• Fossil-free steel manufacturer SSAB announced April 10 that John Deere Forestry Oy will replace some of the steel...
• Same Deutz-Fahr announced March 6 it has opened a sales branch in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico...
• The U.S. Department of Energy announced March 14 a conditional commitment to Lithium Americas Corp’s subsidiary, Lithium Nevada Corp., for a $2.26 billion loan...
• Pricing lifecycle management company Zilliant announced a strategic relationship with AGCO...
• Tire manufacturers Mitas and Trelleborg announced April 12 that, effective May 2024, they will increase global prices by up to 5%...
• The Federal Aviation Administration recently granted Texas-based drone builder Hylio a regulatory exemption that will allow it to swarm its heavy-lift drones...
• CEMA’s general business climate index decreased to a reading of –57 in the April survey vs. –55 last month... 
• VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 2% year-over-year in March (flattish year-over-year in Q1)...
• Effective April 1, José Cuadrado has been appointed global chief executive officer at Yanmar Compact Equipment...
• In its March 11 WASDE report update, USDA’s 2023-24 ending stocks are estimated at 2.122 billion bushels of corn...

• Wisconsin Battery Co. announced in December the acquisition of 17 acres in Portage, Wis...
• The Milwaukee Business Journal published a list of the largest nonprofits in the state of Wisconsin on Feb. 9. The Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) topped the list in annual revenues of $35.7 million...
• AGCO’s critical upgrades to its Hesston facility went live on Jan. 1, and the company brought back the first group of employees returning from furlough in the first week of January...
• In its Feb. 8 WASDE report update, USDA’s 2023-24 U.S. ending stocks are estimated at 2.172 billion bushels of corn (vs. consensus 2.149 billion bushels)...
• The prospects of interest-rate cuts were clouded by a Feb. 13 Federal Reserve report that inflation remained higher than expected...
• Hay and forage equipment manufacturer H&S Manufacturing announced the closure of its Clintonville, Wis., facility, ...
• Canadian seeding technology manufacturer Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. announced Feb. 7 the signing of a technology license...
• VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 1% year-over-year in January. Registrations in the 100+ horsepower category were down 4%...
• CEMA’s general business climate index decreased to -52 in the February survey vs. -50 last month...

According to the 2023 CropLife 100 survey, John Deere continues to hold the lead among sprayer brands represented in the top 100 ag retailers in the U.S.