Net earnings will be $1.9 billion in the year through October, Moline, Illinois-based Deere said Friday in a statement, raising a February projection of about $1.8 billion. The company also posted fiscal second-quarter profit and sales that exceeded analysts’ estimates.

Deere’s “construction equipment is largely domestic and should fare well as U.S. markets recover,” Karen Ubelhart, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst, said in a May 20 report.

That’s a welcome boost for Deere, which is having a tough time with its agricultural-equipment business, the world’s largest and the source of most of the company’s revenue. Spending by farmers is declining on lower crop prices.

Agricultural sales in the U.S. and Canada are seen falling about 25 percent in 2015, Deere said Friday. In contrast it predicts worldwide sales of construction and forestry equipment will increase by about 2 percent.

Net income fell to $2.03 a share for the three months through April 30, from $2.65 a year earlier. That’s more than the $1.56 average of 20 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Construction makes up 15 percent of Deere’s equipment sales and the U.S. accounts for about 63 percent of its overall revenue. American construction spending in March was up 2 percent from a year ago, according to government data, as house- building and weather conditions improve.

Caterpillar Inc. reported Wednesday a 3 percent gain in North American retail sales of construction machines in the three months through April, bucking a global decline.