Fewer than one-third of equipment dealers expect they’ll get all their pre-ordered planters in time for spring use. More than 70% expect some portion of their orders will fail to arrive, with 27% saying as many as 30% of planter orders won’t get delivered in time for farmers’ use.
In this most unusual year of high farm incomes, rising inputs and a scarce supply of nearly everything, Farm Equipment and Ag Equipment Intelligence (AEI) conducted a 48-hour survey from November 15-17 on the year-end situation.
The “Year-End Tax Decision-Making Survey” asked farmers how their year-end tax-plans will be different for the final 6 weeks of 2021.
For everyone making a living in the farm equipment business, the responses show there’ll…
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In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at AGCO’s plans for its precision business and its 2029 targets. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks with Eis Implement’s precision team. Also in this episode, the interest savings dealers could see with the latest rate cut by the Fed and a look at the used 100+ horsepower tractor market.
