According to the 2025 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends report, dealers are most optimistic about their precision technology and equipment sales for 2025 in terms of improving unit sales.
Ag equipment dealer same-store sales were down in December on a dollars basis, according to data collected by DA Davidson. Other same-store data reports on units, whereas the DA Davidson data is based on sales, notes analyst Michael Shlisky.
According to the newest Sandhills Global market reports, auction values for used equipment, trucks and trailers in Sandhills' U.S. marketplaces were up overall in December auctions, reflecting a typical end-of-year trend.
On Jan. 18, a Thai government official announced a large deposit of lithium had been discovered in the country, billing it as the third-largest in the world.
Overall U.S. ag tractor unit sales gained in all but one segment. Total combine harvester sales in the U.S. are up, and in Canada, they were the biggest growth spot, as well.
With growing demand for detailed analysis and data on trends, influences and behaviors within the fast-changing farm equipment market, Lessiter Media has added Alex Zank for the newly-created position of Data Editor in its Ag Division.
USDA’s Economic Research Service is projecting 2016 net cash farm income will slip to $90.1 billion and net farm income to $66.9 billion, largely the result of declining animal and animal product receipts. Both measures are forecast to decline for the third consecutive year after reaching record highs in 2013 for net farm income and 2012 for net cash income.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we review the decline in farmer sentiment in April, which saw the Ag Economy Barometer and the Farm Capital Investment Index drop to their lowest levels since October 2024.
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