A profile of the farm machinery industry: helping farmers feed the world

1. Introduction -- 2. How the farm machinery industry operates -- 3. Industry organization and competition -- 4. Outside market forces -- 5. Regulation in the farm machinery industry -- 6. Challenges and opportunities for the farm machinery industry -- Notes -- References -- Resources for further st...

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1. Verfasser: Drake, Dawn M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) Business Expert Press 2014
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Industry profiles collection
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Zusammenfassung:1. Introduction -- 2. How the farm machinery industry operates -- 3. Industry organization and competition -- 4. Outside market forces -- 5. Regulation in the farm machinery industry -- 6. Challenges and opportunities for the farm machinery industry -- Notes -- References -- Resources for further study -- Index
The farm machinery industry is a complex sector of the global manufacturing economy that encompasses many companies, including those who produce tractors, combines, sprayers, planting equipment, harvesters, tillage equipment, and irrigation systems. While the 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. 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
Beschreibung:Part of: 2013 digital library
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index
Beschreibung:Online-Ressource (xx, 180 pages)
ISBN:9781606494431
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