Top concerns among producers continue to be high input costs and rising interest rates.

This month's equipment value guide highlights high-clearance sprayers from Case IH, Hagie, John Deere, Miller, New Holland and RoGator. All of the sprayers included in the selection are model year 2021 units and appeared in the Summer 2023 IronGuides Issue. For more detailed values use IronGuides.com, an online appraisal tool for agricultural equipment that adjusts for your machine’s unique region, options and usage.

From the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence & Cleveland Research Co.

Among poll respondents, 31.25% said vertical tillage saw the largest increase. That was followed by cover crops and organic farming, each with 25%.

Overall unit sales of U.S. combines climbed 10.6% compared to July 2022, while sales of tractors declined 5.2% in the same month in 2022, driven largely by softness in the smaller horsepower segment.