I have been looking forward to covering the earnings of the world's largest agriculture-only machinery company AGCO Corp. (AGCO). While I am not a shareholder, I like the company's insights and the significance of regional sales growth as it tells us a lot about the health of farmers and overall agricultural demand. The company easily beat its first-quarter earnings while sales recorded their fourth consecutive quarterly decline. Nonetheless, the company should be able to benefit from rising demand going forward, which is good for the company and a sign that things are