Eric McCready, turf sales manager for AgriVision (Formerly A&M Green Power Group), and Jeremy Ostrander, general manager, share how they develop their dealership’s budget and annual goals as well as how they communicate those to the team and track progress.

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

• Videos from the 2014 Dealership of the Year series with Armstrong Implements
• Videos from the Zimmerer Kubota Season-to-Season series

Rural Lifestyle Dealer's new series, "Season-to-Season," digs into the seasonal challenges and opportunities dealerships face in a typical year.

Rural Lifestyle Dealer’s managing editor, Lynn Woolf, recently addressed the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce’s agri-business committee and shared key statistics from the magazine’s 2013 Dealer Business Trends & Outlook survey.

Rural Lifestyle Dealer, the leading media connection to the rural dealer market, is proud to announce the launch of its first-ever digital edition. In addition to receiving the glossy, full-color print publication, thousands of key decision makers in the rural equipment market will also receive this digital complement to the spring issue.

That's a hypothetical question a manufacturer posed to dealers during a recent conversation. His point: Many dealerships' 8 a.m.-5 p.m. business hours don't work for people with jobs. That means they will drive by your dealership with its "closed"? sign straight to a major retailer, one with lights blazing and cash registers beeping.

Rural Lifestyle Dealer to Give Away an iTunes Gift Card