In this podcast, we review a recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota on farm bankruptcies. While the trend is on the rise, it hasn't yet reached its peak. Also in this episode: Titan Machinery's third quarter results, the top tractor brands rated by European farm equipment dealers, how one dealer is expanding its agronomic services, Deere & Co.'s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2018 results and an improvement in dealers' used equipment inventories.

Cervus Equipment Corp. announced the acquisition of Deermart Equipment Sales Ltd. Deermart operates a John Deere dealership in Red Deer, Alb., and will join the Cervus Equipment dealership network as of Dec. 3, 2018.

In this podcast, we report on an improvement in producer sentiment according to the latest Ag Economy Barometer from Purdue University. We also discuss the new agreement between Farmers Edge and CNH Industrial. A number of manufacturers and dealers reported their latest earnings in the last week, including Cervus Equipment, Rocky Mountain Dealerships, AGCO, CNH Industrial and Alamo Group. In addition to its third quarter earnings, Rocky Mountain also announced plans to open an outlet store for late-model used equipment in the U.S.

In this podcast, we look at the impact the 25% tariff on steel may have on the U.S. ag economy, the adoption of precision technologies oversees, year end results for Rocky Mountain Dealerships and Cervus Equipment and Dana Inc.’s purchase of GKN.

Canada’s two largest farm equipment dealers, Rocky Mountain Dealerships and Cervus Equipment reported their third quarter earnings this month and both posted strong sales for the 3 month period and for the first 9 months of 2017.

Cervus Equipment broke ground on a new 28,000 square foot facility in Hanna, Alta. The new facility will be the most energy efficient building the dealership group operates.