May 2025: TRACTOR and COMBINE HARVESTER SALES
Retail sales of agricultural equipment during May 2025 were as follows:
May tractor sales of 635 units were 12% more than the 566 units sold in May last year. Year-to-date tractor sales are now almost 20% up on last year. Forty-one combine harvesters were sold in May, 16 more than the 25 units sold in May last year. On a year-to-date basis, combine harvester sales are now almost 44% up on last year.
Market sentiment continues to be positive, and this is reflected in the good sales of tractors and combine harvesters for the year so far. Farmers are still harvesting their crops, and yields are generally looking good, although the quality has, in some cases, been adversely affected by the late rains. Commodity prices are holding up at present. Some farmers are holding back on buying equipment until their summer crops have been harvested and they know what the yield and quality of their crops is.
Current predictions are that tractor sales will be between 5 and 10% more than last year. Combine harvester sales in 2025 also look as though they are going to be higher than last year.
Willie Human
Chairman: South African Agricultural Machinery Association
Contact: Willie Human (083) 954-7232 or Dr. Jim Rankin (011) 453-7249