Deere said it expects global equipment sales to fall 30% to 40% this year as the Covid-19 pandemic weighs on demand.
No—that guidance is for the construction segment specifically, which comprises 27% of total sales. DE’s FY2020 guidance for the much larger ag segment is a YoY sales reduction of 10-15%.
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