SIC 5962 & 5191 | NAICS 444220 & 424910
The following guide to industry information, research, and analysis provides sources for industry trends and statistics, financial ratios, salary surveys, and more.
Comprehensive research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year growth forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Topics addressed in the reports include:
Monthly trade publication features news and information for agriculture retailers and distributors, with special features including the annual "AgPro Salary Survey" conducted in March that provides salary and benefits information for agronomy sales professionals and custom applicator/machine operators. Current and archived editions are available free online, with free subscription available upon request.
CropLife Magazine
https://www.croplife.com/
Monthly trade magazine provides news and information for agricultural retailers and distributors, with
special reports including the "State of the Industry" (January), "CropLife
100 Mid-Year Report" (June), "State of Retail Distribution" (October),
and "CropLife Top 100" (December). Selected articles can be viewed free online, with free subscription
to the print version of the magazine available upon request.
State of the Industry
https://www.croplife.com/
State of the industry report analyzes current market conditions
and the outlook for the year ahead for the crop protection
products, fertilizer, and agricultural seed markets and also includes
the results of the "Buying
Intentions Survey" which asks agricultural retailers which product segments in the above categories
they expected to spend the majority of their budgets on for the
upcoming growing season.
CropLife 100 Mid-Year Report
https://www.croplife.com/
Annual survey asks agricultural retailers included in the CropLife Top
100 how their businesses were doing after the spring planting
season had come to an end on a scale of 1 to 10—1 being "poor" and
10 being "outstanding"—for four major categories (e.g., crop
protection products, fertilizer, seed, and custom application) and
addresses areas of concern within these categories and the industry overall.
State of Retail Distribution
https://www.croplife.com/
Special report examines changes impacting the agricultural retail distribution chain,
with examples of topics covered in
a recent edition including commodity pricing trends and short-term
outlook, market trends driving more consolidations and mergers on both
supplier and retail levels, and the increased importance of alternative
product distribution models which incorporate e-commerce sales
strategies.
CropLife Top 100
https://www.croplife.com/
Annual report lists the 100 largest agricultural retailers by annual sales,
with information provided for each company including contact information,
organization type, year started, number of retail outlets, total number of states
served, total number of employees, and percentage of revenues
generated by product or service category (e.g., crop protection products,
fertilizers, seed, and custom application).
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level including:
Financial benchmarking section of this report provides an analysis of industry income and expenses as a percentage of revenues for organizations that sell a variety of home, garden, and farm products including pet food, livestock feed, and related supplies, power tools, appliances, and other hardware, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies, outdoor recreational equipment, and clothing and footwear.
Farm Supplies Store
https://www.payscale.com
Free online service provides salary, bonus, and hourly wage data for job positions in this sector such
as operations manager, store manager, assistant
store manager, sales team leader, and purchasing agent/buyer,
with employers for which salary or hourly wage rates
are provided including Rural King Supply, Inc., Tractor Supply
Company, Atwood Distributing L.P., and Orscheln Farm and Home LLC.
Farm Supplies Wholesaler
https://www.payscale.com/
Free online service provides salary, bonus, and hourly wage data for job positions in this sector such
as operations
manager, corporate controller, supply chain planner, senior accountant,
administrative assistant, bookkeeper, warehouse supervisor, and shipper/receiver, with distributors
for which salary or wage data are provided
including Tractor Supply Company and Southern States Cooperative, Inc.
Interactive database provides detailed transaction data for over 38,000 private and public companies sold for prices ranging from under $250,000 to over $500,000,000, with valuation measures provided including market value of invested capital as a multiple of revenue, gross profit, EBIT, EBITDA, SDE, and book value of invested capital. User guide, free webinar, and sample reports are available online.