Czech tractor maker Zetor aims to rebuild its presence in India through a cooperation agreement with local manufacturer VST Tillers Tractors to jointly develop a new model, primarily for sale in India but also for export to selected markets.
A strong order book at the beginning of the year was a welcome legacy for Kuhn’s commercial activities last year as 2019 ended with only a modest drop in net sales as a challenging North American market dimmed prospects for 2020 figures.
Tractor sales in South Africa plummeted last year as initial uncertainty over harvest prospects in summer cropping areas, followed by drought conditions that held back timely planting, had a profound impact on grower investment sentiment.
Claas has opened the extension to its central Parts Logistics Centre in Hamm. After a planning and construction period lasting over 2 years, the new high-bay warehouse has now been commissioned according to schedule.
Despite devastating bushfires and an ongoing drought, Australian ag equipment dealers managed to sell more tractors in the final month of 2019 than in the year prior, with mid- to upper range 100-200 horsepower models doing best with a volume 15% higher than in 2018.
According to a Jan. 23, 2020 report in the Zimbabwe publication, The Herald, John Deere is expected to begin shipping the first part of a $50 million order for farm machinery within in the next 3 months.
Distortions in the registrations data used to monitor tractor sales in the United Kingdom have resulted in figures for 2019 that appear to show some growth, when, in fact, a drop in sales was the reality.
Of the 22,745 tractors produced by TürkTraktör in 2019, 15,207 units, or two-thirds, were exported, according to a Jan. 19 report in Daily Sabah Automotive.
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.
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