TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

PRESS RELEASE... Stable year for tractor registrations in 2019... Demand for tractors remains stable, but industry barometer indicates recession... Brussels, 09 March 2020  Overall, some 191,587 “tractors” were registered across Europe in the full year 2019, according to numbers sourced from national authorities. Of these registrations, 43,642 vehicles were 37kW (50 hp) and under, and 147,945 were 38kW and above. CEMA considers that 154,321 of these vehicles are agricultural tractors, the rest being quads, telehandlers or other equipment. Corrections are significant (i.e. more than half of registrations) in countries such as Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Luxemburg, Estonia and Switzerland. An overview of the total tractor registrations can be found in the annex. Agricultural tractor registrations for the full year increased by around 5% in comparison with 2018. One should however remember that registrations in 2018 were negatively impacted by new legislation comin...

Future CAP needs to support smart technologies uptake for all-size farms: Contractor vouchers have a role to play... CEETTAR and CEMA call on Member States to devise technology vouchers fostering precision farming in Europe Press release... Brussels 18 of September 2019 – A more sustainable, competitive and modern agriculture in Europe will certainly call for increasing the use of precision farming technologies. Reducing the application of inputs, improving knowledge on soil quality or facilitating day-to-day farm data management are some of the operations that can be improved by adopting smart technologies in agriculture. However, the challenges are immense. An ageing farm workforce in the agricultural sector together with a limited capacity to invest in new technologies slows down the equipment renewal’s pace. As a result, the use of precision farming tools remains low in Europe compared to other agricultural developed regions. To reverse the trend, CEETTAR the European Confe...