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Companies that make tractors worry whether business will slow

Bill Wheelhouse
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Harvest Public Media/IPR

While the nation’s economy was slumping over the last five years, the American farm economy was booming. Companies that make tractors and other farm implements have done exceptionally well as many farmers replace their pricey equipment every year. But with commodity prices dropping and a major tax break in jeopardy there is some question as to whether business will stall. Harvest Public Media's Bill Wheelhouse:
Harvest Public Media is a cooperative journalistic effort by several Midwestern public media outlets covering Food and agriculture production issues.