New record for the Italian Agriculture 4.0 market, which in 2023 reached a turnover of two and a half billion euros, a 19 percent increase compared to the previous year. This is the finding of a recent study conducted by the Smart Agrifood Observatory of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano. The study highlights that although investments continue their growth trend, in a year characterized by the significant impact of climate change on the national primary sector, the areas of investment for Italian agricultural companies are changing.…
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Farmers’ protests, the point with the spotlights off
The farmers’ protests against the most absurd regulations proposed by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) began in Germany a few months ago when Olaf Scholz’s government decided to eliminate subsidies for agricultural diesel. The fuel issue was merely the spark for a protest that quickly spread across Europe with partly local motivations but two common denominators. One was linked to the Common Agricultural Policy, characterized by the “Green New Deal” program primarily developed by Dutchman Frans Timmermans and supported by the current European government. ù Another point of contention was…
Read MorePakelo, red and italian
Strange people, the Italians. Almost 69 million individuals ready to celebrate and chant patriotism when the National Football Team wins an international tournament, yet they live as strangers under the same roof in their daily lives without the slightest nationalistic anxiety. Apart from a few productive sectors, primarily automotive, clothing, and high-end food, the average Italian often regards most domestic products as qualitatively inferior to foreign competitors. This mindset has no logical basis and particularly affects the agricultural mechanization sector. In this field, Made in Italy is actually considered a…
Read MoreOnly two events will remain of agricultural mechanization
Hard times for everyone, either due to economic problems or for war reasons. In all the most important manufacturing sectors, sales are going slowly and in the absence of incentives there are fears that many production organizations will not be able to overcome the stress to which they are subjected. Only two events will remain of agricultural mechanization Confirmation is provided by the trend of sector and non-sector trade fairs, with the former all experiencing a downward reclassification, moving, when things go well, from international to national and from national…
Read MoreTractor market january-march 2024: all as expected
“Income contraction in agriculture, monetary tightening, geopolitical uncertainty, and inflation have influenced the performance of the agromechanical market in the first quarter of the year.” This is how FederUnacoma, the association of agricultural machinery manufacturers, introduced the data on tractor registrations recorded by the Motorization in the first three months of the year. The organization identifies four reasons behind a decline exceeding 25 percent, and indeed, they all hold true. However, there are two other equally significant reasons. The first lies in the excessive generosity with which the State has…
Read MoreTractors: protests in India
After Europe, India is also experiencing tensions triggered by the strong protest of local farmers. Last February, thousands of people have in fact he was trying to march towards the New capital Delhi, clashing with the police forces. The agents they shot at their tear gas nearby at the border of Shambhu which it divides the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, almost 200 kilometres from the capital. The procession of agricultural vehicles, trucks and carts loaded with food and other furniture started later that the talks between the leaders…
Read MoreEuropean tractor registrations 2023
European tractor registrations closed 2023 with a decline of six and a half percentage points. However, manufacturers are apprehensively looking towards the future due to an economic situation plagued by too many uncertainties.According to the monthly surveys conducted by CEMA, the European Association of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers, by the end of January 2024, “The economic climate for the agricultural machinery industry in Europe is in a deep recession… deteriorating once again after significant declines in previous months… The indices for tractor and harvesting machinery manufacturers have reached historic lows. More…
Read MoreEima Races Forward, Sima and Paris Out
While Eima is heading towards the 2024 edition, Sima had to cancel the edition scheduled for November 24th to 27th. Here are the reasons The transalpine event, which in 2022 departed from its traditional February slot in odd years to take place in November of even years, almost overlapping with Eima International, has indeed had to cancel its 2024 edition, scheduled for November 24th to 27th. Despite the brief announcement attributing the cancellation to a generic downturn in the equipment market and a crisis in French and European agriculture, the…
Read MoreTractor market in Italy, the party’s over
As the croupiers say when they release the ball on the roulette wheel, “le jeux sont fait.” The games are over, and from that moment on, no one can move or add chips to the table. An expression that also applies to the registered tractors at the end of the year, meaning that the volumes published on this page are final and paint a rather uninspiring picture for the sector.Indeed, the market closes the year with a slowdown in registrations approaching 13 percent, with no prospects of recovery in sight…
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