Ag Equipment Intelligence has gathered data from the financial filings of the ag industry’s key publicly-traded manufacturers and compiled these companies’ executives’ compensation, now updated for the 2022 financial year.
Unlike the Deere & Co. attempt to acquire Precision Planting that ended up getting sidetracked by antitrust concerns, AGCO was able to close the deal to in less than 2 months.
Like farm equipment dealerships, nearly every segment of agriculture in the U.S. is being transformed by a consolidation of its participants, from farmers to ag equipment makers and input producers.
In his introduction to the “Economic Report — 2015” on agricultural machinery issued in May by the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Assn. based in Frankfurt, Germany, Dr.-Ing. Hermann Garbers, chairman of the group, strongly urges European manufacturers to continue working toward more open free trade policies and standardization of electronic components.
While questioning farm equipment dealers about indicators they're observing and actions they would take if and when confronted with agriculture's next big business cycle, Farm Equipment editors recently asked dealers for their views of the near-term prospects for the industry.
I love to farm with it even today just because I can't get away from the dirt and l love it. If we don't do things unique and differently then we are just one of the bunch and I don't want to be one of the bunch. That's why Ron Regier started his own farm and tractor dealership in Madrid, Neb.
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In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we take an initial look at the Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Report and what dealers are forecasting for 2025.