The RoundUp Newsletter | 4-19-2024

4-19-2024 | Biweekly eNewsletter

Four Equipment Dealer Associations Board of Directors Vote to form a new – North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA)

The joint boards of the Equipment Dealers Association (EDA), the Midwest-South Eastern Equipment Dealers Association (MSEDA), the United Equipment Dealers Association (UEDA) and the Western Equipment Dealers Association (WEDA) have voted to move forward with a proposal that would consolidate the four associations. This action is the first step towards consolidating which requires a vote by dealer members of each association, which should be completed in spring 2022.

5 Regional Dealer Associations Recommend Opposing Proposed EDA Merger

The Boards of Directors of half of the equipment dealers associations in North America believe this is a fundamentally flawed concept that will diminish the ability of EDA to carry out its primary mission, which is to address our industry’s National concerns.

“It is important to their organization to have a strong national voice for dealers,” said Mark Hennessy, president and CEO of the Iowa-Nebraska Dealers Association (INEDA). “However, at this point INEDA wants to see how the consolidation plays out.”

Non-Deere Dealers to Lose AgriSync in 2022 Following Deere's Acquisition of Company

Deere & Co. announced the acquisition of AgriSync, the customer service platform for agriculture equipment dealers, on Dec. 1.

Finding Employees Continues to Challenge Ag Equipment Dealers

Even after $300 extra federal unemployment checks came to an end nationally Sept. 6, job applicants—qualified or just barely breathing — didn’t come pouring through employers’ doors. On farms, at the manufacturing plants and in farm equipment dealerships, workers are scarce despite signing bonuses, higher starting wages and additional benefits.

2021 Was a Year Unlike Any Other for Farm Machinery

Because of COVID and a perfect storm of other factors including a release of pent-up demand for replacement machinery that started a year ago intersecting with a massive shortage of manufacturing components, agriculture suffered through one of its most severe shortages of machinery since World War II.

Agriculture Waits for Big Decisions on Supreme Court Cases

The first week of the new year could be a big one for several agricultural groups and stakeholders. The Supreme Court will likely hear several high-stakes cases that could affect America's farmers and ranchers.

Albaugh to Acquire Rotam for $197 Million

Albaugh, LLC of Ankeny, Iowa ("Albaugh") and Rotam AgroSciences Limited ("Rotam"), a company headquartered in Hong Kong and publicly listed on the Taiwan stock exchange, announce that they have entered into an agreement under which Albaugh will acquire all outstanding shares in Rotam through a merger between the holding company of Rotam and an entity in the Albaugh group of companies.

Ohio State, U Of Illinois Economists Issue Report Examining Interest Rates and Inflation

The farmdoc daily article of December 20, 2021 posits that the US Federal debt is not likely to have a major impact on Federal policy and spending unless Federal outlays for interest substantially increase as a share of all Federal outlays.

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