Krone Group Earnings Drop Despite Stable Farm Machinery Sales
While turnover was back slightly at €2.3 billion in 2024/2025 (previous year €2.4 billion), the German Krone Group saw earnings fall from €107 million to €40.1 million.
First seen in 2022, the cutting width of up to 11m sees the mowers and conditioning units moving away from the norm by being hydraulically driven. Weighing in at only 8.5 tonnes, power is delivered by a 350hp Mercedes engine.
Rural News understands the Cutaro will be built at the same Kirchdorf plant where Fliegl manufactures the Cargos forage wagons and farm loaders. We also understand there are plans to redesign the drive unit to reduce the overall transport width from 3.5m down to 3.0m and a new source of mower decks, which are currently supplied by Claas.
Fliegl is yet to release a timescale for commercial production, but we understand that there is a plan to build a small number of pre-production machines, for testing in Europe during 2026, alongside prototypes for next month’s Agritechnica Event, where the company has booked a half-acre site.
