North American large ag equipment sales continued to decline in October, according to the latest numbers released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
North American large ag equipment sales declines continued in September. According to the latest unit sales figures released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers, 4WD tractor sales are down 48.6% year-over-year (down 54.7% last month), combine sales fell 25.6% (down 28.1% last month), and row-crop tractor sales decreased 40.4% (down 30.9% last month).
North American large ag equipment sales declines accelerated in August. 4WD tractors sales saw the biggest decline at down 54.7% year-over-year (down 30.1% last month), combines sales dropped 28.1% (down 22% last month) and row-crop tractor sales declined 30.9% vs. the same period last year (down 22.9% last month), according to the latest unit sales figures released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers on Sept. 10.
North American large ag equipment sales declines continued in July. 4WD tractors lead the dropoff with sales down 30.1% year-over-year, followed by row-crop tractors at down 22.9% and combines sales declined 22% vs. the same period last year, according to the latest unit sales figures released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers on Aug. 11.
North American large ag equipment declines continued in June, with 4WD tractor sales down 26.5% year-over-year, combine sales down 39.7% and row-crop tractors down 11.8%, according to the latest report released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
Deere & Co. will begin manufacturing agricultural equipment in Kazakhstan in 2016, according to a published report on May 11 in The Times of Central Asia and Novosti-Kazakhstan.
North American large ag equipment sales continued to decline in March, with the biggest drops coming from combines at down 47.8% (vs. 24.1% the previous month) and 4WD tractors at down 23.7% (vs. down 39.5% the previous month).
Cervus Equipment reported on March 12 that it finished 2014 with a 7% increase in revenues from the sale of farm machinery. Cervus, with 35 dealerships throughout western Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is one of John Deere’s largest dealer groups.
Conditions continue to be challenging for large ag equipment sales, as highlighted by the latest sales report released by the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
All signals point to continued strong cattle pricing going into 2015. This trend should bode well for the sale of mid-range tractors (40-100 horsepower), which have experienced solid growth during the past 2 years, and it may even give a lift to high horsepower equipment.
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