Association of Equipment Manufacturers - Industry Data for March 2008

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Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:23pm EDT 

CHICAGO, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is industry data for March
2008 from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers:

Association of Equipment Manufacturers -- Industry Data

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Farm Equipment Monthly Sales Flash -- United States

Month Ending Mar 31, 2008

                                                                  Beginning
                                               YTD      YTD       Inventory
                       March   March          March   March           March
                        2008   2007   % Chg    2008    2007   % Chg    2008
    2WD Farm Tractors
      <40  HP          8,277  11,961   -30.8  17,260  22,138  -22.0  62,584
      40 < 100 HP      5,715   7,806   -26.8  13,580  16,643  -18.4  35,075
      100+ HP          2,572   2,287    12.5   6,127   4,776   28.3   5,837

    Total 2WD Farm
     Tractors         16,564  22,054   -24.9  36,967  43,557  -15.1 103,496

    4WD Farm Tractors    468     363    28.9     957     731   30.9     844

    Total Farm
     Tractors         17,032  22,417   -24.0  37,924  44,288  -14.4 104,340

    Self-Prop.
     Combines            443     410     8.0   1,275   1,151   10.8     965







SOURCE  Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Rex Sprietsma, Director of Statistics, or Debbie Carson, Manager of
Statistics, +1-414-272-0943, both of Association of Equipment Manufacturers
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