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Dealer Optimism Index Falls

By Dave Kanicki posted on July 10, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
The Ag Equipment Intelligence-Cleveland Research Co. (AEI-CRC) Dealer Optimism Index, a measure of sentiment among North American dealers compared to the prior month, declined to a net 9% of dealers reporting they have a less optimistic outlook now vs. a net 5% reporting more optimism last month.
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Agricultural Input Markets Differ in Research Intensity

July 6, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
Agricultural productivity growth depends on continued investments in research and development (R&D) by the private sector as well as by public institutions. Among agricultural input industries, research intensity, or research spending as a percentage of market sales, varies widely. For example, in 2009, the farm machinery sector invested only about 4% of sales in R&D.
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Vertical Tillage is Not No-Till

June 16, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
Iowa conservationists with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are disturbed by the number of row-crop farmers using vertical tillage tools. Vertical tillage often leaves the soil covered with crop residue, but it is not the same as true no-till.
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Don't Become a Statistic

June 14, 2012 | Posted in Data & Forecasts
Source: Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf, Contributing Writer
Let's talk about the weather, bad weather. Last year, the U.S. had a record 14 weather and climate disasters that each caused at least $1 billion in damages. Now, let's talk business, closed businesses. More than 43% of businesses won't reopen their doors after a disaster, according to Scott Owens, managing director of BluTinuity LLC, a disaster planning and management consulting company. And, for those that open, 29% will fail within two years, he says.
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