Despite supply chain challenges for tires, electronics and computer chips,
farm equipment manufacturers pushed 360,000 tractors and combines out the
factory door in 2021. Sales rose at least 10% and much more in some equipment
categories.
7^2021 Tractor Sales Rise Double Digits
EPA's new Enlist herbicide labels prohibit their use in dozens of
counties, many of them concentrated in Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Ohio and Texas.
BEnlist Herbicide Heartburn
A North Dakota farm has sued John Deere, alleging the company has
committed antitrust violations by not making available the software farmers and
independent shops need to repair equipment.
FFarm Sues John Deere for Repair Rights
Non-real estate agricultural loans at commercial banks decreased by about
13% in the fourth quarter, and the yearly average came in at its lowest since
2012, according to a new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
4^Economy Sparks Drop in Operating Loans
The cost of extreme weather events in the past year was more than the
entire U.S. net farm income total.
1^Ag Weather Forum
