Like farm equipment dealerships, nearly every segment of agriculture in the U.S. is being transformed by a consolidation of its participants, from farmers to ag equipment makers and input producers.
Net cash farm income (NCFI) and net farm income (NFI) are two common measures of farm sector profitability. NCFI includes cash receipts and farm program government payments less cash expenses; it represents the net cash income available to farmers in a given year.
When Deere & Co. announced its first-quarter 2016 earnings last Friday (Feb. 19), it reported that its worldwide equipment sales declined 15% compared to the same period of 2015. The company also said that it expects fiscal year 2016 sales to be down 10% year-over-year vs. down 7% in its previous forecast. For the U.S. and Canada, the company says it anticipates retail sales to be down 15-20%, with large ag retail sales down by as much as 25-30%.
It should come as no surprise, but in its Feb. 9 Farm Sector Income & Finance report, USDA is again projecting that net farm income for U.S. farmers will decline for the third year in a row.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take a look at CNH Industrial’s goals for growing its precision business by 2030.
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