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Economic Indicators Can Help Small Equipment Dealers Track Sales Trends

From cashflow to ordering and managing inventory, intelligently forecasting equipment sales are critical for dealers’ financial planning. Unlike dealerships catering to production farming that can use commodity pricing as a signpost for industry trends, for those specializing in rural lifestyle markets economic indicators are not so clear cut.
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C&CE Dealers Looking for Another Solid Year in 2017

Nearly half (49%) of dealers who cater to the commercial and consumer-type equipment needs of hobby farmers, large property owners, turf, lawn and landscape contractors, as well as municipalities and parks maintenance customers expect solid revenue growth during 2017. This confident outlook comes on the heels of strong sales years in 2015 and 2016.
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January WASDE Viewed as a ‘Positive’ for Ag Equipment

In his annual message, John Deere’s Chairman, Sam Allen, described the company’s long-term prospects as “bullish,” but added, “We don’t mean to minimize the challenges we’re facing at the present time … there are signs that some of our key markets may be approaching a bottom, but we are not anticipating a turnaround in 2017.”
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Kanicki
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Little Drones & Big Data

The rollout of the Case IH and New Holland autonomous, or driverless, tractors at the Farm Progress Show in August sparked a whole range of reactions, from spirited conversations and conjecture, to skepticism and indifference.
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Dave Kanicki
To the Point

Little Drones & Big Data

The rollout of the Case IH and New Holland autonomous, or driverless, tractors at the Farm Progress Show in August sparked a whole range of reactions, from spirited conversations and conjecture, to skepticism and indifference.
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