The newly formed corporation named AKRS Equipment Solutions will consist of 27 John Deere dealerships across Nebraska and part of Kansas with headquarters in Lincoln, Neb. The merger is expected to finalize by the end of March.
“This is important to us because we know that when our employees have a high-trust experience every day, they are more productive, drive better business results and make a difference to our customers," says Mel Goldsmith, CEO of Atlantic Tractor.
Natalie Higgins, vice president of government relations and general counsel for the Equipment Dealers Assn., provides an analysis of the case in which Deere & Co. was ordered to pay $5 million in a civil suit following a tractor-related death.
Attorneys for the plaintiff said John Deere’s manufacturing failed to add additional weight to the rear of the tractor to counterbalance the almost 700-pound front-end loader, before it left the Deere plant in Georgia. The weight was also not added at the local dealership.
Among the multitude of items posted on RuralLifestyleDealer.com in 2019, here are the ones that dealers thought were most compelling. Check out the round-up for what you might have missed or go back to see about new takeaways for your dealership.
In July 2018, Josh and Mandy Witt purchased a John Deere dealership in Marshfield, Wis., Power Pac Equipment & Motorsports. The dealership already had a large showroom, but the Witts knew some work was needed to bring it more up to date. Additionally, they had big plans to grow the business.
AgriVision Equipment Group, a John Deere dealership group with 17 locations in Iowa, is expanding its footprint with a new facility in Sioux Center, Iowa.
Messick’s 2019 Christmas Light Show in Elizabethtown, Pa., raised a total of $42,704.56 from 4,352 cars that attended the event. The light show display ran Dec. 1-30.
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