Article supplied: South African Agricultural Machinery Association

07 July 2021

Retail sales of agricultural equipment during June 2021 were as follows:

June tractor sales of 633 units were almost 43% more than the 444 units sold in June last year. Year-to-date tractor sales are now 27% up on last year. In June there were 30 combine harvester sales, 13 units more than the 17 units sold in June last year. On a year-to-date basis, combine harvester sales are now almost 32% up on last year.

With excellent summer crops, overall, and good prospects for winter crops, optimism within the agricultural machinery industry continues to be at a high level. Most summer-crop harvesting has been completed and farmers are now starting to prepare for the forthcoming summer-cropping season.  

The current exceptional sales levels indicate that farmers are taking the opportunity to replace equipment. This is likely to continue in the short term. Current forecasts are that tractor sales for the 2021 calendar year will be between 15 and 20% up on last year.

Karel Munnik
Chairman: South African Agricultural Machinery Association

Contact: Mr. Karel Munnik (082) 412-2577 or Dr. Jim Rankin (011) 453-7249