The strength of North American tractor sales during the last three years might lead one to believe that it’s always been this way, but dealers and others who have been around the business for more than a few years know better.
After 64 years of service to the Carlisle area, Peterman Power Equipment starts a new chapter on March 1 by joining the Messick's family of dealerships.
Total North American sales of farm tractors slipped by 2.8% in May compared with the same period in 2010, according to the latest figures released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
August represented the highest month of “August” sales this cycle, even higher than the 2008 peak, according to Ann Duignan, JP Morgan analyst in her report on the latest sales figures of North American farm equipment sales from the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
“Tractor sales appear to have peaked in early 2009 and continued to soften in seasonally important April, combine sales remained relatively healthy,” says Robert McCarthy, analyst for RW Baird, in assessing the April 2009 North American ag equipment retail sales from the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.