AG Equipment Intellgience Reports

The results are in for our "2014 Dealer Business Trends & Outlook" survey and despite much talk about ag "peaking," most North American farm equipment dealers remain confident about the prospects for solid sales in the year ahead. Here’s a summary of this year’s survey results from U.S. and Canadian dealers combined, compared with our survey results from a year ago:

NEW EQUIPMENT

Revenue Growth/Decline

2014

2013

8% or more

6.6%

12.2%

2-7%

33.1%

30.4%

Little or no change

36.0%

31.0%

–2-7%

18.8%

20.3%

–8% or more

5.5%

6.1%

USED EQUIPMENT

Revenue Growth/Decline

2014

2013

8% or more

8.3%

13.5%

2-7%

32.1%

31.1%

Little or no change

40.5%

43.9%

–2-7%

13.7%

8.8%

–8% or more

5.4%

2.7%

Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada