North American dealers don’t expect a significant improvement in their revenues from the sale of compact tractors in the next year, according to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s 2012 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends survey.

Overall, 28.2% of the dealers sur- veyed in early September project- ed their sales of tractors below 40 horsepower would improve in the year ahead. This compares with nearly the same number of dealers — 27.8% — who projected revenue growth…