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While tractor deliveries for the year-to-date April 2023 showing a 28% reduction compared to the same period in 2022 seems dramatic, a closer look provides a clearer picture into the market dynamics.

OPINION: A mate of the Hound’s reckons the recent number of tractor sales, or more correctly, a lack of them, is a warning sign of a coming rural recession.

Recent reports from the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) suggest that the recently buoyant tractor market might be 'coming off the boil'.

After 50 years of working closely with farmers and contractors, Paul Wilkins has been awarded the Tractor and Machinery Association's (TAMA) 2022 President's Award for Service to the Industry.

It looks like 2022 will be a repeat of the previous year, with Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president Kyle Baxter seeing first-hand how stronger commodity prices are giving farmers and rural contractors the confidence to invest in new equipment.

The Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) has appointed Phil Holden as its new general manager.

As we crank in to 2022, NZ’s agricultural tractor and machinery industry seems to have mirrored the automobile sector with record breaking sales in 2021.

NZ tractor sales saw a record-breaking September 2021, mirroring a rising market that has been experienced throughout the year.

Machinery dealers around the country have reported a substantial increase in sales of both tractors and farm equipment compared with the same time last year.

Demand for agricultural machinery and equipment has kicked 2021 off to a fantastic start, following the momentum that built during spring and summer of 2020.