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John Deere (23.2%), Massey Ferguson (17.6%) and New Holland (17.6%) have topped the 2024 Irish tractor sales, with the trio accounted for over 58% of all tractor sales. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
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FTMTA registration data shows that a total of 35 new tractors were registered this November, 59% more than November 2024. The year to date moving total for the 11 month period sits at 2,051 units.
Some of Ireland’s biggest machinery companies began at the bench of a farmyard, and have grown to become major exporters and flag-bearers for Ireland abroad.
Sustaining close to 25,000 jobs in Ireland, the total economic value of the farm machinery sector to the Irish economy is €4.76bn annually.
The farm machinery sector directly employs 14,926 people, with an additional 9,703 people indirectly employed, combing to total almost 25,000 jobs.
New FTMTA registration figures show that new telescopic loader registrations for the year to date have increased by 18%, while the wheel loader market is up by over 14%.
FTMTA registration data shows a total of 113 new tractors were registered this September, 47% more than September 2024. Meanwhile, new registrations for the year to date are up 12% at 1,921 units.
The FTMTA Farm Machinery Show will take place at the Punchestown Exhibition and Event Centre, from 10 November to 12 November 2026.
'One of our best machinery purchases ever': Jim Mulhall on the Amazone ZA-V 'I’d go far as saying in all the machines and all the years we’ve been buying machinery here, this is probably one of the best purchases we’ve ever made.'
