Comines cost much as a middle class home (~$200k). Why would a wheat farmer
go in for such a purchase if there is a "shortage" of wheat? Spamby got a
rebuttal for this?
Re****t for March 15-16, 2008
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Monthly Machinery Retail Sales: February '08
3/12/2008
Bob Coffman
An AgWeb.com Farm Equipment Special
Milwaukee, WI-Preliminary February 2008 Retail Sales for Tractors and
Combines, issued by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
indicated continued strong gains in large tractors and combines for the
month and YTD.
U.S. 2-wheel drive farm tractor sales in February 2008 totaled 11,384, up
7.8% from sales in February 2007. Year-to-date sales for the first two
months are off about 4-% from the same months in 2007.
U.S. 4-wheel drive tractor sales in February 2008 totaled 240 up 44.6%
when
compared to sales for February 2007. Year-to-date sales for the first two
months are 32.9% higher than the same months in 2007.
U.S. January self-propelled combine sales totaled 381, up 12.7% when
compared to the same month of 2007. Year-to-date sales for the first two
months are 12.3% higher than the same months in 2007.
Farm equipment sales tend to trend higher into June and then taper off for
the remainder of the year, bottoming with November sales, normally.
