In the instantaneous industry of equipment sales, the mindset of “I’ll just respond to that tractor inquiry after lunch” lies in the same outdated realm as phonebooks and Blockbuster video stores. Yet with so many online inventories, websites and campaigns to keep track of, dealers are often left chasing their tails on how to reel in — and retain — online leads.
In this podcast, we report on the leadership change at Buhler Industries and provide a look at some of the damage caused by Hurricane Florence in North and South Carolina. In this week's Technology Corner segment, Jack Zemlicka takes a look at Redline Equipment's test plot in Gas City, Ind. Other topics include worldwide tractor sales for the first 8 months of the year, preliminary results to Ag Equipment Intelligence's 2019 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends survey and the competition in the combine market.
Very little has changed in the past week in terms of the overall condition of the corn and soybean crops with about 9% of the corn crop and 6% of soybeans harvested as of September 16.
Agrievolution data shows that in 2017 more than 2.1 million new tractors moved around the world. This is a 13% increase over the previous year and an 11% increase over 2015.
Steel and aluminum prices will most certainly result in an increase in all farm equipment prices next year but our agricultural economy has been able to overcome those increases in the past and will most likely do so in the future.
Today, the ag agency reported that 5% of the corn crop has been harvested, the same as a year ago for this date, and up slightly from the 3% 5 year average. Nearly all of harvest so far has taken place in four states: Texas (63%), North Carolina (43%), Kentucky (24%) and Tennessee (23%). A few of the bigger corn producing states have started harvesting (Illinois: 4%, Missouri: 12%), but overall little or no harvesting has taken place in Iowa, the largest producer of corn.
In this podcast, we examine how farmers are responding to $12 billion aid package introduced by the Trump Administration and Smart Ag's new autonomous technology aftermarket kit. We also cover Titan Machinery's solid second quarter gains, results from Farm Equipment's first ever Marketing Expenditures survey and what new Case IH Vice President of North America Scott Harris sees as priorities for the company, and it's customers.
For the first time in three years, the gap between Ag equipment dealers' and manufacturers' opinions on equipment inventory levels has significantly narrowed.
U.S. corn and soybean crops are maintaining their faster-than-typical maturity rates while the condition of corn acres declined somewhat and soybeans held their own, according to USDA’s Sept. 2 Crop Conditions report.
Greg Petras, president of Kuhn North America, says despite the current market challenges the company is continuing to invest in its facilities, people and products.
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