Jay Armstrong just broke a 50-year family tradition at his Kansas farm: He bought his first major piece of equipment that's not a John Deere brand. The Italian-made corn harvesting combine attachmentrnArmstrong ordered from Dragotec USA will arrive in May. The same $59,000 part from Deere wouldn't have been delivered until August. "I used to be blind to all colors but [Deere's] green and yellow," he says. "My color blindness is now gone."rnIn recent years, Deere has been focusing on becoming a build-to-order company. That bolstered prices and profit because keeping smaller stockpiles on hand reduces the amount of materials and working capital a company needs.
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