The results of the ninth annual Precision Farming Dealer benchmark study — with contributions from dozens of farm equipment dealers, input retailers and independent precision companies — show that nearly three-fourths of dealers are forecasting revenue growth from precision to be up at least 2% in 2021, despite inventory challenges.

According to a tip Ag Equipment Intelligence has received, over roughly the last 6 months, John Deere has been giving some Deere dealers “unpublished financial incentives” to acquire Fendt tractors on trade-in. We were able to confirm the existence of these so-called incentives with one multi-store Deere dealer.

The budding hemp industry has potential opportunities for equipment dealers and manufacturers, but growers might not be ready to buy just yet, according to Ag Equipment Intelligence’s latest research report. Cervus Equipment, one of John Deere’s largest ag equipment retailers, see sales slide 19% in their third quarter. In the Technology Corner, Jack Zemlicka talks about autonomy in ag equipment and what the first applications are forecast to be. The American Farm Bureau Federation reports that farm bankruptcies rose year-over-year in September, and an event at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago sheds light on how conservation practices might benefit growers in the future.