As we head into 2025, the agricultural equipment market stands at a crossroads shaped by potential declines in interest rates and slight increases in commodity prices, particularly for corn and wheat.
As we look toward 2025, the agricultural equipment market stands at a crossroads shaped by potential declines in interest rates and slight increases in commodity prices, particularly for corn and wheat.
As a follow up to my last column, “The Pillars of Used Equipment Management,” this month I cover the washout cycle, evaluation processes, used equipment pricing and margin expectations.
Combines are the last to the party and the first to leave — every time. When new equipment started to get tight and used equipment was selling at a record pace and price, combines lagged in the rear.
Few things are guaranteed, but many things are taken for granted. My career in the equipment business has been filled with guarantees that are dressed-up things taken for granted.
To me, Dr. Weber is one of the most influential philosophers in the ag equipment business. Every month, I would skip to Farm Equipment’s last page, read his column first and then return to page 1.
Let me start by saying the COVID supply chain disruption was an absolute gift from the equipment gods because it helped clear out old used equipment. I am sure my statement will shock and astound everyone reading this. The perception that less equipment was sold during 2021-2023 is wrong.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
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