Equipment dealers who cater to hobby farmers, large property owners and landscapers are banking on the economy continuing to improve to boost sales in 2014.
North American large ag equipment retail sales increased in November, with 4WD tractor sales up 1.9% year-over-year, combine sales up 25.8% and row-crop tractor sales increasing 7.2%, according to the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
On December 10, Deere released its retail sales comments for the month of Nov. in which it compares its performance to that of the industry in the U.S. and Canada.
North American large ag equipment sales continued to decline in October, with 4WD tractor sales down 18.1% year-over-year and combine sales down 27.7%, according to the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
Farm machinery dealers are looking at another good year for overall sales, according to the Tractor and Machinery Assn.’s Richard Lewis in a November 3 report in The Land by Neil Lyon.
North American large ag equipment retail sales declined in September, with 4WD tractor sales down 25.7% year-over-year and combine sales down 26.6%, partially offset by row-crop tractor sales which increased 7.7% (+11.8% last month).
Tomorrow the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers will release June farm equipment sales figures, and if the current trends hold, they should be hefty as North American sales of large ag equipment continued to skyrocket through the first 5 months of 2013.
First quarter sales revealed a negative trend domestically for Italian tractors, other self-propelled machinery and trailers, continuing the downward trend of the last 5 years, according to Italy’s FederUnacoma. Combines, however, showed positive growth for Italian equipment manufacturers.
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