Archive Article: 2001/10/19

19 October 2001

Unbelievable…but tractor sales rising

Who would have thought tractor sales would rise when livestock producers are reeling from foot-and-mouth and arable farmers are suffering such low returns?

After all, the Agricultural Engineers Association, supported by UK dealers, predicted sales would reach barely 8000 units this year before F&M took hold in Feb. Now, with 9127 units sold for the first nine months of this year, a 4% increase, it forecasts tractor sales could top 11,000 by December. Now that is good news.