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Smaller-Tractor Sales Improve 07/11 10:08
June Tractor Sales Down Slightly From Last Year, Combine Sales Down a Lot
As has been true for many months, sales of tractors and combines were down
in June compared to sales reported in June 2024.
Dan Miller
Progressive Farmer Senior Editor
One month does not make a trend. But there may be a tiny bit of fresh air in
the June 2025 Ag Tractor and Combine report. The monthly tractor and combine
sales reports are released by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
Sales of all tractors, from small units to large four-wheel-drive tractors,
were down 4.4% in June 2025 compared to June 2024. Though still down from last
year, it's an improvement from May 2025 when sales were down 11.9% from May
2024, according to AEM.
To be fair, recent monthly tractor and combine sales reports more resemble
May's numbers than June's.
Much of June's tiny improvement is due to sales of small tractors, those
under 100 horsepower. Sales are still down, but only slightly. June 2025 sales
of less-than-40-horsepower tractors were down only 1% compared to June 2024.
Sales of tractors 40- to 100-horsepower in June 2025 were down 2.1% from June
2024.
Among larger tractors, it would be fair to say any hint of fresh air is hard
to find. AEM reports June sales declined 29.2% for two-wheel-drive,
100-plus-horsepower tractors and 42% for four-wheel-drive tractors.
Manufacturers reported all-tractor sales of 21,939 units in June, compared
to 22,950 units in June 2024.
Year-to-date sales of tractors through June 2025 are down 10.9% for all
tractors, down 26.2% for tractors 100-plus horsepower and down 38.5% for
four-wheel-drive units.
Combine sales also remain in the doldrums, AEM's analysis shows. AEM's
preliminary report for June 2025 finds 259 combines sold, compared to 460
combines sold in June 2024. That's a sharp 43.7% drop from June 2025 to June
2024.
For all this year through June, combine sales are off 43.4% compared to the
first six months of 2024. Total combines sold this year from January through
June are 1,512 compared to 2,670 combines sold during the first six months of
2024.
Dan Miller can be reached at dan.miller@dtn.com
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