The cost reduction steps will begin in late 2015 and reflect recent, current and expected market conditions. For 2015, the company’s sales and revenues outlook has weakened, with 2015 sales and revenues now expected to be about $48 billion, or $1 billion lower than the previous outlook of about $49 billion.
Exports of U.S.-made agricultural equipment dropped 16% for the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014, for a total $4 billion shipped to global markets.
Charles Baron, co-founder of Farmers Business Network, gives an overview of the precision-data sharing company and how it aggregates and analyzes collected farm information to offer users and their trusted advisors specific insight into yield information and equipment performance.
Lower farm commodity prices aren’t the only thing that determines whether or not North American farmers will increase equipment spending during the remainder of 2015 and into next year.
Net farm income is forecast to decline for the second consecutive year, after reaching recent historic highs in 2013. NFI is expected to fall nearly $33 billion (36%) from 2014’s estimate to $58.3 billion in 2015. The 2015 forecast would be the lowest since 2010, and $29.1 billion below the 10-year average.
For the second quarter of fiscal 2016, Titan Machinery saw revenue of $334.2 million, compared to $451.0 million in the second quarter of last year. Equipment sales also declined at $221.0 million compared to $320.1 million at the same time last year.
According to Curt Kleoppel, President of Equipment Dealer Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of WEDA, the combined gross profit margin percentage increased from a year ago and the net worth of the companies showed a slight increase, as well.
During the dealer-to-dealer panel on the "Anatomy of a Transition" at the 2015 Dealership Minds Summit, three inter-generational family pairs discussed the experience of succession from their senior and successor sides.
While net farm income or net cash income is the deciding factor in farmers’ level of investment in capital goods, like ag equipment, crop and/or cash (includes livestock) receipts have proven to be the best ongoing indicator of farmers’ income, and thus future tractor sales.
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.
Since 1980, A&I Products has become a leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of aftermarket replacement parts for the agricultural, turf, and industrial equipment markets. A&I Products' experience and expertise has greatly contributed to the company's reputation as a top supplier of quality, reasonably priced parts. Founded with roots as a small machine shop and repair facility, the company made the transition by manufacturing new parts to replace those that were identified as commonly needing repair. Throughout the 1980s, the company quickly garnered a reputation for offering quality parts at a reasonable price.
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