Lot No. 001 · Dealer Row Weekly
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Sign up for email updatesOur readThe gap between rising company-wide revenue and a shrinking North America ag equipment market, alongside management's own reference to dealer network consolidation, is a signal that CNH's ag equipment dealers face continued pressure to combine or add territory rather than wait out the cycle.
The Federal Trade Commission and five state attorneys general asked a court to enter a stipulated order settling their right-to-repair lawsuit against Deere & Company, requiring it to give farmers and independent shops the same repair resources authorized dealers get, for the next 10 years.
RDO Equipment Co. agreed to acquire True North Equipment's eight John Deere agriculture stores across North Dakota and Minnesota, bringing roughly 200 employees into RDO and consolidating dealer territory across the Red River Valley, pending John Deere's approval of the deal.
USDA's Economic Research Service put 2026 US net farm income at $158.4 billion, down 2.6% from 2025, as higher crop receipts and a near-70% jump in government payments only partly offset a 5.4% drop in livestock receipts and rising costs.