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.

The latest episode of On the Record is now available! In this edition, we report on an improvement in producer sentiment according to the latest Ag Economy Barometer from Purdue University. We also discuss the new agreement between Farmers Edge and CNH Industrial. A number of manufacturers and dealers reported their latest earnings in the last week, including Cervus Equipment, Rocky Mountain Dealerships, AGCO, CNH Industrial and Alamo Group. In addition to its third quarter earnings, Rocky Mountain also announced plans to open an outlet store for late-model used equipment in the U.S.

In today’s newscast, we discuss a quick update on the North Dakota dealer protection law, whether or not we’re currently at the bottom of the trough in the ag economy cycle, a new joint venture among 4 agribusinesses, and the latest earnings reports from Cervus Equipment, John Deere and Buhler Industries.

In today’s newscast, we speculate on why Monsanto and Deere’s Precision Planting deal fell apart and who the potential suitors may be. A number of manufactures and dealers released their quarterly earnings reports over the last couple weeks. This week we cover Rocky Mountain, Cervus Equipment, CNH Industrial, AGCO, Trimble, Titan International and Alamo Group.

In today’s newscast, we report on the newly signed dealer protection law in North Dakota, no-tillers' projection for adoption for precision technologies, Deere marks 3 consecutive years of declining sales and the 2016 full year results for Rocky Mountain Dealerships and Cervus Equipment.

In today’s newscast, we take a look at what sort of impact President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican controlled Congress may have on the ag industry, Kinze’s recent court filing to block Deere from accessing internal documents, Trimble’s consolidation, and the third quarter earnings for Rocky Mountain and Cervus.