• Fossil-free steel manufacturer SSAB announced April 10 that John Deere Forestry Oy will replace some of the steel...
• Same Deutz-Fahr announced March 6 it has opened a sales branch in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico...
• The U.S. Department of Energy announced March 14 a conditional commitment to Lithium Americas Corp’s subsidiary, Lithium Nevada Corp., for a $2.26 billion loan...
• Pricing lifecycle management company Zilliant announced a strategic relationship with AGCO...
• Tire manufacturers Mitas and Trelleborg announced April 12 that, effective May 2024, they will increase global prices by up to 5%...
• The Federal Aviation Administration recently granted Texas-based drone builder Hylio a regulatory exemption that will allow it to swarm its heavy-lift drones...
• CEMA’s general business climate index decreased to a reading of –57 in the April survey vs. –55 last month... 
• VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 2% year-over-year in March (flattish year-over-year in Q1)...
• Effective April 1, José Cuadrado has been appointed global chief executive officer at Yanmar Compact Equipment...
• In its March 11 WASDE report update, USDA’s 2023-24 ending stocks are estimated at 2.122 billion bushels of corn...

According to the 2023 CropLife 100 survey, John Deere continues to hold the lead among sprayer brands represented in the top 100 ag retailers in the U.S.