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Rural Lifestyle Dealers’ See Steady Revenue Gains for 2013

January 1, 2013 | Posted in Data & Trends, Equipment & Equipment Sales
Maybe it’s all the talk about the “fiscal cliff” or a general uncertainty in the overall economy that’s causing equipment dealers serving the rural lifestyle and lawn and landscape markets to hold back on their projections for 2013. On the other hand, very few dealers are exhibiting any real signs of pessimism about business levels in 2013, either.
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Dealer Business Trends & Outlook: Dealers Confident But Guarded About 2013

October 5, 2012 | Posted in Commodities, Data & Trends, Equipment & Equipment Sales
It wasn't that long ago that the dealers we spoke with weren't feeling at all certain about their business prospects for the year ahead. Many of their customers who were most impacted by the 2012 drought were in a "bad mood" as they watched their crops wither in the field. Talking about buying new ag equipment wasn't high on their list of priorities.
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Agricultural Input Markets Differ in Research Intensity

July 6, 2012 | Posted in Data & Trends
Agricultural productivity growth depends on continued investments in research and development (R&D) by the private sector as well as by public institutions. Among agricultural input industries, research intensity, or research spending as a percentage of market sales, varies widely. For example, in 2009, the farm machinery sector invested only about 4% of sales in R&D.
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