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Midwest Farm Lending Up, But Not Much for Equipment

Loan volumes for almost all farming purposes rose at commercial banks, as many producers contended with tighter profit margins, according to the April 2015 edition of the Agricultural Finance Databook from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Agricultural lending continued to grow in the first quarter of 2015, but the smallest percentage of overall loans were for farm machinery and equipment, which showed little or no increase vs. a year ago.
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U.S. Tractor Sales 'Normalized' in 2014

A little over a year ago, Jim Tibbles, executive vice president of Osmundson Mfg., a manufacturer of tillage tools in Perry, Iowa, told us that he believed softening ag equipment sales in 2014 would represent a return to normal levels rather than a falloff.
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On The Record

Dealers to Slow Facility Expansion in 2015

In today’s newscast we look at results from Ag Equipment Intelligence’s “2015 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends” survey, September unit retail sales from the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers, irrigation’s strong earnings, USDA’s weekly crop progress report and how precision technology will help increase farm equipment speed in the future.
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On The Record

Dealers Gear Up for Slowdown

In today's newscast we look at results from Ag Equipment Intelligence's 2015 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends survey, USDA's forecast for rising livestock and dairy cash receipts, the impact this year's large harvest is having on U.S. transportation systems and infrastructure and the evolution of smarter tires in agriculture.
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Ag Equipment Intelligence

Firm Dollar Doesn't Help U.S. Ag Outlook

If falling grain prices weren't enough for U.S. agriculture to contend with, a strong dollar could further stunt any hope for growth in the year ahead for American farmers and equipment manufacturers.
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Ag Equipment Intelligence

LS Mtron Making Waves in Compact Tractor Market

With new factories and OEM supply contracts underpinning its growth, South Korea's LS Mtron continues to make waves in the compact and utility tractor market.
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