The condition of this year’s soybean crop was downgraded by 2 percentage points, while no change was registered for the corn crop as of Oct. 14, 2018, according to the latest Crop Progress report from USDA.
It looks like farmers in the Corn Belt are finally able to get into their fields and get some seeds in the ground, but current progress is lagging both last year on this date, as well as the 5 year average. But they’re starting to catch up.
Generally, North American farm equipment dealers remain positive about their prospects for improving sales in the year ahead, according to the most recent results from the monthly Ag Equipment Intelligence Dealer Sentiments & Business Conditions Update survey.
Joel Turrubiates, integrated solutions manager for Kern Machinery in Bakersfield, Calif., gives a brief overview of how precision ag differs between southern California and the Corn Belt. The 54-part 2016 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds video series is sponsored by Charter Software.
While many farm equipment dealers believe that loyalty to specific equipment brands of ag machinery has diminished over the years, replaced by demanding, price shopping farm operators, thats not what a majority of the farmers surveyed by Farm Equipment magazine say.
Meteorologists look into the future every day. While this afternoon's weather is usually an easy call to make, things get a little dodgier with a 10-day forecast, much less the 10-year forecast.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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