| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 230 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Industry profiles and studies collection,
2331-0073
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Industry profiles and studies collection.
2331-0073
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) index. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. How the farm machinery industry operates -- Chapter 3. Industry organization and competition -- Chapter 4. Outside market forces -- Chapter 5. Regulation in the farm machinery industry -- Chapter 6. Challenges and opportunities for the farm machinery industry. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
The farm machinery industry is a complex sector of the global manufacturing economy that encompasses many companies, including those who that produce tractors, combines, planting equipment, tillage equipment, and irrigation systems. While the global industry is dominated by three full-line manufacturers (Deere and Company, Case New Holland, and the Allis-Gleaner Corporation), there are thousands of other companies, including many short-line manufacturers, that also dictate the nature of the industry. In recent years, equipment built by competitors from Asia have become more common in the farmstead landscape, capturing some of the market share U.S. manufacturers once dominated. This book examines farm machinery in the context of its history, corporations, outside market forces, regulations, and challenges and opportunities. The farm machinery industry, while contributing a small percentage to gross world product, is vitally important to another key sector of the economy--agriculture. In advanced economies, where the percentage of the labor force engaged in agriculture has been on the decline since World War II, high horsepower tractors and efficient harvesting systems are necessary to cultivate more acres with fewer workers to feed an ever-growing world population. Threats to profits in agriculture, such as natural disasters, climate change, and trade wars, increasingly challenge the profits and the viability of the farm machinery industry. |
| Form |
Also available in print. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Provenance |
Purchased with the Phippen Library Fund. |
| Subject |
Agricultural machinery industry.
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Agricultural machinery industry. |
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Harvesting machinery industry. |
| Indexed Term |
Farm machinery. |
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Agriculture. |
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Tractor. |
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Combine. |
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Implement. |
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Trade policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781953349309 |
| ISBN |
9781953349316 e-book |
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9781953349309 print |
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