Several high-profile courses have had to close entirely because of stressed-out and dying greens, and the U.S. Golf Association last month issued a special "turf loss advisory" to courses in the Mid-Atlantic states.
Rural Lifestyle Dealer editors were in and around Indianapolis this week visiting with equipment dealers, several of which are rapidly transitioning their businesses from “big ag” equipment to the smaller gear that rural lifestyle customers want.
According to a recent post in the Sturgis Journal, it isn’t clear if John Deere dealers Fillmore Equipment and Finnerman’s Farm & Garden Equipment have merged or Fillmore acquired the Finnerman’s locations.
Small, task-oriented vehicles, all the diverse types combined, realized an end market value in vehicle sales of between $4.2 to $4.6 billion in 2009, despite the recession, according to a new report from International Market Solutions.
A 50-50 partnership between GE Capital and Polaris called Polaris Acceptance provides inventory financing for the 1,400 independently owned Polaris dealerships across the country, and more than 90 percent of the dealers offer credit from GE Capital to consumers of Polaris vehicles.
USA Reports that an odd coalition of environmental and business groups is banding together to head off a move to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline to 15%, up from 10% in most places now.
Behlen Mfg. Co., headquartered in Columbus, Nebraska, is pleased to announce the purchase of the farm and lawn implements (3-point equipment) business of HawkLine Nevada, LLC, an affiliate of Carry-On Trailer Corporation.
Greg Pollock, Director of Sales and Marketing for Rhino®, announced in a July 9 letter to dealers that Rhino and Wells Fargo have entered into a program agreement to provide retail financing.
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