Bobcat Brings Backhoe Loader to U.S.
Bobcat is bringing a 96-horsepower backhoe loader into the North American market to complement the company’s current offerings. We’ve been producing this machine for some time for markets outside of North America,” says Mike Fitzgerald, marketing manager. The machine is built in an offshore Doosan Bobcat factory for those markets. “We want to expand our product diversity within construction, says Ryan Saunders, senior marketing specialist. “We are strategic about the size…we’re launching. We feel there’s an opportunity in a particular segment of backhoe users.” “There are certain markets, certain customers that like the versatility of the loader backhoe,” Fitzgerald says…. Read More »
Cropx And CNH Announce Digital Connection For Sustainable Precision Farming
CropX Ltd., a global leader in digital agriculture solutions, and CNH Industrial N.V (NYSE: CNH), a leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery and technology, announce a new application programming interface (API) connection between the CropX agronomic farm management system and Case IH and New Holland Agriculture equipment. This integration automates the transfer of data from CNH machinery to CropX for data visualization, record-keeping, planning, and variable-rate applications. The digital integration between CNH and CropX will enable data collected by CASE IH and New Holland machines to be displayed and used within the CropX agronomic farm management system for improved precision and… Read More »
Career Exploration Event at Nebraska Ag Expo
Nebraska Field Notes
Advocacy Thank you for all of your efforts this year with the 2024 session! LB 1308 would have reinstated the tax on ag repair and replacement parts in Nebraska. However, due to the work of members and staff and the support of key Senators, that bill was not included in the final version that was debated on the floor of the Legislature. The omnibus tax bill that was debated was ultimately pulled from the agenda due to lack of support. While the Legislature adjourned without passage of Governor Jim Pillen’s Property Tax Shift Plan, there is more work to do…. Read More »
Iowa Field Notes: My #1 Concern as I Visit Dealers — Inventory
In my travels over the past few months there is a common theme among dealers—they have too much inventory. Over the past three plus years, dealers have gone from inventory shortages to surpluses of inventory. Dealers have had orders placed with manufacturers for two years that have not been fulfilled until now. That means that the orders placed for equipment two years ago, a year ago, and the current years worth of orders have all been arriving on dealers lots all at once. It seems that the manufacturers were finally able to get the components they have been waiting on… Read More »