The Equipment Dealers Association (EDA) is pleased to announce the election of two new directors and the re-election of one current director to its Board of Directors. Each director will serve a three year term that begins October 1, 2021 and will attend the next Board of Directors meeting this October in Dallas, TX.

The Pioneer Equipment Dealers Assn. was formed by a merger of the North Dakota Implement Dealers Assn. (NDIDA) and the Minnesota-South Dakota Equipment Dealers Assn. (MSDEDA).

On Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, Judge Daniel Hovland, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, granted the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers’ request for Preliminary Injunctive relief, which restricts the application of SB 2289 until the case can be fully litigated.

Since the start of 2017, farm equipment dealers’ level of optimism has varied by as much as 10-11% from one month to the next.

Over the past 5 years there has been nothing steady when it comes to the business levels for dealers selling outdoor power equipment (OPE). They’ve witnessed a swing in annual revenues of 31% on average between 2012-16 ($3.32 million vs. $4.34 million). But this wasn’t the worst of it. Between 2013-15 alone, total revenues, on average, fluctuated by more than half ($2.85 million vs. $4.34 million).

Mike Kelly, owner of Kelly Tractor & Equipment, talks about the dealership's choice to move away from print media and toward TV advertising.

Farmers aren't the only ones looking at the skies and wondering about the lack of moisture. Farm equipment dealers also feel the impact that dry conditions can have on agricultural production.