“Marshall Machinery is committed to delivering total customer satisfaction. They recently expanded into a 25,000-square-foot facility and added a third dealership location in Pennsylvania. Marshall Machinery continues to enhance its capabilities and provide the superior machinery, parts, and service that their customers have relied on. We are pleased to have them join our growing dealer network and look forward to a successful partnership,”

says Jack Fendrick, COO and Vice President of Kobelco USA.

Kobelco has long been recognized for its world-class line of excavators. In order to continuously improve its singular product line, the team of Kobelco engineers and field experts dedicate substantial time and effort to the research and development of today’s leading technologies and machinery. Kobelco ensures the delivery of excavators that can withstand the day-to-day rigors of demanding job sites while providing operators with all the production and comfort features required for a profitable day’s work.

The staff of Marshall Machinery will be working closely with Kobelco to gain the sales and product support training to deliver on the Kobelco promise of customer satisfaction. Marshall Machinery will provide sales and service support for Kobelco excavators from their three Pennsylvania locations in Honesdale, South Abington Township, and Tannersville.

Marshall Machinery is a locally owned and operated heavy equipment dealership dedicated to serving the agriculture and construction industries. Their team is committed to delivering high-quality products, innovative solutions, and exceptional customer service.

Kobelco offers industry-leading crawler excavators in the 3,000 lb. to 185,000 lb. classes including zero tail swing, compact, standard, long reach, high and wide undercarriages, mass excavation, auto recycling, and demolition models. Well-known as the excavator authority, Kobelco is committed to producing quality machines with advanced productivity-boosting features and innovative technologies. With premier capabilities such as no time limit power boost and exclusive independent travel, Kobelco machines ensure superior performance and efficiency for the toughest worksite challenges.

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While shooting this series, we met some incredible people in widely-differing jobs. Each one told us about the integral role trade plays in his or her job.

Clarissa Cauthorn is a seed salesperson for Beck Hybrids based in Audrain County. She told us, “If we don’t have trade, farmers don’t have money. … If farmers don’t have the capability to purchase a product, I’m out of a job. I’ll have to find a new job in a different industry.”

Eric Woodward manages a John Deere dealership in Marshall named Ag-Power, Inc. He said that fluctuations in trade have had a big impact on the local economy, beyond even tractor sales. According to Eric, if trade markets took a turn for the worse, “we would we would see customers shutting down all their purchasing decisions. That’s going to have a massive ripple effect … it’s going to affect the grocery stores, the clothing companies, anybody that’s in a retail business. Those folks are holding up their decisions for a reason, and that’s because they don’t know where this is going.”

We caught up with Steven Douglas, a tugboat captain and pilot on the Missouri River, as he was cruising past Boonville and McBaine. He told us how past trade disruptions affected his industry. “In the early ‘80s after the Carter grain embargo, a lot of boats were idled,” he said. “A lot of people had to go do lesser jobs and go to factories and go to truck drive and leave the industry. … when I started on the river (in 1989), all those stories were still fresh in everybody’s mind. … A lot of boats stayed idled for years.”

The downstream impacts of trade are broad. Missouri exports $4 billion of agriculture products annually, supporting over 32,400 jobs in our state. Trade remains one of our economy’s best growth opportunities as well. Our farmers have the capacity to serve the rising middle class in nations like China and India, plus begin to reach growing markets in sub-Saharan Africa.

Trade is crucial to the entire nation. President Trump recently announced a preliminary agriculturally-focused trade agreement with China that could be a boon for American farmers. He also is expected to deliver a massive new free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada to Congress for consideration in the coming weeks. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, or USMCA, would modernize the countries prior trade agreements. It would also further open markets for American products to Mexico and Canada.

A final vote may not occur until after the new year, and the ongoing saga of impeachment could derail even the best-laid plans. However, Missouri’s Congressional delegation has expressed almost unanimous support for USMCA. Once the vote is called, we anticipate our elected representatives will stand with the tens of thousands of Missourians who are Paid by Trade.

Source: Missouri Farm Bureau

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