Todd Stucke, Kubota Tractor's senior vice president, sales, marketing & product support, talks about the Great Plains acquisition and its dealer strategy.

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Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf was managing editor of Rural Lifestyle Dealer. Prior to that, she was a contributing writer for Rural Lifestyle Dealer and Farm Equipment magazines before becoming editor in 2012. She previously covered agriculture as a freelance writer for several industry publications. Lynn also worked in public relations and marketing and earned her accreditation in public relations. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and lives on a third-generation family farm in Kansas. Contact: lwoolf@lessitermedia.com

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Kubota's Acquisition of Great Plains and its Dealer Strategy

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