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DataPoint: Equipment Purchase Plans in First Half of 2025

March 5, 2025

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According to the results of a Farm Futures survey, only 25% of farmers plan to make an equipment purchase in the first half of 2025. But, of those who plan to purchase equipment 40% of them plan to pay with cash. This is followed by 20% who plan to pay with a combination of a trade in, cash down payment and either bank or dealer financing. Another 20% say they would use a cash downpayment and bank or dealer financing. 


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Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt is the Executive Editor of Farm Equipment and the host of Ag Equipment Intelligence’s On The Record. An award-winning writer, she worked 7 years in business-to-business trade media before joining Lessiter Media in 2012. She is a journalism graduate of Marquette University.

Contact: kschmidt@lessitermedia.com