Providing reliable service is a source of pride for dealers, but recouping a reasonable return on their time remains a challenge. Because of this, developing more recurring streams of revenue remains a priority for dealers to strengthen customer relationships and create additional equipment sales.
As ag businesses grow, territories get larger and customers have more demands, the ability to be physically present for customers becomes increasingly difficult.
As you may be aware, the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and associated ag-specific software programs have made aerial imaging of farms more useful and accessible than ever before.
Farming is complex enough. When it comes to your customers running precision management strategies that are tailored to address variability among their field, things can get downright chaotic.
As the 2018 Precision Farming Dealer Benchmark Study reports, dealerships are becoming less dependent on hardware sales and turning more to service-related revenue streams — including agronomy and data management — at considerable year-over-year rates. Respondents from the study appear to have taken notice, as nearly half require internal agronomic training for precision specialists (more than double from 2016).
This week, we’re catching up with the precision team at Eis Implement, a John Deere dealer in Two Rivers, Wis. The leaders of the department give us the inside scoop on what it takes for a precision team to be successful at a single store dealership.
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.