Let's put it this way...who's not attending! True industry leaders ” big and small” will be at this event and so should you. We guarantee that you will have the opportunity to meet and network with the best and the brightest minds in the industry.

James Day, Turf Teq's general manager, outlines the company's new branding as well as its new landscaping equipment at the 2014 GIE+Expo.

Toro Marketing Manager Tanner Erickson introduces the new TimeCutter SW Series zero-turn tractors at October's GIE+Expo.

Ben Housch, Business Development Manager with Yanmar America discusses its commitment to a network of dealers serving communities where they live, work and play.

Mike Hedge, President/CEO of Birkey's Farm Stores, Champaign, Ill. (2007 Dealership of the Year), has often been referred to by his now-retired predecessor (Ron Birkey) as the "best financial mind in the farm equipment dealer industry." After prior experience in public accounting at a large multinational hotel chain, Hedge (a CPA) joined the dealer group as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 1992. In January 2013, he was named president/CEO following a planned succession process.

A full set of Rural Lifestyle Dealer staff reporters hit the GIE+Expo in Louisville, Ky., October 22-24, 2014. They shot video, "tweeted" and "facebooked" along the way. Here is just a sampling of some of the news and products they found.

Shindaiwa expanded its line of shafted hedge trimmers with the introduction of the FH235.

Rural Lifestyle Dealer is heading to Louisville for the 2014 GIE+Expo and you can follow our live updates from the showfloor.

Earlier in the year, ECHO Incorporated and Kubota Tractor Corporation joined forces to create a U.S. Dealer Alliance aimed at growing their combined sales with the commercial turf and consumer lawn/garden markets. The alliance makes ECHO, Shindaiwa and ECHO Bear Cat the preferred brands of handheld outdoor power equipment within the Kubota dealer network.

Hustler Turf hosted an exciting event in Orlando, Florida to mark the anniversary.