Tillage farmers in France renewing tractor fleets to maintain cultivations and crop sowing performance invested in greater productivity in 2020 as sales of less powerful machines declined.
From a 2019 total of 26,251 units across all power outputs — but excluding orchard and vineyard tractors — sales slipped 7.5% to 24,271 according to registrations analyzed by ag machinery organization Axema.
But while sales of tractors up to 250 horsepower lost 2,220 units representing a drop…
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