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chedly_farms wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:16 am AGCO owns Fendt. They make the Katana forage harvester.

PrincessJessi84 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:06 am I am sorry... I am really not even a tiny bit invested in this debate/question... I have, sadly, not gotten a chance to interact with you on here much Thedebe48 but I feel pretty confident that everyone else involved in this discussion knows by now that IF I were to pick favorites in this game it is based entirely on the color pink and panoramic windows, respectively.. I was simply pointing out a flaw in the arguments

With that being said, your argument that sales r an indicator is very flawed..

Using in-game stuffs as our example, lets say you own ArmaTrac and I own STOLL.. you literally have 1 item in your entire product line... I have 11.. this is a huge difference.. my product line is much bigger than yours.. 11 times bigger to be exact.. but.. based on the cost in-game, I would need to sell 11.5 of my most expensive item (FZ 60) just to match sales with one ArmaTrac 1104..

Then lets compare JD to CLAAS in game.. JD only has 16 items in the game vs just over 40 for CLAAS.. but even tho CLAAS has almost 3 times the product line, JD will likely have higher sales due to higher global popularity..

In the end you may be right about who is the "biggest".. but you may not be.. again I insist that the only way to find out is to count the product lines themselves and forgo looking at sales figures as they really aren't that applicable in this.. Just because someone is the most popular or has the highest sales, doesn't mean they have the biggest product line.. there is no correlation

dunnjob wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:56 pm Lizard is the biggest company in game. Just look at the huge product lineup. From plows to trucks to buildings... There seems to be a Lizard listing in very category. This company is massive!

kintino wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:45 pm
and the most versatile company there is

Thedebe48 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:04 pm

PrincessJessi84 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:00 pm the way I understood your question eric was product lines, not sales or anything like that.. if my understanding was correct than all the above comments r worth moot as they r based off sales.. in order to answer this question someone would have to count every model produced and currently sold by each manufacturer and base the answer off the results.. good luck with that

You make a good point here. I didn't think of it that way when I read it the first time. In terms of product lines and range of equipment offered, you are correct in that it would take some digging to get the exact answer, but sales is a good indicator as for where to start looking.

I think the answer to this would still be John Deere. Their product line is the most diverse. They manufacture equipment for landscaping and grounds care, golf course & sports turf management, agriculture, construction, forestry and for military operations. Their agriculture line includes tracked, compact, row crop, utility and 4wd tractors that range from 45HP-620HP. Not to mention their precision planters, no-till technology, drills and carts, sprayers and applicators, tillage equipment, cutters and shredders, combines and headers, and hay and forage equipment.

If we're talking only agriculture, John Deere, Case-NH and AGCO would all be about a horse a piece. I can't really think of anything one manufactures for agriculture that the other two don't (Don't think Case or AGCO do forage harvesters). I don't really know though that any other manufacturer besides these three would be on the same level as far as agricultural product diversity.

Mwal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:30 am

Thedebe48 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:04 pm

PrincessJessi84 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:00 pm the way I understood your question eric was product lines, not sales or anything like that.. if my understanding was correct than all the above comments r worth moot as they r based off sales.. in order to answer this question someone would have to count every model produced and currently sold by each manufacturer and base the answer off the results.. good luck with that

You make a good point here. I didn't think of it that way when I read it the first time. In terms of product lines and range of equipment offered, you are correct in that it would take some digging to get the exact answer, but sales is a good indicator as for where to start looking.

I think the answer to this would still be John Deere. Their product line is the most diverse. They manufacture equipment for landscaping and grounds care, golf course & sports turf management, agriculture, construction, forestry and for military operations. Their agriculture line includes tracked, compact, row crop, utility and 4wd tractors that range from 45HP-620HP. Not to mention their precision planters, no-till technology, drills and carts, sprayers and applicators, tillage equipment, cutters and shredders, combines and headers, and hay and forage equipment.

If we're talking only agriculture, John Deere, Case-NH and AGCO would all be about a horse a piece. I can't really think of anything one manufactures for agriculture that the other two don't (Don't think Case or AGCO do forage harvesters). I don't really know though that any other manufacturer besides these three would be on the same level as far as agricultural product diversity.

Case also makes a forage harvester because case and New Holland are the same company and new Holland makes one that’s in the game. As far as John Deere beating out case if you consider all there products case has all those thing you mentioned, except twice because of New Holland. They also own a truck line, small commercial vehicles, Steyr, buses, and off road military vehicles and even an amphibious military vehicle. Personally I would have to believe agco offers the most products.

chedly_farms wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:20 pm

Thedebe48 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:40 pm The top four revenue earning farm equipment manufacturers, in USD. (2018 year end)

John Deere: $33.351 Billion
CNH: $25.711 Billion
Kubota: $13.857 Billion
AGCO: $9.352 Billion

For the sake of good conversation, where did these number come from? I can't think of a scenario where Kubota made more than AGCO. Even with Great Plains, Kubota wouldn't make more than AGCO. Also considering these numbers are sales and not profit, AGCO sales combines for half a million dollars, Kubota can't compete with that on a sales number with there medium to light duty line up. I would say that this list might be just North American based, which these numbers might make more sense. With that said, I wouldn't argue John Deere being number 1 in sales if we are counting Merchandising. Nobody has better world wide brand recognition and merchandising than John Deere. But as I said, I'm making this discussion for the sake of a good conversation. I'd love to hear peoples unput.

eric21 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:12 pm Yes I should of said it more clearly and yes based on the amount of equipment

Amount of equipment, AGCO has to be number 1 or at worst, 2 behind CNH. AGCO has Fendt with makes a huge lineup just to themselves. Then they have Massey Ferguson, Valtra, Gleaner, White, Challenger, Heston, And many more smaller lines. They own Precision Planting and Lely, the latter being converted to Fendt.

CNH has CaseIH, a huge company I would think to be just as big as John Deere, plus New Holland and Steyr among others.

As far as brands go,
John Deere, Fendt, Claas, and CaseIH are the top 4.

I feel like I have to follow up by saying these are my opinions here. Just stating them for good conversation. So if I'm wrong, please don't take it personally.

george.earlslight wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:55 am OP has already made a post clarifying he wanted to ask about catalogue range, not sales.

dunnjob wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:56 pm Lizard is the biggest company in game. Just look at the huge product lineup. From plows to trucks to buildings... There seems to be a Lizard listing in very category. This company is massive!