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Article: Good news! They still have to cut it! Two different equipment types, they share the distinction of showing strength in a generally down market. (disc rotary cutters, drum mowers)
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- Implement & Tractor
- Article date:
- July 1, 1986
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GOOD NEWS! THEY STILL HAVE TO CUT IT!
WRITING a market focus story in the farm equipment business today can be discouraging. It has taken a bit of a search to find one with some sunny aspects to it, but we've done it. And it's encouraging.
The essence of our good-news message is the title of this article. Farmers and others have to mow things--roadsides, pastures and hay--and in at least some product categories, they have been buying the equipment to do it.
A look at hard numbers from a couple of sources indicates that the 1980s have treated the rotary cutter and drum and disk mower segments of the market far better than other products in the ...