A method of selling farm equipment manufactured by a plurality of differentshortlinemanufacturers to farmers includes forming a core owner group of members,wherein atleast a majority of members are shortline manufacturers. The core groupacquires a salesfacility where each member owns a private area and a portion of a common areaof thesales facility Each member then stocks the corresponding private area withmember farmequipment and member parts. A retail team located at the sales facility sellsfarmequipment and parts from the members to the farmers, and each member pays afee to theretail team for each sale of member farm equipment and member parts
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