North American combine sales jumped by 53% in May while retail sales of row-crop tractor sales continued to weaken, according to the latest report 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.
March is the first of two seasonally important months for row-crop and 4WD tractor sales, and accounted for 11% of annual sales for each over the past 5 years.
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