In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Benzi America, we take a look at how much crop damage resulted from the rain and wind brought on by Hurricane Beryl. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman examines what dealers need to do before hosting drone clinics to ensure they are FAA compliant. Also in this episode, used equipment pricing and inventory continue to challenge the industry and elected officials discuss how policy can impact the equipment manufacturing industry while in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.

The latest episode of On the Record is now available! In this week's episode we discuss growers equipment purchasing — and other capital investment —plans. While the Capital Investment Index from the Ag Economy Barometer went down, growers still indicated they are still optimistic about purchasing equipment. In the Technology Corner, we look at cyber security issues for dealers. Also in this episode: CNH Industrial and AGCO both have good first quarters, the rising costs of both new and used equipment and Cervus Equipment's first quarter results.

In today’s newscast we discuss the improvements farm equipment dealers are seeing in used equipment inventories as well as used equipment pricing, Titan’s growth in Germany, Little Equipment Ventures acquisition of Stanble’N, and CNH Industrial and AGCO's first quarter earnings.

In today’s newscast, we have an update on the North Dakota Dealer Protection law and when we can expect a ruling from the judge, we take a look at the results from Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture’s latest Ag Economy Barometer and what producers are saying about used equipment values, Deere dealers are looking to hire more precision farming techs, and the third quarter earnings reports from Rocky Mountain Dealerships, CNH Industrial, AGCO and Alamo Group.

In today’s newscast, we dive into some surprises in Machinery Pete’s fourth quarter Used Values Index, highlights from the Precision Farming Dealer Summit, why ag machinery stocks continue to rise despite the ag market and more improvement in producer sentiment.