Dealer Issues

1 month ago | farm-equipment.com | Noah Newman |Dealer Issues

Leaders from 3 major equipment manufacturing companies jumped at the chance to address some of the top precision dealers in North America during an OEM panel session at the 2025 Precision Farming Dealer Summit in Louisville, Ky. Casey Dray, global precision technology portfolio manager at CNH, Bob Armstrong, vice president of product and marketing at Claas, and Jake Ridenour, channel sales manager at PTx Trimble, fielded questions on the 2025 market outlook, technology adoption trends, AI and...

2 months ago | farm-equipment.com | Mike Lessiter |Dealer Issues

George Triplett, sales manager of Rosenberg Tractor, Rosenberg, Texas, gave a thoughtful reply to the question about OEM sponsorships. He suggests that those same dollars could be used to improve struggling cash flows for everyone's benefit. “I am not the architect of these deals, but have observed the risk that paid off huge in the past from those that took on the risk,” he says.

Dec 6, 2024 | farm-equipment.com | Dealer Issues

According to news reports from KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Dec. 3, more than 100 John Deere workers in Waterloo were told they will be without a job after the holiday season. A total of 112 employees at John Deere Waterloo Works were told their last day would be Jan. 3, 2025, according to a news update published by KCRG-TV anchor and news reporter Rebekah Vaughan. The news report also noted that in Davenport, 80 workers will also be losing their jobs after the new year.

Dec 6, 2024 | farm-equipment.com | Dealer Issues

According to news reports from KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Dec. 3, more than 100 John Deere workers in Waterloo were told they will be without a job after the holiday season. A total of 112 employees at John Deere Waterloo Works were told their last day would be Jan. 3, 2025, according to a news update published by KCRG-TV anchor and news reporter Rebekah Vaughan. The news report also noted that in Davenport, 80 workers will also be losing their jobs after the new year.

Dec 4, 2024 | farm-equipment.com | Dealer Issues

The North American Equipment Dealers Assn (NAEDA) issued a Legislative Alert in response to federal court action on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The statement in its entirety, issued by NAEDA’s Sr. VP of Government Affairs, Eric Wareham, follows. “Yesterday, a federal court struck down the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and issued a nationwide injunction against enforcement of the law including its reporting requirements.