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.

The September survey results were released on Tuesday and found that lingering concerns with trade disputes, combined with record yields due to unusually favorable weather conditions this summer, led to significant declines in farmer sentiment.

In today’s newscast, we discuss why members of the Far West Equipment Dealers Assn. voted against merging with the Western Equipment Dealers Assn., what dealers should be looking for in the next generation of precision farming specialists, the highest reading of producer sentiment since October 2015 on Purdue University’s Ag Economy Barometer and how exports of U.S. made ag equipment fared through the first 9 months of the year.

In today’s newscast, we report on CNH Industrial’s purchase of the Soil & Grass line of Kongskilde, the latest Ag Economy Barometer reading from Purdue University and the Center for Commercial Agriculture, dealers’ precision hiring plans for 2017 and the third quarter earnings reports for CNH Industrial and Trimble.

In the latest newscast we look at what the latest Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Ag Economy Barometer reveals, how John Deere’s quarterly sales were down but operating profit was up, what’s driving autonomous equipment in ag, how the Hagie deal is helping one Iowa John Deere dealer and the latest earnings report from Titan Machinery.