I hope you enjoyed Cindy’s live webcast this morning from the AEM AgExecutive Forum in St. Louis. I’ve held off some posts from my location for that. She’s got recordings of Sec. Schafer’s speech and the panel discussion that followed on AGCONNECT 2010.
So, let’s get on with stories from the John Deere, Drive Green event. The Director of Tactical Marketing for John Deere is Larry Christenson, seen here being interviewed by Ron Hayes, Oklahoma Farm Report, during our day in the field with the new utility tractors.
I interviewed Larry after Ron and got an overview of what’s new from John Deere. As you’ll hear Larry say, it’s “The Year of The Utility Tractor.” He says they have about 2,400 dealers come here to participate in riding and driving their new equipment. He says this rural lifestyle customer is very important to their company and that’s why they’ve placed so much focus on it this year. When it comes to communicating with this market, he says their dealer network is a key component in their plan.
If you’d like, you can listen to my interview with Larry here: drive-green-08-christenson.mp3
You can also download it with this link: Larry Christenson Interview (mp3)