According to an Ag Equipment Intelligence report, lawn and garden equipment, 2WD mid-size tractors and 2WD compact tractors are best bets for improving unit sales in 2019.

It’s a promising and changing time for the rural equipment market, with some potentially negative undertones.

Demand for power lawn and garden equipment among residential users is forecast to rise 2.9% annually to $7.9 billion in 2022, slightly slower than growth among commercial users.

According to the company, the new logo "features scenes of distressed copper, concrete and steel that symbolize our manufacturing heritage."

Commercial and consumer lawn equipment and GPS/Precision Ag sales showed strength, while large equipment demand remains weak, according to the most recent Ag Equipment Intelligence report.

Rising employment levels are almost always a positive sign indicating a business is growing. That being the case, landscape contractors are on a roll — again. And this is also a positive sign for retailers, particularly outdoor power equipment dealers, who supply the equipment needs for those maintaining parks, corporate facilities and homeowners with turf services.

Landscape contractors, one of the prime market segments for rural lifestyle equipment dealers, continue to show strong growth potential in 2017.