SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

The table below presents information about certain operating results of segments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):



	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Revenues from external customers
Agricultural	$	157,354		$	227,650		$	565,353		$	830,090
Earthmoving/construction	111,658			154,057			389,800			470,958
Consumer	39,824			67,872			131,809			211,202
	$	308,836		$	449,579		$	1,086,962		$	1,512,250
Gross profit
Agricultural	$	18,437		$	29,196		$	81,700		$	115,689
Earthmoving/construction	5,952			10,854			29,450			(9,164		)
Consumer	2,247			4,387			10,143			12,073
Unallocated corporate	(483		)	(798		)	(1,293		)	(2,209		)
	$	26,153		$	43,639		$	120,000		$	116,389
Income (loss) from operations
Agricultural	$	9,847		$	18,144		$	54,403		$	76,763
Earthmoving/construction	(5,526		)	(2,984		)	(7,264		)	(52,313		)
Consumer	(1,540		)	(950		)	(2,632		)	(4,324		)
Unallocated corporate	(17,243		)	(16,724		)	(50,629		)	(51,843		)
Income (loss) from operations	(14,462		)	(2,514		)	(6,122		)	(31,717		)

Interest expense	(8,289		)	(8,951		)	(25,687		)	(27,136		)
Foreign exchange loss	(15,333		)	(13,266		)	(5,720		)	(11,299		)
Other income, net	755			2,587			6,331			7,471
Loss before income taxes	$	(37,329	)	$	(22,144	)	$	(31,198	)	$	(62,681	)

Assets by segment were as follows (amounts in thousands):



	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Total assets
Agricultural	$	452,123	$	508,741
Earthmoving/construction	531,417		591,553
Consumer	138,097		175,475
Unallocated corporate	215,115		219,955
	$	1,336,752	$	1,495,724