March/April 2008 Headlines

Headline Archives

Features

• HELP WANTED: Ag Service Technicians -- Dealers access creative initiatives to recruit skilled service technicians.

• Customer Appreciation Day is a Multi-Day, Multi-Faceted Event -- Dealership commitment and staff teamwork are needed to produce successful special events.

• World Ag Expo 2008 Review -- Field equipment is important at the largest outdoor ag show in the U.S.

• A Longer, Heavier Versatile -- New Buhler Versatile 4WD tractors bring more HP to the field.

• Value-adding Feature on New Valtra -- Cab suspension and front linkage will be available as options in the 2008 production year. 

Departments and Columns

• Auction Action by Greg Peterson - Auction Sale Prices on Low Hour JD 7810 MFWD Tractors

• Classified Ads

• Founders - Self-propelled Combine from Massey Harris

• From the Editor by Mary Shepherd - As a journalist, I knew the annual stockholder meeting for Deere & Co. on February 27 had a chance of becoming much more interesting...

• Industry Notebook 

  • People - Jason McKinney took over statewide sales and dealer support for Pequea... Thurman Kirkland has bee hired by McCormick USA to lead... Paul Welbig is the new marketing manager for... Matt Forner has been promoted to director...

  • Dealerships - At the annual meeting for KIOTI tractor dealers... Dealer discovery leads to Case IH '100 Owner Club'

  • Manufacturers & Suppliers - On Jan. 1, 2008, Kuhn's two U.S. companies, Kuhn Farm Machinery, Inc... Mahindra USA announces a new partnership with the MacDonald Motorsports... PEER Bearing Company, Waukegan, Ill., has earned recognition... Pequea recently announced that all its rakes... Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC has announced price increases for... Farmers Union Industries, LLC, has announced the acquisition of a line of... Trelleborg Industrial Products, part of the business area Trelleborg Engineered Systems within the global... Tonutti S.p.a., has purchased the technology and manufacturing rights to Tecnoagricola's innovative... Montana Tractors has appointed Agricultural Web Services, a division of... A collaboration between Ford and John Deere may mean that... Miller-St. Nazianz's HydraLink Suspension was named the inaugural winner... KIOTI has implement a new 4-Year, Full-Fleet Warranty...

  • Publications - The new Massey Ferguson Heritage Catalog, featuring Original Equipment-quality parts...

• News Briefs - New Ag Secretary on the job... Large crops needed for 2008... Case IH launches "Max Service"... $101 billion ag exports forecast... Is a world food emergency close?... $90 million expansion for large HP tractors... Long-term unemployed rate remains high... Ethanol outlook... Farmers are adopting best management practices... Caterpillar CEO predicts economic recovery... First cellulosic ethanol plant begins production

• Op-Ed by Gary Truitt -  Presidential Candidates Miss the Most Important Issue

• Product Review - Case IH 1250 Early Riser Planter; LEON Silver Spreader; Quick Crank Trashwipper Adjuster; Spra-Coupe Sprayers; Orchards/Vineyards/Nursery Tractors; Case IH Puma Tractor Models; New Holland T2220 Tractor; Leon Land Scraper Model 1700

• Sales Tips by Frank Lee - Selling as a Business

• Spotlight 1 - Guidance Technology - Outback S3; Autoboom System; mojoRTK and Virtual Wrench; Trimble EZ-Office; FarmPRO; Direct Command

• Spotlight 2 - Irrigation - Lindsay Medium Clearance Tower; iPAC Web-based Pivot Management; Reinke Dealer Receives National Ag Award; Reinke Inaugurates New Service Recognition