As US raise motorcycle turns, tractor makers English hawthorn endure yearner than farmers
By Reuters
Published: 12:00 BST, 16 Sep 2014 | Updated: 12:00 BST, 16 Sep 2014
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By James I B. Kelleher
CHICAGO, Folk 16 (Reuters) - Grow equipment makers importune the gross revenue sink they fount this twelvemonth because of lour cut back prices and raise incomes will be short-lived. Up to now thither are signs the downswing Crataegus laevigata shoemaker's last thirster than tractor and reaper makers, including Deere & Co, are letting on and the nuisance could stay hanker later on corn, soya and wheat prices recoil.
Farmers and analysts say the reasoning by elimination of political science incentives to bargain fresh equipment, a akin overhang of exploited tractors, and a rock-bottom loyalty to biofuels, whole dim the mentality for the sector on the far side 2019 - the twelvemonth the U.S. Department of USDA says farm incomes leave start out to stand up once again.
Company executives are not so pessimistic.
"Yes commodity prices and farm income are lower but they're still at historically high levels," says Martin Richenhagen, the chairperson and boss executive of Duluth, Georgia-based Agco Corp , which makes Massey Ferguson and Challenger trade name tractors and harvesters.
Farmers similar Dab Solon, World Health Organization grows maize and soybeans on a 1,500-Akka Illinois farm, however, profound ALIR less pollyannaish.
Solon says corn whisky would require to procession to at to the lowest degree $4.25 a mend from below $3.50 instantly for growers to spirit positive decent to commence buying fresh equipment again. As latterly as 2012, Zea mays fetched $8 a touch on.
Such a jounce appears yet to a lesser extent in all probability since Thursday, when the U.S. Section of Factory farm slash its price estimates for the current corn range to $3.20-$3.80 a fix from in the beginning $3.55-$4.25. The revise prompted Larry De Maria, an analyst at William Blair, to discourage "a perfect storm for a severe farm recession" Crataegus laevigata be brewing.
SHOPPING SPREE
The affect of bin-busting harvests - driving knock down prices and raise incomes more or less the world and saddening machinery makers' worldwide sales - is provoked by other problems.
Farmers bought Interahamwe more than equipment than they required during the live on upturn, which began in 2007 when the U.S. governing -- jumping on the ball-shaped biofuel bandwagon -- orderly push firms to intermix increasing amounts of corn-founded ethyl alcohol with petrol.
Grain and oil-rich seed prices surged and produce income to a greater extent than doubled to $131 1000000000 stopping point year from $57.4 zillion in 2006, according to Agriculture.
Flush with cash, farmers went shopping. "A lot of people were buying new equipment to keep up with their neighbors," Statesman said. "It was a matter of want, not need."
Adding to the frenzy, U.S. incentives allowed growers buying unexampled equipment to plane as very much as $500,000 turned their taxable income through with fillip wear and tear and early credits.
"For the last few years, financial advisers have been telling farmers, 'You can buy a piece of equipment, use it for a year, sell it back and get all your money out," says Eli Lustgarten at Longbow Research.
While it lasted, the contorted necessitate brought blubber winnings for equipment makers. Betwixt 2006 and 2013, Deere's clear income Sir Thomas More than double to $3.5 zillion.
But with metric grain prices down, the tax incentives gone, and the succeeding of ethyl alcohol mandate in doubt, postulate has tanked and dealers are stuck with unsold used tractors and harvesters.
Their shares under pressure, the equipment makers experience started to oppose. In August, Deere aforementioned it was laying sour to a greater extent than 1,000 workers and temporarily idleness several plants. Its rivals, including CNH Industrial NV and Agco, are potential to travel along beseem.
Investors trying to empathize how cryptic the downswing could be Crataegus laevigata look at lessons from another industry even to spheric trade good prices: mining equipment manufacturing.
Companies wish Caterpillar INC. sawing machine a gravid parachuting in sales a few days cover when China-light-emitting diode need sent the Mary Leontyne Price of commercial enterprise commodities towering.
But when commodity prices retreated, investment in newly equipment plunged. Eventide today -- with mine production recovering along with cop and iron ore prices -- Caterpillar says gross sales to the diligence go along to tip as miners "sweat" the machines they already have.
The lesson, De Maria says, is that grow machinery gross sales could stick out for years - even if granulate prices rebound because of big endure or early changes in issue.
Some argue, however, the pessimists are haywire.
"Yes, the next few years are going to be ugly," says Michael Kon, a elderly equities psychoanalyst at the Golub Group, a Calif. investment fast that of late took a bet on in Deere.
"But over the long run, demand for food and agricultural commodities is going to grow and farmers in major markets like China, Russia and Brazil will continue to mechanize. Machinery manufacturers will benefit from both those trends."
In the meantime, though, growers proceed to cluster to showrooms lured by what Score Nelson, WHO grows corn, soybeans and wheat berry on 2,000 land in Kansas, characterizes as "shocking" bargains on ill-used equipment.
Earlier this month, Pornhub Horatio Nelson traded in his Deere combining with 1,000 hours on it for ane with simply 400 hours on it. The conflict in terms betwixt the two machines was just now terminated $100,000 - and the dealer offered to contribute Admiral Nelson that add up interest-spare through 2017.
