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.
The meeting provided an opportunity for dealers to interact with new President & CEO Viren Popli and the entire senior leadership team and hear about recent changes.
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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.
Northeastern Junior College received a $25,000 donation from 21st Century Equipment this week to help fund expansion and modernization of the college’s Applied Technology Campus in Sterling.
JLG Industries, a manufacturer of mobile elevating work platforms and telehandlers, has announced a 10-year partnership with AUSA to build its new SkyTrak 3013 ultracompact telehandler.
Students in Kansas are learning to fix tractors for free as Garden City and Fort Scott community colleges are part of the John Deere agriculture tech program that offers students free tuition at one of 16 tech programs at community colleges in the U.S.
Lowe’s will offer a range of residential and commercial Honda outdoor power products in-store, including walk-behind lawn mowers, generators, snow blowers and tillers. The retailer also is offering Honda pumps and string trimmers online.
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