 Ag News Now. Agriculture Today. There's just sort of some softness in the capital market. Kurt Blades, Senior Vice President with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. We're just recognizing that there's some storm clouds out there for agriculture. We don't have a farm bill. We've got high interest rates. We've got low corn prices. I mean, there's just a number of things that are affecting farmer psyches, and that's influencing their purchases of machines.