Deere & Company reported net income of $903 million for the first quarter ended Jan. 30, 2022, or $2.92 per share, compared with net income of $1.224 billion, or $3.87 per share, for the quarter ended Jan. 31, 2021.
Domestic revenue increased by $66 million (+1.3%) from the prior year to $5.2 billion because of increased revenue in Farm & Industrial Machinery mainly due to increased sales of farm equipment, despite a decrease in revenue in Water & Environment and Other.
While AGCO reported on Feb. 8, 2022, that net sales for 2021 were up nearly 22% to $11.1 billion, the manufacturer’s precision ag sales surpassed $0.5 billion — up 34% compared to 2020.
In mid-January, Spelle, Germany-based Krone reported its 2020-21 fiscal year results. Ag Equipment Intelligence has been charting Krone’s financial data performance for more than 10 years, as summarized below.
On Feb. 8, CNH Industrial reported its fourth quarter and full year 2021 results, the last year of operations prior to the demerger of Iveco Group effective Jan. 1.
Consolidated net sales totaled $24,965,000 for the 2021 fiscal year, which represents a 11.4% increase from consolidated net sales of $22,409,000 for the 2020 fiscal year.
For the fourth quarter, CNH reported consolidated revenues of $9.1 billion, up 7% vs. the fourth quarter of 2020. Agriculture net sales for the quarter were up just over 21% to about $4.2 billion.
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The announcement of a partnership between New Holland and Bluewhite was one of the big precision stories of the summer. West Coast New Holland dealers now have the rights to sell, distribute and service Bluewhite’s aftermarket autonomy kits.