The ability of AI to truly unlock benefits for your business comes from figuring out how you can tap your many “filing cabinets” of unstructured data to provide fast, accurate and meaningful results. Unless you approach the idea of AI integration from a truly long-term strategic approach, you might be disappointed with the outcome.
"We’re all salespeople but having the composure to walk away and let the customer work at it and sometimes struggle with it a bit before you come back into the picture is very important."
Eric Schuler's role will focus on expanding Vi’s presence across the U.S. equipment dealership market, driving new partnerships, and helping dealers leverage AI-powered solutions to enhance service operations.
I often wish I could truly gauge the impact I have made in my lifetime, hoping that it was much more good than bad. Just as tossing a rock into a still pond can send ripples to the other side, many daily decisions send ripples through others' lives that we often do not see.
The editors of Farm Equipment magazine announced that the 2025 Dealership Minds Summit will be heading to Iowa City, Iowa., on July 29-30, 2025, for the 11th annual gathering of top farm equipment dealerships from around North America.
By adopting Vi, these dealerships are equipping their teams with instant access to critical equipment service information, including insights from work orders, technician’s notes, and OEM manuals.
“It’s a way to bring customers onto our service team and teach them what we know. They won’t grasp everything, but they’ll take some knowledge back to their own operation and it will give them confidence in what they’re doing.”
A Breakdown of the USDA Censuses of Agriculture from 2002-2022, examining how farmers are spending, what equipment they’re using and what crops they’re growing. This is a recommended tool for manufacturers and dealers to understand how the demographic of their customer base is set to change in the coming years, particularly when it comes to what they will buy and what they will grow.
The Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Farm Equipment Forecast has become the must-have business planning tool for the equipment dealer, manufacturer, consultant and other key players in the Ag equipment industry. Featuring data compiled from more than 100 North American dealer survey respondents, there is no comparable source of North American farm equipment industry data and analysis.
Based on surveys from more than 300 North American dealers, not only does the 2016 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends forecast report give you a "from the trenches" look at what dealers see for equipment sales in the year ahead, but it also identifies trends for individual product sales growth. In 48 pages, the report breaks out the dealers' 2016 outlook by country, by region, by the equipment brand and by the size of their dealership. Learn more.
We’re talking tech with Vanderloop Equipment CEO Robb Vanderloop today. The Wisconsin AGCO dealership has been ahead of the curve when it comes to expanding its precision portfolio.
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.