For 2024, total U.S. cropland acreage reported in the USDA, Economic Research Service’s Major Land Uses data series was 328 million acres, down by 6 million acres from the 2023 estimated acreage.
Dealers have been reporting their used equipment inventories as too high for over a year, but the latest market report from TractorHouse suggests some improvement.
Let’s head south to the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association convention, which took place in Fort Myers, Fla. We caught up with Mach CEO Colin Hurd after his technology council presentation.
PTI Farm’s 2024 High Speed Planting Corn Study is out, and the results show that a high-speed planting system increases a farmer’s likelihood of hitting their target planting window and seeing higher yields each year.
Same-store tractor dealer revenues were flat year-over-year in March, following at least 11 consecutive months of year-over-year declines, according to the latest report from Constellation Dealer Insights.
Representatives from over 30 dealers and members of the North American Equipment Dealers Association ascended on Capitol Hill this week for NAEDA’s Legislative Fly-In. The group met with around 25 legislators, to discuss the need for the Farm Bill to be updated, tariffs, the death tax, section 179 taxes section 199 A taxes and right to repair.
The tariff situation directly hits everyone at the FEMA Supply Summit. Even the few that are doing all U.S. business and with U.S. components will soon feel the impact of the steel tariffs. Most OEMs in attendance are sourcing key components or materials throughout the globe.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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