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[Podcast] Analyst Forecasts Used Equipment Market Contraction Over by Mid-2025

By Ben Thorpe posted on January 19, 2024 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors,  Casey Seymour gives his thoughts on what the used equipment market might look like in 2025. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman highlights ag equipment tech at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Also in this episode, precision farming revenue was up for dealers in 2023 and AEM data shows large ag equipment sales in 2023 rose in both the U.S. and Canada.
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On the Record

Analyst Forecasts Used Equipment Market Contraction Over by Mid-2025

By Ben Thorpe posted on January 19, 2024 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors,  Casey Seymour gives his thoughts on what the used equipment market might look like in 2025. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman highlights ag equipment tech at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Also in this episode, precision farming revenue was up for dealers in 2023 and AEM data shows large ag equipment sales in 2023 rose in both the U.S. and Canada.
 

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[Podcast] Linamar ‘Not Seeing’ 2024 Ag Cycle Negativity

By Ben Thorpe posted on January 5, 2024 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, a Linamar executive says the company isn't seeing market negativity in 2024 as a shortline-only business. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman looks at Sentinel Fertigation's N-TIME nutrient management platform. Also in this episode, we ask dealers about their agri spray drone offerings, explore monthly dealer sales growth by brand and rising interest rates as a growing farmer concern.
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Linamar ‘Not Seeing’ 2024 Ag Cycle Negativity

By Ben Thorpe posted on January 5, 2024 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, a Linamar executive says the company isn't seeing market negativity in 2024 as a shortline-only business. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman looks at Sentinel Fertigation's N-TIME nutrient management platform. Also in this episode, we ask dealers about their agri spray drone offerings, explore monthly dealer sales growth by brand and rising interest rates as a growing farmer concern.
 

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[Podcast] Deere Spends More on Dealer Sales Incentives, R&D in 2023

By Ben Thorpe posted on December 22, 2023 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of the On the Record podcast, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk about the 10-year trend for dealer wholegood revenue forecasts, Titan's third quarter earnings for fiscal year 2024 and the next steps for spray drone technology. Also in this episode a look at dealers' ability to fill retail orders from their current inventory and in the Technology Corner, Noah Newman takes a closer look at Susterre's ultra-high pressure water jets.
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Deere Spends More on Dealer Sales Incentives, R&D in 2023

By Ben Thorpe posted on December 22, 2023 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we dive into John Deere's annual report, including what it spent on dealer sales incentives in 2023. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman showcases the ag spray tech being developed at XAG. Also in this episode, Bourgault and Buhler Industries have been acquired, dealers likely won't add equipment lines next year, self-propelled sprayer inventories and Claas' 2023 earnings.
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[Podcast] More Dealers Forecasting 2024 Wholegoods Revenues Declines than Increases

By Ben Thorpe posted on December 8, 2023 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of the On the Record podcast, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk about the 10-year trend for dealer wholegood revenue forecasts, Titan's third quarter earnings for fiscal year 2024 and the next steps for spray drone technology. Also in this episode a look at dealers' ability to fill retail orders from their current inventory and in the Technology Corner, Noah Newman takes a closer look at Susterre's ultra-high pressure water jets.
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More Dealers Forecasting 2024 Wholegoods Revenues Declines than Increases

By Ben Thorpe posted on December 8, 2023 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk to a Solectrac executive about the company's search for a new investor. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks about the majors' growing presence in the precision retrofit market. Also in this episode, a new partnership between Great Plains and Montag, Canadian ag equipment sales forecast and John Deere's 2023 earnings.
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[Podcast] Solectrac Exec Talks Search for New Investor, Future of Electric Tractor Market

By Ben Thorpe posted on November 24, 2023 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of the On the Record podcast, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk to a Solectrac executive about the company's search for a new investor. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks about the majors' growing presence in the precision retrofit market. Also in this episode, a new partnership between Great Plains and Montag, Canadian ag equipment sales forecast and John Deere's 2023 earnings.
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Solectrac Exec Talks Search for New Investor, Future of Electric Tractor Market

By Ben Thorpe posted on November 24, 2023 | Posted in Data & Trends
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk to a Solectrac executive about the company's search for a new investor. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks about the majors' growing presence in the precision retrofit market. Also in this episode, a new partnership between Great Plains and Montag, Canadian ag equipment sales forecast and John Deere's 2023 earnings.
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