USDA reported that 75% of the U.S. corn crop was in "good" or "excellent" condition and that 71% of the U.S. soybean crop was in "good" or "excellent" condition.
AGCO reported net sales of approximately $2.8 billion for the second quarter of 2014, a decrease of approximately 9.8% compared to net sales for the second quarter of 2013.
In today's newscast we look at the results of UBS Investment Research's 34th Dealer Survey, an update on Western Canada's crop and sales outlook for 2014, how the rail car shortage is impacting farmers in the Upper Midwest and Titan International and Valmont Industries second quarter results.
Yesterday, USDA reported that both U.S. corn and soybean crops are progressing well and continue ahead of their 5-year average in terms of development. The condition of both crops remains strong with good potential to produce record setting yields.
Last week, while visiting a large farming operation in Michigan, I had the opportunity to ask the brothers who own and operate the 14,000-acre enterprise, if given the choice, what would they prefer, high crop prices or high crop yields?
Figures released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers on July 10 showed that, while large ag equipment sales declined again in June, inventory of these products on dealers’ lots continued to increase.
Strong overseas sales of farm machinery, engines and construction equipment helped Kubota Corp. increase its consolidated revenues by 24.6% for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.
A new research study that polled marketers in the agricultural vertical revealed that they continue to spend most of their budget on events and print advertising.
Doug Neufeld, CEO of PrairieLand Partners, a 9-store John Deere dealership in Kansas, takes a look at the trends he sees coming in the next 5 years in the farm machinery business. According to Neufeld, it will be all about boosting the productivity of the land in order to get the most out of the land with less inputs.
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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