Farmers in France bought more new tractors in 2019 than in any year since 2013, lifting Europe’s second largest tractor market to between 40,000-42,000 units of all types, including specialist vineyard tractors and groundscare models.

Figures compiled by Axema, France’s agricultural machinery manufacturers’ trade body, from government registrations data, show a welcome recovery in sales of “standard,” orchard/vineyard and vineyard straddle tractors, but also big decline in registrations of compact tractors used mainly for green…