• European industry trade association CEMA reported its general business climate index increased...
• VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 9% year-over-year in December...
• In the UK, the Agricultural Engineers Assn. (AEA) reported 50+ horsepower tractor registrations up...
• Deere & Co. announced another round of layoffs, effective Feb. 7, impacting 75...
• Topcon Agriculture has announced a strategic distribution agreement with PFG America...
• Adam Wright joined Lessiter Media as Sales Director – Ag Division. Wright spent 24 years...
• Loftness announces the resignation of Jeff Reinhart, the company’s current chief executive officer...
• The North American Equipment Dealers Assn. (NAEDA) announced CEO Kim Romminger will be retiring...
• Lindsay Corp., a manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology...
• Alamo Group Inc. announced that Jeff Leonard, the company’s president and CEO, has informed the Board...

• CNH announced Scott Harris will assume the role of president, North America, effective Jan. 1, 2025...
• USDA released its WASDE report on Dec. 10...
• AGCO announced that Bob Crain, senior vice president and general manager, Grain & Protein, will retire...
• Eduardo Urrestarazu has been appointed as the president of Agrisolutions’ global business...
• CEAT, an RPG company and Michelin have entered into a definitive agreement for CEAT to acquire...
• Ag Express Electronics appointed Mark McClellan as its new chief operating officer...
• SeedMaster, the developer and manufacturer of no-till seeding technology driven by precision...
• The Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the European Agricultural Machinery Assn. (CEMA) have...

• CamoAg, a provider of agricultural data solutions, and Fusable,...
• John Schmeiser will no longer be serving as chief operating officer of NAEDA...
• For the second quarter ended May 31, 2024, Art’s Way Agricultural Products segment sales...
• Leon’s Mfg. has entered receivership. Ernst & Young has been named the appointed receiver for the case....
• Coldwell Banker Commercial Realty announced the $7 million sale of a 234-acre undeveloped parce...
• J.P. Morgan analysts view the USDA’s latest 2024-25 and 2023-24 global supply and demand estimates....
• “We view today’s report as positive for U.S. corn and soybean farmers to the extent lower new crop...

2024 German tractor registration numbers are similar to previous years, with a spike in April compared to the last 4 years.

• Fossil-free steel manufacturer SSAB announced April 10 that John Deere Forestry Oy will replace some of the steel...
• Same Deutz-Fahr announced March 6 it has opened a sales branch in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico...
• The U.S. Department of Energy announced March 14 a conditional commitment to Lithium Americas Corp’s subsidiary, Lithium Nevada Corp., for a $2.26 billion loan...
• Pricing lifecycle management company Zilliant announced a strategic relationship with AGCO...
• Tire manufacturers Mitas and Trelleborg announced April 12 that, effective May 2024, they will increase global prices by up to 5%...
• The Federal Aviation Administration recently granted Texas-based drone builder Hylio a regulatory exemption that will allow it to swarm its heavy-lift drones...
• CEMA’s general business climate index decreased to a reading of –57 in the April survey vs. –55 last month... 
• VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 2% year-over-year in March (flattish year-over-year in Q1)...
• Effective April 1, José Cuadrado has been appointed global chief executive officer at Yanmar Compact Equipment...
• In its March 11 WASDE report update, USDA’s 2023-24 ending stocks are estimated at 2.122 billion bushels of corn...

• Wisconsin Battery Co. announced in December the acquisition of 17 acres in Portage, Wis...
• The Milwaukee Business Journal published a list of the largest nonprofits in the state of Wisconsin on Feb. 9. The Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) topped the list in annual revenues of $35.7 million...
• AGCO’s critical upgrades to its Hesston facility went live on Jan. 1, and the company brought back the first group of employees returning from furlough in the first week of January...
• In its Feb. 8 WASDE report update, USDA’s 2023-24 U.S. ending stocks are estimated at 2.172 billion bushels of corn (vs. consensus 2.149 billion bushels)...
• The prospects of interest-rate cuts were clouded by a Feb. 13 Federal Reserve report that inflation remained higher than expected...
• Hay and forage equipment manufacturer H&S Manufacturing announced the closure of its Clintonville, Wis., facility, ...
• Canadian seeding technology manufacturer Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. announced Feb. 7 the signing of a technology license...
• VDMA reported German tractor registrations down 1% year-over-year in January. Registrations in the 100+ horsepower category were down 4%...
• CEMA’s general business climate index decreased to -52 in the February survey vs. -50 last month...

• 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