Success is never simple. The ability to overcome adversity, adapt to change and innovate out of necessity are cornerstones of every dealership recognized by Precision Farming Dealer’s Most Valuable Dealership program.

In today’s Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share excerpts from my conversation with Jon Eis, COO and Eric Hagenow, precision farming specialist with Eis Implement, covering the origins and expansion of the precision team.

In today’s Precision Farming Dealer podcast we share excerpts from our recent visit to the 2019 National Farm Machinery Show where we invited companies to offer a perspective on how and when blockchain will emerge in ag.

The precision farming business is aggressively focused on the future — whether its product development and deployment, analytical application of collected field data or conceptual brainstorming of the next breakthrough.

As a precision farming business grows, equipment dealerships may decide to make this area an independent revenue stream. This is the approach Swiderski Equipment and precision farming manager John Cooper took with its precision business, seeing revenue triple to close to $1.5 million during the last 5 years.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Farmers Edge, we welcome Jim Straeter, owner of New Holland Rochester, a 7-location dealership group based in Rochester, Ind., to share his experience and advice for creating a successful standalone precision farming business.

Until recently, I’d never lived close enough to a Wal-Mart to warrant making regular trips to the consumer giant. There were always enough other local outlets where I could piece together commercial needs or wants. 

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Farmers Edge, we welcome Adam Gittins, general manager of HTS Ag in Harlan, Iowa, to share his experience developing, implementing and selling precision service packages along with some valuable lessons learned along the way.

Heading into 2014, where are your greatest opportunities to grow the dealership’s precision farming business and what are the biggest barriers to increasing profitability?