It's Thanksgiving week here in the U.S. A big part of our focus this Thursday will be on food and one would hope we would take some time to express our gratitude for all we have.
Hello from a buried office desk. Haven't been in office much over the last 3 weeks, as I've been on the road in Minnesota and North Dakota and then at the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. Convention last week in Las Vegas, where I participated in a Q&A-type panel with dealers from Iowa and New York.
One of the reasons we ask dealers for comments when we conduct industry surveys is because they give the aggregated numbers of the survey some "color". Another way to say it is they add context to the compiled data
It looks like combines are in for a rough year. With the continuing slowdown in sales, you can't help but wonder what will happen with combine rolls that have become so popular over the past decade.
While strict EPA Tier 4 emission standards for small off-road diesel engines have been in effect since January 1, 2013, many customers for new small tractors have been buying “built ahead” Tier 3-compliant models — but the inventory of those machines is rapidly dwindling.
As of this writing, dairy prices are at record levels and livestock prices are rebounding, but grain prices are trading at 50-60% below their record levels of a few years ago. As a result, farmer income is now expected to be down 14% this year.
Last week I had a long telephone conversation with an equipment dealer I know pretty well. We discussed where the industry is these days and where's it's heading.
If you have any doubt about dealers value to their manufacturers, you should know that the independent research firm Morningstar rates the quality of dealer networks as one of three major characteristics that sets one manufacturer apart from their rivals.
After covering the John Deere and Case IH media events within the last two weeks, as well as one put on The Climate Corp. at the Farm Progress Show last week, I can't help but think what a revolution agriculture is going through.
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.
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