Art Aiello was the Managing Editor of Farm Equipment. He joined Lessiter Media in 2023 after nearly 30 years in public relations and marketing communications. He earned a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from Kent State University.
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are like the gauges on a dashboard. They let you monitor the health of your business. Marc Johnson of Pinion walks you through some of the more important ones.
In his recent webinar, KPIs, OEM Goals or Winging It — What’s Best for Your Dealership, Marc Johnson, market champion for equipment dealerships and distribution at Pinion offered advice on measuring what matters in an ag equipment dealership.
Consolidation among ag equipment dealers is an old and ongoing trend. But it has reached the point that leaders at large dealership groups now had very little in common with their counterparts at smaller ag equipment organizations.
It’s planting season, which means a lot of the technology we spotlight on this program is being used in the field as we speak. I paid a visit to Eagle, Wis., farmer Tyler Troiola who’s using John Deere See and Spray for the first time this growing season. He says it took his dealer about 2 solid weeks to install the system on his 2018 John Deere sprayer.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.