A stronger relationship between tractor makers Kubota and Escorts Ltd, newly established joint-venture partners in India, is the objective of an investment deal struck between the two parties.
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.
With the launch of a new line of tractors, a new combine and planter in the past year, AGCO says its serious about establishing its Fendt branded farm machinery as a premium line for row-crop farmers in the U.S. and Canada.
Along with other Brazilian ag equipment factories, the Canoas unit has received over $200 million back on investments. The entire AGCO portfolio in Brazil was updated in 2016 with 100 new products, and all tractors produced are new models.
Is it any wonder that ag machinery manufacturers increasingly use numbers to identify their products rather than names where there are pitfalls waiting to catch the unwary?
Naming global or even regionally distributed products is especially fraught with danger if the word needs to be pronounceable in different languages and not mean something inappropriate, foolish or downright rude in another tongue.
2019 continues to unfold as a good year for the smaller horsepower tractors and equipment which are driven by the U.S. general economy, and a weak year for production agricultural equipment sales as net farm income continues to decline.
January 2019 saw increases in U.S. sales of self-propelled combines and 4WlD tractors as well as total U.S. 2WD tractor sales compared to January last year, according to the latest data from the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
A partnership agreement between India’s International Tractors Ltd. (ITL) and Argo Tractors will result in the Italian manufacturer of Landini and McCormick equipment sourcing “utility” models from ITL for selected markets.
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The announcement of a partnership between New Holland and Bluewhite was one of the big precision stories of the summer. West Coast New Holland dealers now have the rights to sell, distribute and service Bluewhite’s aftermarket autonomy kits.