Thought of The Month - The Seed of Honesty

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.

Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you.”

The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED today – one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO.”

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed.

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Spotlight On – The Kubota BX25

OK, those huge Kubota tractor workhorses are marvellous machines and super-impressive. As you might expect, we love them to bits.

However, even we’ll admit that they might be a bit ‘out of scale’ for domestic situations – unless you REALLY want to impress (or maybe amuse) the neighbours!

That’s why we’re also so fond of the BX25 range.

If you’re not familiar with them, they’re the sub-compact model that’s earned itself a fantastic reputation since it was introduced back in 1999 (before I was born of course). They’re great for tasks as diverse as mowing the lawn to helping to lay a driveway.

In fact, the BX25D comes with a backhoe and front loader as standard.

You get some great power plants with them too.

The BX25D comes with 18- and 23-horsepower diesel engines, while the BX2670 packs a new 25.5-horsepower diesel engine under the bonnet.

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What does 2017 hold for Agricultural Machinery?

Well, 2017 is here and the pundits are busily forecasting this, that and the other – as they always do!

We were, as you might expect, particularly interested in the global forecasts for the sales of tractors. Some reports are estimating a growth in global sales of around 6.6% for tractors specifically and that’s attributable to technological advances in tractor design and their near unique capabilities to operate as ‘jacks of all trades’.

Apparently that demand is likely to be relatively ‘flat’ in the USA and Europe but far stronger in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes Australia.

Of course, forecasts are sometimes notoriously inaccurate.  Many commentators confine themselves to speaking about macro forecasts covering vast areas of the planet, such as Europe, whilst avoiding getting into too much detail for a given country or in our case, individual states.

From our own perspective, 2017 looks bright for the sales of Kubota tractors. The new models that came on-stream in 2016 are still generating a lot of interest and the enquiries have been a pleasure to deal with. Read more http://www.whitestractors.com.au/blog/322-what-does-2017-hold-for-agricultural-machinery.html