Deere’s sales of compact tractors (less than 40 horsepower) were better than the industry, which recorded an increase of 4% over a rolling 3 month period in November.
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Titan Machinery, one of North America’s largest equipment dealership groups, posted its first strong earnings report since sales of farm machinery turned down in 2014. Fourth quarter revenue topped $339 million, up 7% year-over-year.
Location can make all the difference when it comes to a successful dealership, and Valley Truck and Tractor is no exception. John Miller, chief executive officer, explains how working in California has allowed the company to attain an impressive 106% absorption rate with their equipment, parts and service.
Rocky Mountain Dealerships, the largest Canadian Case IH dealer group, reported its second quarter 2017 total sales increased $4.6 million, or 2%, to $237.2 million compared with the same period in 2016 due to a $4.5 million increase in equipment sales.
Cervus Equipment Corp., John Deere’s largest Canadian dealer of farm machinery (33 locations in 3 countries) announced its financial results for the second quarter 2017, which ended June 30, 2017.
North American farm machinery dealers continue to report listless but stable sales trends. Through the first quarter of 2017, dealers say equipment sales were still in negative territory year-over-year, but improved compared to the last quarter of 2016.
Landscape contractors, one of the prime market segments for rural lifestyle and outdoor power equipment dealers, continue to show strong growth potential in 2017.
If U.S. farmers had their druthers this year, considering the low level of commodity prices over the past 3 years, a lot more acres would have gone into USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and not into production.
Deere & Co. managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat by posting $351 million in earnings for its fourth quarter of the current fiscal year and $2.177 billion for the full year, compared with $910 million and $4.297 billion in 2014.
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