Record wildfires have swept through the Texas panhandle beginning in late February, made up of several independent blazes that have impacted a large portion of the area.

• VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 13% year-over-year in September (up 2% year-to-date).
• Sarah Porter and Kathryn Sorensen demystified water concerns in Arizona in their Oct. 7 Wall Street Journal article.
• Indian tractor manufacturer VST Tillers Tractors is looking for more collaborations with manufacturers.
• According to a recent report from Horsch’s customer magazine terraHORSCH, China accounts for 18% of the world’s population but only 9% of global arable land.
• LS Mtron recently announced its Land Solution partnership with Korean ag equipment manufacturer Woongjin Machinery.
• According to CEMA, an industry trade association, the general business climate index for the European ag equipment industry has again fallen month-over-month.
• In its Oct. 12 WASDE report, USDA reported a 2023-24 U.S. corn outlook of reduced supplies.
• CNH Industrial announced Oct. 12 it had completed its acquisition of satellite positioning technology provider Hemisphere GNSS