More than 44% of rural lifestyle dealers expect revenues to come in ahead of 2012 levels and only 10.2% forecast lower revenues.

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One characteristic that sets apart many rural lifestyle dealerships is the company culture and work ethic of the employees. Chris Frodel and Bryan Hanson, owners of Mid-State Equipment in Janesville, Wis., talk about the company culture at Mid-State. Customer service comes in as the top priority for the company.

Rural lifestylers who grow crops and produce for farmers markets may be a growing market opportunity for dealers.

Bill Grundy, with Avant Tecno, caught up with us earlier this year to talk about dealer opportunities with Avant Tecno and their line of compact loaders which are new to the US.

Rural Lifestyle Dealer is heading to Louisville for the 2011 GIE+Expo and you can follow our live updates from the showfloor on October 27th and 28th. These updates will be seen throughout the show

With box stores spreading like wildfire, many dealers are managing to overcome the mega-store onslaught, even benefiting from it.