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'Take care of your equipment so your equipment can take care of you' is a saying that particularly resonates with anyone who owns, or who has owned, a tractor of any size. If you're like Mike Morgan of Outdoors with the Morgans, and plan to operate your tractors this winter season, a little tractor TLC will go a long way in making sure your equipment is ready to handle the elements while getting the job done.

Now that winter’s here, you might be looking out your window right now and calculating the snowfall from last night. Does it look like the predictions were right? Well, whatever it was, chances are you’ll have to remove it. And when you have a Kubota machine and the proper snow removal attachment, you’ll get the job done in no time.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began earlier this year, many normal business practices have been upended and new ways of doing things have emerged. For many, this has led to working from home for the past several months.

The winter landscaping industry looks different for each landscape professional across the country. For some, there’s still grass to cut while others are parking their fleets in the garage until the snow melts. No matter what your winter season looks like, there are a few essential things landscape pros should and should not do to make the most of the season.

Save the date, January 14, 2021, for a virtual industry event, hosted by Kubota. Learn tips from turf industry experts to help you navigate into the year ahead with confidence, improve your online presence, increase your profits, find out what’s new in commercial turf equipment, and register for a chance to win prizes from Kubota and event partners.

This year has come with a set of unprecedented global challenges affecting every facet of our lives, personal and professional, in the turf industry and well beyond. As a manufacturer it is our duty to closely follow the changing needs of our dealers and most importantly, our customers.

There’s something to be said about tools that do multiple jobs. When it comes to tasks renovators often find themselves taking on, no single machine gets them all done better than a quality compact tractor.

We love hearing about new and interesting things on social media. We recently discovered a wonderfully unique Instagram account focused on highlighting all the fun of forage.

Farmers are always looking for ways to improve yields and increase profitability. Innovation is the key ingredient in the fields, day after day and year after year, whether your employing technological advancements, new operational practices or products, or all of those combined.

When Major League Fishing pro Matt Lee isn’t catching fish, you can find him moving dirt and clearing brush in a Kubota SVL75-2 Compact Track Loader.

Not all bales of hay are created equal. There is more to baling than simply running a baler over cut hay and spitting out a perfect bale. Many factors need to be considered before you can even think about breaking out the baler. Technology can also play a huge role in making perfect bales more often.

Martha Stewart recently shared her lawncare tips for getting her lawn picture-perfect using her easy-to-operate Kubota zero-turn mowers. Among the tips, the most surprising is recycling and reusing grass clippings.

At Kubota, we know what it takes to perform in the most demanding of places – the construction worksite – where the work gets steel-toed tough on the daily. This is where the Kubota’s RTV-X Series does its best work from hauling crews to concrete.

Landscape maintenance professionals have many factors to consider, each of which has unique challenges in terms of types of grass, whether they need to bag, mulch or side discharge, and the size of the property and its terrain. Kubota’s commercial line of mowers, like the Z700 series, are designed to work with all types of grasses with baggers that can collect grass in the wettest of conditions.

Conducting comprehensive equipment maintenance during the fall and winter months is a common practice in the commercial landscape world. However, many landscape professionals often fall short on essential maintenance routines during the summer when business is at its peak. Making sure equipment is running properly from day-to-day can be the difference between loses and profits.

At Kubota we constantly hear that hiring and retaining quality landscape talent is one of biggest challenges facing employers in the industry. The seasonal nature of the business is one of the biggest factors for loosing talent between seasons, and it also requires professionals who are comfortable working in outdoor environments, on equipment, and often for long hours.

For those who did not grow up on tractors, the idea of hopping on and operating one can be intimidating. Lucky for all the newbies out there, Kubota’s sub- and compact tractors are designed for intuitive use and are easy to learn.

Kubota, and especially Kubota dealers, work closely with independent landscapers, and we often hear of innovative ideas to keep business thriving during the slower, winter months. For landscape professionals, the winter months bring an inevitable slow down.