Every year, German farmers rate the awareness and brand strength of companies in the agricultural sector for 7 different areas as part of the DLG ImageBarometer.
During an exceptionally busy year for SDF Group, a voluntary shut-down of the Treviglio headquarters factory in northern Italy and extensive re-organization to protect staff from Covid-19 infection spurred the business into accelerating its wide-ranging digitalization program.
Field and machine data collection is the core feature of a new cloud-based digital platform developed for Deutz-Fahr tractors and harvesters by IBM and an Italian digital technology consortium.
Improved cost-efficiency, especially in parts warehouse operations, helped SDF Group achieve improved earnings in the face of market contraction and lower turnover last year.
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.
While big tractor-mounted loaders continue to hold sway in North America for feeding livestock, stacking bales, loading manure and other handling duties, French farmers underscored their appreciation of telescopic handlers last year by purchasing more of them than ever.
A 12% increase in revenues from European Union countries helped tractor and harvester maker SDF Group offset a dramatic fall from sales in Turkey to maintain 2018 group revenues at a level consistent with preceding years.
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