THE TMA ANNUAL INDUSTRY FORUM & REVIEW    20-Apr-2010,  --- Here's an important note for your Diary ....

FOOD MINING - WHERE'S OUR CHINESE BUYERS    12-Apr-2010,  --- The wheat price is hovering over the farm machinery business like volcanic ash over Northern Europe – it’s there but not going anywhere quickly. A wise tillage manufacturer once told me “son, don’t look to the weather for your prosperity – check out the wheat price. Machinery sales will ebb and flow on commodity prices!”

AG MACHINERY NOT DIGGING DEEP FOR FINANCE    04-Apr-2010,  --- There has been much in the press and industry news of late about the difficulty of accessing finance for capital purchases – particularly in the earthmoving and mining sectors. Fortunately, the agricultural machinery sector has managed to avoid the squeeze created by the GFC and financing for dealership sales and floorplan inventory continues to be well served by strong funders.

RESERVE BANK INTEREST RATES    13-Jan-2010,  --- The Reserve Bank lifted interest rates to 3.75 per cent in December 2009.

RBA LEAVES INTEREST RATES ON HOLD    05-Jun-2009,  --- At its meeting last week the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 3.0 per cent.