Theft Alert
Be aware! We have received word of a rash of thefts involving precision farming equipment where monitors are being taken right out of new equipment while on the dealership’s lot. The thief is using a key to open up all of the combines and tractors, since a common key is used for most of this equipment. Don’t make it easy for a criminal to do this at your dealership.
- Make it difficult for the thief to get to the equipment by using physical devices, like fencing, around the perimeter of the dealership.
- Increase the risk for a thief to be caught by using security lighting, cameras and alarms.
- Aid in the recovery of items through equipment identification.
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Noteboom Implement to Join C&B Operations – The Globe
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Exmark Named State’s Top Manufacturer for 2017 – Lincoln Journal Star
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Latest Ag Equipment Sales Data Indicates 'Cautious Optimism' for Industry Growth – AEM
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Despite the tough farm economy, agricultural lenders are in good shape, according to officials with the Farm Credit Administration. [More]
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A blockbuster deal between Bayer and Monsanto appears to be moving ahead. Last week the US Department of Justice approved the German pharmaceutical and chemical group's bid to buy the US seed giant for more than $60 billion. Bayer agreed to sell off additional assets to alleviate anti-trust concerns. [More]
States: Online Sellers Should Collect Sales Tax Nationwide – Omaha World-Herald
Sales tax: $0. Online shoppers have gotten used to seeing that line on checkout screens before they click "purchase." But a case before the Supreme Court could change that. At issue is a rule stemming from a pair of decades-old Supreme Court cases: If a business is shipping to a state where it doesn't have an office, warehouse or other physical presence, it doesn't have to collect the state's sales tax. [More]
