To The Point Strengthening the Next Link in the Chain by Farm Equipment

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we get a market update from Curt Blades, senior vice president of AEM. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman catches up with Paul Welbig, director of precision technology for New Holland, for a conversation about the latest outlook for autonomy in agriculture. Also in this episode, Tennessee dealer Tim Brannon sheds some light on how livestock customers are failing compared to their row-crop counterparts and the latest Ag Economy Barometer highlights how farmers may spend government payments.

In this episode, we are honoring the 2025 inductees into the Shortline Legends Hall of Fame. Farm Equipment Editor and Publisher Mike Lessiter and Executive Editor Kim Schmidt honored this year’s class in front of their peers during the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn.’s Fall Convention in Las Vegas.

Blog update … With changes in regulation and incentive, we’re finally starting to put out the fire

on the cash-burning EVs.

What others often forget is that another is rising up to the challenge because they’re watching you. Most of us behave because we learned from someone ahead of us. That’s how life’s greatest lessons get passed down.

In this episode, Executive Editor Kim Schmidt sat down with Brian McGuire, president and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors, who had just returned from AED’s Policy Conference in Washington D.C.

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk with NAEDA Director of Dealer Development Tom Healy about some of the dealer-manufacturer relations issues the association has tackled this year.

The creation of an environmental agenda P&L -- that recognizes the big picture rather than obsessions on any one piece -- can keep foolhardy notions grounded where they belong.

In this episode, Executive Editor Kim Schmid sits down with Brett Davis CEO of the North American Equipment Dealers Assn. Brett’s been in the role of CEO since July, and just 3 months into the job is already busy meeting with dealers, manufacturers, other associations and other service providers who work closely with dealers, like finance and software companies. In our conversation, we cover what these first few months have been like, what he hopes to accomplish as CEO and the challenges he anticipates dealers will face in the evolving ag economy.

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take a look at some of the details in a lawsuit between Hutson Inc. and its former CEO, Josh Waggener.