It's a sweet business model at this time, but this will change.
With grain movement, pricing, attitudes etc have forced farmers to move out side of their traditional trading areas.
For example no CWB, and grain movement to USA facilities, etc
If farmers are phoneing, and dropping off samples you can bet they are pricing chem and fert as well.
When the CDN dollar was par or at a premium to USA many shopped the USA side for equipment and personal items.
We are being conditioned, like it or not to globalization.
Many "local" suppliers:
- do you want us here
- does the competition support community events
- service, which during prime time seeding desire to maintain banker hours. Limited Saturday no Sunday.
- agronomist support
- etc, etc
Farms are larger, the purchases are larger, dealers and chem companies encourage pre buys, smarter more knowledgable wider networked farmer will be ever doing a better job in this area, smart phones, Internet, Twitter, etc. Many dealers offer delivery as well, so distance is really a non issue. Huts are good at this in all areas.
Bulk seed, generics, totes, more and more common.
Many are working and calculating the business returns on a percentage of sales, perhaps a return on investment and wages is better?
Books could be written on these topics just a few comments
With grain movement, pricing, attitudes etc have forced farmers to move out side of their traditional trading areas.
For example no CWB, and grain movement to USA facilities, etc
If farmers are phoneing, and dropping off samples you can bet they are pricing chem and fert as well.
When the CDN dollar was par or at a premium to USA many shopped the USA side for equipment and personal items.
We are being conditioned, like it or not to globalization.
Many "local" suppliers:
- do you want us here
- does the competition support community events
- service, which during prime time seeding desire to maintain banker hours. Limited Saturday no Sunday.
- agronomist support
- etc, etc
Farms are larger, the purchases are larger, dealers and chem companies encourage pre buys, smarter more knowledgable wider networked farmer will be ever doing a better job in this area, smart phones, Internet, Twitter, etc. Many dealers offer delivery as well, so distance is really a non issue. Huts are good at this in all areas.
Bulk seed, generics, totes, more and more common.
Many are working and calculating the business returns on a percentage of sales, perhaps a return on investment and wages is better?
Books could be written on these topics just a few comments
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