Silly Season
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The world's tractor market looked healthy in 2017, with 2.1 million sales – up about 13% on the 2016 total of 1.9 million units.
Tractor sales are holding despite the dairy downturn, says NZ Tractor and Machinery Association president Mark Hamilton-Manns.
The New Zealand tractor market remains affected by the depressed dairy economy: overall sales are down about 14% on the same period last year.

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