Sluggish sales in South America (–12.8%) didn’t dim AGCO’s overall results as improving sales of farm machinery in the North American (+25.4%) and European regions (+21.7%) set the tone for AGCO Corp. in the second quarter of 2018. The company’s Asia/Pacific/Africa results were up 4.4%.
Besides reporting a 20% increase in net ag equipment sales in the second quarter (nearly 18% for the first half), the most encouraging news coming from CNH Industrial’s July 26 earnings report is its solid ag equipment order book going into the second half of the year.
During the first half of its financial year, Kuhn Group has seen a positive trend in agricultural equipment orders and sales, but managers highlight political and weather-related issues that could have a negative impact over future months.
Sales of big ticket sugar beet harvesters led the way in lifting the Grimme group’s revenues during its 2017 financial year as new products and a reorganized sales approach attracted professional operators to the German-built machines.
For the first time in three years, the gap between Ag equipment dealers' and manufacturers' opinions on equipment inventory levels has significantly narrowed.
David Meyer, Titan Machinery’s chairman and chief executive officer, said, “Our second quarter results reflect the financial benefits of our fiscal 2018 restructuring efforts and our consistent focus on improving the quality and level of our equipment inventory, which have driven lower operating expenses and improved equipment gross profit margins.
Deere & Co. reported net income of $910.3 million for the third quarter ended July 29, 2018 compared with net income of $641.8 million for the quarter ended July 30, 2017.
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