Universities and colleges have had to rethink and revise the way they educate students and this is particularly true for precision ag undergraduates accustomed to hands-on, in-field learning. Dr. Scott Shearer, Professor and Chair, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Ohio State University shares how he and his peers have evolved their approach to ensure ag students continue their education.
This episode of Farm Equipment's "Thought Leader Series" features Scott Hoober, owner of Hoober's Inc. Hoober sat on the Case IH dealer advisor board from 2010-20, and served as chair for part of his time on the board. He shares his insights on what sort of role an OEM dealer advisory board plays and how much influence the group has over the OEM's decisions.
While in-person meetings provide valuable face-to-face contact, the chaotic schedules of precision managers don’t always allow for coordinated sessions. In 2018, a group of John Deere precision farming managers, organized by Phil Moskal from Mid-State Equipment, began communicating via text message to assist each other with troubleshooting in-field problems or trading insight on new products or services.
This episode of Farm Equipment's "Thought Leader" video series is a used equipment focused interview with Jim Wood, chief sales and operations officer of Rocky Mountain Equipment, who has opened a used equipment outlet in Kansas, it's only U.S. location, and has plans for a Canadian outlet as well.
This episode of the “Thought Leader Series” features Titan Machinery’s Jeff Bowman. Bowman maintains that dealers and farmers should not go back to all the same procedures and practices that pre-dated the pandemic, citing advances made in automated parts lockers, video support, staggered technician schedules and other areas. He covers his forward-looking observations on the customer experience (online and in-store), employees and permanent expense reductions.
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.
This episode of Farm Equipment’s “Thought Leader” video Series features a marketing-themed interview with Bill Howard, CEO & Founder of Fastline, whose company provides marketing and advertising services for equipment dealers.
This episode of the "Thought Leader Series" features Kelly Mathison, a trainer and consultant with the Western Equipment Dealers Assn.'s Dealer Institute.
In this episode of Farm Equipment’s “Thought Leader Series”, Benjamin Thorpe, associate research editor, sat down with Brian Carpenter, general manager at Champlain Valley Equipment, to talk about how brand loyalty and how it's changed over the years.
This episode of the “Thought Leader Series” features Keith Kreps, Farm Equipment’s first official interview with Kreps since he joined the 17-store operation as C.O.O. in late February, just weeks before the “world as we knew it changed.”
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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