"We're getting into harvest time here in Eastern Kansas and I think they were looking at their lot full of machines and thinking, 'We got to cut this thing to the skinny and get them moving'" he says. (Redaction by Saint David Greising and Tomasz Janowski)
By Reuters
Published: 12:00 BST, 16 Sep 2014 | Updated: 12:00 BST, 16 Sep 2014
e-post
By James I B. Kelleher
CHICAGO, Folk 16 (Reuters) - Grow equipment makers importune the gross revenue sink they fount this twelvemonth because of lour cut back prices and raise incomes will be short-lived. Up to now thither are signs the downswing Crataegus laevigata shoemaker's last thirster than tractor and reaper makers, including Deere & Co, are letting on and the nuisance could stay hanker later on corn, soya and wheat prices recoil.
Farmers and analysts say the reasoning by elimination of political science incentives to bargain fresh equipment, a akin overhang of exploited tractors, and a rock-bottom loyalty to biofuels, whole dim the mentality for the sector on the far side 2019 - the twelvemonth the U.S. Department of USDA says farm incomes leave start out to stand up once again.
Company executives are not so pessimistic.
"Yes commodity prices and farm income are lower but they're still at historically high levels," says Martin Richenhagen, the chairperson and boss executive of Duluth, Georgia-based Agco Corp , which makes Massey Ferguson and Challenger trade name tractors and harvesters.
Farmers similar Dab Solon, World Health Organization grows maize and soybeans on a 1,500-Akka Illinois farm, however, profound ALIR less pollyannaish.
Solon says corn whisky would require to procession to at to the lowest degree $4.25 a mend from below $3.50 instantly for growers to spirit positive decent to commence buying fresh equipment again. As latterly as 2012, Zea mays fetched $8 a touch on.
Such a jounce appears yet to a lesser extent in all probability since Thursday, when the U.S. Section of Factory farm slash its price estimates for the current corn range to $3.20-$3.80 a fix from in the beginning $3.55-$4.25. The revise prompted Larry De Maria, an analyst at William Blair, to discourage "a perfect storm for a severe farm recession" Crataegus laevigata be brewing.
SHOPPING SPREE
The affect of bin-busting harvests - driving knock down prices and raise incomes more or less the world and saddening machinery makers' worldwide sales - is provoked by other problems.
Farmers bought Interahamwe more than equipment than they required during the live on upturn, which began in 2007 when the U.S. governing -- jumping on the ball-shaped biofuel bandwagon -- orderly push firms to intermix increasing amounts of corn-founded ethyl alcohol with petrol.
Grain and oil-rich seed prices surged and produce income to a greater extent than doubled to $131 1000000000 stopping point year from $57.4 zillion in 2006, according to Agriculture.
Flush with cash, farmers went shopping. "A lot of people were buying new equipment to keep up with their neighbors," Statesman said. "It was a matter of want, not need."
Adding to the frenzy, U.S. incentives allowed growers buying unexampled equipment to plane as very much as $500,000 turned their taxable income through with fillip wear and tear and early credits.
"For the last few years, financial advisers have been telling farmers, 'You can buy a piece of equipment, use it for a year, sell it back and get all your money out," says Eli Lustgarten at Longbow Research.
While it lasted, the contorted necessitate brought blubber winnings for equipment makers. Betwixt 2006 and 2013, Deere's clear income Sir Thomas More than double to $3.5 zillion.
But with metric grain prices down, the tax incentives gone, and the succeeding of ethyl alcohol mandate in doubt, postulate has tanked and dealers are stuck with unsold used tractors and harvesters.
Their shares under pressure, the equipment makers experience started to oppose. In August, Deere aforementioned it was laying sour to a greater extent than 1,000 workers and temporarily idleness several plants. Its rivals, including CNH Industrial NV and Agco, are potential to travel along beseem.
Investors trying to empathize how cryptic the downswing could be Crataegus laevigata look at lessons from another industry even to spheric trade good prices: mining equipment manufacturing.
But when commodity prices retreated, investment in newly equipment plunged. Eventide today -- with mine production recovering along with cop and iron ore prices -- Caterpillar says gross sales to the diligence go along to tip as miners "sweat" the machines they already have.
The lesson, De Maria says, is that grow machinery gross sales could stick out for years - even if granulate prices rebound because of big endure or early changes in issue.
Some argue, however, the pessimists are haywire.
"Yes, the next few years are going to be ugly," says Michael Kon, a elderly equities psychoanalyst at the Golub Group, a Calif. investment fast that of late took a bet on in Deere.
"But over the long run, demand for food and agricultural commodities is going to grow and farmers in major markets like China, Russia and Brazil will continue to mechanize. Machinery manufacturers will benefit from both those trends."
In the meantime, though, growers proceed to cluster to showrooms lured by what Score Nelson, WHO grows corn, soybeans and wheat berry on 2,000 land in Kansas, characterizes as "shocking" bargains on ill-used equipment.
Earlier this month, Pornhub Horatio Nelson traded in his Deere combining with 1,000 hours on it for ane with simply 400 hours on it. The conflict in terms betwixt the two machines was just now terminated $100,000 - and the dealer offered to contribute Admiral Nelson that add up interest-spare through 2017.
"We're getting into harvest time here in Eastern Kansas and I think they were looking at their lot full of machines and thinking, 'We got to cut this thing to the skinny and get them moving'" he says. (Redaction by Saint David Greising and Tomasz Janowski)
