Has Mahindra Passed Deere in sales?

[Rob-D]

The 790/990 (now the 3005/4005) are also Yanmar tractors built for Deere. I understand how you like your friends 4 cyl 990 better, just know it is a Yanmar engine, not a Deere - and 4's almost always feel better than 3's...

I didn't know that, thanks for the heads up!

Rob

 

[Duffster]

Farm Subsidies, Free Trade, and the Doha Round | The Heritage Foundation

Duffster in KY a quarter billion dollars sounds like a lot of annual farm subsidies in the world based on this 2007 article.

On a serious note are most people clueless on these facts?

I have benefitted from them over the years and do not say they all should be cut out. I expect if this was not the case then all farmers would be looking at value more than color.:thumbsup:


Massive Subsidies Worldwide
Subsidies supporting agriculture producers are significant and widespread. WTO members report average subsidies totaling more than $221 billion per year,[1] a little more than 18 percent of global agricultural value added.[2] Based on World Bank and WTO data, the EU and the U.S. each contributed a little more than a third of the total subsidies in 2001.[3] A 2005 Cato Institute study indicates that farmers in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries received $279 billion in some form of production support, or 30 percent of total farm income.[4] U.S. farmers received $46.5 billion from the American government, or 18 percent of total U.S. farm income.

Duffster read the full article, especially The Price of Failure part near the end.

Good read, thanks for posting it but it still doesn't agree with your comment about all tractors being financed by tax dollars.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Good read, thanks for posting it but it still doesn't agree with your comment about all tractors being financed by tax dollars.

Deere managed to get themselves a chunk of the pork-u-lus package that I believe was intended to subsidize interest rates. No one else in the business managed to get a handout that I've read about.

 

[AKfish]

Deere managed to get themselves a chunk of the pork-u-lus package that I believe was intended to subsidize interest rates. No one else in the business managed to get a handout that I've read about.

I believe that Deere has responded to some of the criticism with the announcement that they are/will be repaying the money back to the Treasury. They also indicated that the money was used to "subsidize" many of the 0% purchase programs that are currently available to buyers.

If I had to venture a guess -- I'd bet that the other major manufacturers were in discussions with Treasury officials regarding stimulus funds as well. Whether any of them received monies or not; I haven't read about it.

AKfish

 

[Rob-D]

I believe that Deere has responded to some of the criticism with the announcement that they are/will be repaying the money back to the Treasury. They also indicated that the money was used to "subsidize" many of the 0% purchase programs that are currently available to buyers.

AKfish

I stimulated me. The 0% made the difference between getting a new tractor and finding a used one. I did better in the end.

Rob

 

[spruce Deere]

Mahindra #1? please......:laughing: So why is there NOT a mahindra dealer in just about every town like kubota or deere? I would still be inclined to think that deere or more likely yanmar or even kubota would be more prevalent "globally", but thats just me. Looks like a sales stunt too me.

On the topic of the pork-u-lus package, love that phrase the want to be global giant CNH took some of the pork in there Chrysler/daimer or how ever its spelled, leg at the time. The big pork grab ran deeper than lot of folks think. I did not agree with the whole shall we say "investment package" but Like Rob-d stated, it also stimulated me to buy a new tractor, could not beat the 0% int deal on new implements vs. used. I should have financed more than just the tractor look'n back now....

 

[/pine]

Mahindra #1? please...... So why is there NOT a mahindra dealer in just about every town like kubota or deere?

they do in markets that are much larger than the US...They are #1 globally not in the US...

 

[ctlguy]

Funny thought occured to me. What do you suppose leads the globe, indoor toilets or outdoor toilets? One being more used worldwide, would it be better than the other? Mahindra has been on track to be a Global leader for quite some time now. I don't think that necc means it is a better product but they have done a darn good job getting their name out there. How many people even heard of mahindra 10 years ago, I don't really care for their tractors and have operated a handfull but have to respect what they have built in a company and I bet they have more in store to tangle with the big dogs in the US. I think this is good, this will hopefully push mfg's who want to stay leaders in the us market to offer more choices.

 

[Rob-D]

Funny thought occured to me. What do you suppose leads the globe, indoor toilets or outdoor toilets?

Now that cracked me up. Maybe their next ad will be:

"Mahindra, preferred by people who use outside toilets 2 to 1."

 

[rjkobbeman]

Now that cracked me up. Maybe their next ad will be:

"Mahindra, preferred by people who use outside toilets 2 to 1."

I can see the movie now: Slumdog Mahindra