017 sales in September. According to the latest Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions Update survey, in September on average, dealers are forecast sales to be down 8% in 2017.
For the third year in a row, U.S. dealers are forecasting fewer additions to their precision farming departments, according to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s 2017 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends report.
Compared to dealers carrying other major brands of equipment, and even the independents that specialize in shortline products, Kubota dealers are easily the most optimistic going into 2017 — by a long shot.
Roberts Farm Equipment has opened its third dealership location in Mount Forest, Ont., according to published reports. Its other two stores are located in Chesney and Lucknow.
At the pinnacle of the precision farming boom, technology specialists were in high demand, while supply was relatively low. But as the farm machinery market has slowed, so too have precision hiring plans for most OEM dealers according to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s 2016 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends report.
In the latest episode we take a look at the Equipment Dealers Assn.’s Dealer Choice Award recipients, Kubota dealers’ increased interest in precision farming, how the recent up tick in corn and soybean prices could influence farm equipment sales, Titan’s first quarter results and Kubota’s attempts at autonomous farm equipment.
The dealer organized a welcome event on May 20 and will be providing prizes, equipment and parts specials all during the months of May and June to mark the opening of the new facility.
In today's newscast we take a look at grower sentiment, Kubota dealers’ positive sales forecast, a new data management pilot program called Data Store, Rocky Mountain’s first quarter earnings report and Trimble’s first quarter results.
Dragoon's is a single-store Case IH and Kubota dealer in Mooers, N.Y. They were established in 1953 and also carry Kinze, Woods, Gehl, Cub Cadet, Troy-Bilt, Husqvarna, ECHO and several other lines of equipment.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.