I resigned from my career with International Harvester (IH) to buy a dealership 55 years ago, in 1968. Nineteen years later, I sold both following the Case IH merger. I had too much red in my blood to stay.
Farmers are increasingly creating most of their planting/harvesting strategy with data-driven decisions that rely on sophisticated business platforms that collect data to analyze and make educated and informed decisions.
Back in the 1980s, when I started in equipment sales in Ontario, Canada it was a tough time for farmers because interest rates were 23% as compared to today’s rates at 7-9%.
I have been reading, learning and engaged with Farm Equipment (FE) Magazine for more than 30 years. FE is always the “go-to” source when you want to see what is going on and when you want to share exciting news with your friends in the industry.
This morning, as part of a Labor Day message at church (“The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard,” Matthew 20), our pastor recapped the jobs he had in his lifetime. It spurred a conversation with my 17-year-old, Hayden, as he starts his senior year of high school.
A Look Back on Farm Equipment History with: Daryl Shelton, RDO Equipment Co.’s Executive Vice President of the Agriculture Division, Fargo, N.D. (Farm Equipment Dealership of the Year Alumni Group)
To me, Dr. Weber is one of the most influential philosophers in the ag equipment business. Every month, I would skip to Farm Equipment’s last page, read his column first and then return to page 1.
As scientists search for cleaner methods of producing nitrogen (N) fertilizer, they increasingly look to replace the century-old method of treating natural gas with high-pressure steam to produce anhydrous ammonia — the backbone of most forms of agricultural N products.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take a look at the preliminary results of the 2024 Ag Equipment Intelligence Outlook & Trends report.
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Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.
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