AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, reported net sales of approximately $2.8 billion for the second quarter of 2014, a decrease of approximately 9.8% compared to net sales of approximately $3.0 billion for the second quarter of 2013. Net income for the second quarter of 2014 was $1.77 per share.

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Lessiter Publications is pleased to announce it has added Jaime Elftman to its team as an assistant editor. Elftman will be working on publications in the ag division, including Farm Equipment, Rural Lifestyle Dealer, Precision Farming Dealer

In hindsight, many risks seem obvious. And when we do take the time to evaluate potential risks, there is often not much that is profound about them. Yet so many of us fall prey to unforeseen risks, believing that they came out of nowhere or that they could not have been anticipated. While this may be true in some cases, most of the time risk blindness occurs due to the way our brains are wired. Here are three reasons why we're blind to risk, and what we can do about it.

Read more of Steven DeRycke's response as well as other dealer responses to the question, "What factors do you take into considerations when deciding to add a new product or brand to your mix?" Their answers are featured in Rural Lifestyle Dealer's spring 2014 issue.

Land Pride's SRT comes with a host of features and is available in 62" and 76" widths, plus the SRT can be offset 6" to the right for tilling next to fences, building, or sidewalks. It features a bi-direction rotor with a swing diameter of 18.3" and spins up to 245 RPM, depending on the motor.