In this episode we look at the top factors growers say are impacting their decisions to purchase equipment in 2023. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman takes a closer look at Precision Planting’s new sprayer technology ReClaim. Also in this episode, Kubota’s 9 month U.S. sales break $5 billion and a preview of Ag Equipment Intelligence’s latest research report “Autonomous Farm equipment: U.S. Farm Adoption & Outlook.”
According to a Nov. 8 report from Canadian ag lender Farm Credit Canada, Canadian combine inventories are forecast to remain tight into the end of 2024.
The general business climate for the ag equipment industry in Europe has improved for the second month in a row, according to the latest update to the CEMA Business Climate Index.
Labor cost has increased about 20% over the last five years and is difficult to find during peak planting and harvesting, particularly when the work window closes up with inclement weather conditions.
Large ag equipment unit sales rose 29.6% year-over-year, with strong growth in combine and row-crop tractor sales, according to analysis from RW Baird analyst Mircea (Mig) Dobre.
Data from Statistics Canada on the country’s agricultural implement manufacturing industry (NAICS 33311) reveals that 59.4% of all Canadian ag implement manufacturing imports came from the U.S. in 2021.
Farm plows, harrows, rollers, pulverizers and attachments reported the greatest year-over-year price increase in October, up 29.3% from October 2021. Harvesting machinery and attachments had the highest month-over-month price increase at +6.7%.
The ag equipment industry is facing a variety of challenges at the moment: new equipment shortages, rising interest rates and fear of a global recession, to name a few. This has some in the industry wondering: which factors are impacting equipment purchase plans for next year the most?
According to the latest Ag Economy Barometer from Purdue University, 40% of growers who said now is a bad time to make large investments were most worried about the rising prices of farm machinery and new construction.
According to the October update to the CEMA Business Climate Index, the index's development has continued its sideways movement after the declines in the course of the war in Ukraine.
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