According to the 2025 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Report, the highest percentage of dealers — 45.6— expect their payroll expenses to go up 1-3% this year. Another 39.2% of dealers expect payroll expenses to be up 4-6%, Nearly 30% of dealers said they expect their payroll to be up 7% or more.
The February Dealer Sentiments report shows that dealers’ new equipment inventories remained elevated in January. A net 62% of dealers said their inventories were too high vs. a net 65% who said their inventories were too high the month before.
According to the latest numbers from the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers and analysis from JP Morgan, Inventory-to sales for combines decreased year-over-year to 1.6 months.
According to the latest Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions update, new equipment inventory levels remained elevated in December with a net 65% dealers reporting inventories too high vs. a net 78% reporting inventories too high the prior month.
According to farmdoc Daily from the University of Illinois, September corn stocks are shown relative to levels for the past 25 years. Stocks are growing but the rate of change is less than observed during rising stocks periods like 2005 and 2014.
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.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
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