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Lindsay Corporation helps farmers water crops with equipment such as Zimmatic systems, whose sprinkler lines rotate around a central pivot or move across a field. Irrigation supplies most of its revenue. Independent dealers buy its equipment and resell it to farmers, handling system design, installation and service; some international sales go directly to customers. Lindsay also sells replacement parts and charges subscriptions for FieldNET and FieldWise, which let growers monitor and control irrigation remotely, including equipment from other brands.
Equipment demand depends on whether better crop production and savings in water, energy and labor justify farmers’ purchase and operating costs. Farm profitability, crop prices, access to financing and water availability shape those decisions. A large irrigation project in the Middle East and North Africa also makes a single customer a meaningful source of revenue, leaving sales sensitive to that project’s timing and scope.
The smaller infrastructure business sells road-safety equipment to transportation agencies, contractors and distributors. Its Road Zipper System moves physical barriers to change traffic-lane allocation or separate construction work from traffic. Lindsay earns equipment-sale revenue and also leases Road Zipper equipment for construction projects; it sells crash cushions mainly through distributors. This business depends heavily on road and highway funding. Eligibility for U.S. government funding or reimbursement generally requires products to meet applicable safety standards, including MASH crash-testing standards.
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Deere and Lindsay depend on growers’ farm income and equipment budgets: Deere sells them tractors and harvesters, while Lindsay sells irrigation systems. Deere’s Production & Precision Agriculture sales are the line to watch for growers’ willingness to invest.
CNH and Lindsay both depend on crop growers’ capacity to invest: CNH sells Case IH and New Holland farm machinery, while Lindsay sells irrigation systems. Watch CNH’s Agriculture sales, particularly equipment for larger cash- and high-value-crop farms, for signs of that spending capacity.
AGCO and Lindsay both sell through dealers to farmers whose profitability shapes equipment investment—tractors and other farm machinery for AGCO, irrigation systems for Lindsay. Watch AGCO’s tractor sales, which accounted for 66% of its 2025 net sales, for a read on farmers’ equipment spending.
Toro competes with Lindsay for growers’ spending on water-efficient crop production, with both selling agricultural irrigation systems. Watch Toro’s agricultural irrigation products rather than its broader turf and residential equipment business when assessing the pressure on Lindsay.
Franklin Electric shares Lindsay’s exposure to farm investment: its pumps, motors and controls move water for agricultural users, complementing Lindsay’s irrigation systems. Watch agricultural sales within Franklin Electric’s Water Systems business, where seasonality and commodity prices matter, rather than treating all water sales as a signal for Lindsay.
Alamo and Lindsay compete for roadway-safety spending by contractors and municipalities: Alamo sells truck-mounted devices that cushion crashes, while Lindsay sells roadside crash cushions and movable barriers. Alamo’s truck-mounted attenuator business is the part to watch for the government-funded road-safety demand that also matters to Lindsay.
Lindsay Corporation earningsThis company
Irrigation drives most of Lindsay’s revenue, and this report will show whether sales can keep growing beyond large project orders without squeezing segment margins.
Read Irrigation revenue alongside the segment’s margin. Revenue growth with a steady margin would show that growth extends beyond project deliveries without a less profitable sales mix eroding earnings. Weaker revenue, or growth paired with a falling margin, would point to vulnerability to project timing, North American demand, or the weight of international project sales. The question is whether irrigation growth can deliver steadier profit.
Franklin Electric Co Inc earningsFELE
Franklin Electric’s Water Systems business serves agricultural water users, so its report can show whether farm-related investment in water equipment is supporting demand for Lindsay’s irrigation systems.
Look at agricultural sales within Franklin Electric’s Water Systems business and how they compare with its other water systems sales. Stronger agricultural sales would suggest farmers are still investing in related water equipment, supporting the demand backdrop for Lindsay’s irrigation business. Weak agricultural sales while other water systems sales hold up would point more to pressure on farm investment than to a broad slowdown across water systems.
Alamo Group, Inc. earningsALG
Alamo’s truck-mounted attenuators compete for road-safety spending with Lindsay’s roadway products, and its report will show whether contractors and public agencies are buying these devices.
Focus on Alamo’s truck-mounted attenuator business, not its total sales. Strength there would show that contractors and public agencies are still buying road-safety equipment, supporting the market for Lindsay’s crash cushions and movable barriers. Weakness would point to pressure on this category of road spending, but would not by itself show that Lindsay’s sales are falling.
Toro Company (The) earningsTTC
Toro also sells agricultural irrigation equipment, so its report can help distinguish changes in demand for the category from competitive pressure on Lindsay’s irrigation business.
Compare Toro’s agricultural irrigation results with Lindsay’s latest Irrigation revenue and margin. Strength at both would suggest demand for this equipment is holding up; Toro strengthening while Lindsay weakens would make competitive pressure more plausible; weakness at both would point more toward soft farmer spending. The distinction is whether the change reflects the market or Lindsay’s position against a direct rival.
