As the baseball season draws near it's close, it seemed a good time to share a story about a baseball legend and another that stretches, like a third baseman during a double play, into a lesson on combines and the process of boronization.
From farm equipment, to mowers, to rural lifestyle hardware items, it seems that maybe we could learn a lesson from the directions given to big time operators and farmers that is becoming a paradigm for purchasing decisions. Maybe in these market conditions, our key 'feature' should be focused on economic affordability.
This Labor Day, I took the opportunity to start harvesting one of the best corn crops we have ever been blessed with on our farm. The yield monitor on this 25-year-old machine consistently was north of 200 bushels per acre on non-irrigated West Tennessee soil. Wow.
Rural Lifestyle Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of the rural lifestyle market. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Basic Software.
Centered on the theme “Sales Management,” the program featured 2-days of dealer-to-dealer roundtables sessions, panel presentations, general sessions and intense networking opportunities.
Rural Lifestyle Dealer talks with Lawrence Vander Esch, who works in sales for Interstate Sales of Sioux Falls, S.D. Vander Esch talks about his diverse background before joining the dealership and why Interstate added Branson Tractors.
According to the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers, U.S. year-to-date sales of under 40 horsepower tractors were up 1.1% for the first quarter compared with last year and up more than 5% compared with March of last year. Canadian year-to-date sales of under 40 horsepower tractors were up 3.7% for the first quarter compared with last year and up 0.7% compared with March of last year.
Dealers shared their forecasts for equipment in Rural Lifestyle Dealer's 2018 Dealer Business Trends & Outlook survey, with zero-turn mowers topping the list of 26 categories in terms of unit sales increases.
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Virginia Beach-based STIHL Inc., produces a full line of high-quality, handheld outdoor power equipment including blowers, trimmers, brushcutters, and multi-task tools, as well as the number one selling brand of chainsaws worldwide. STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world.