AGRICULTURE NEWS - No combine harvesters were sold in South Africa during August, compared with the nine sold in August 2018, according to the latest statistics from the South African Agricultural Machinery Association (SAAMA).
SAAMA’s report added that year-to-date combine harvester sales of 119 units were 17,9% down on the 145 units sold during the corresponding first eight months of 2018.
Year-on-year combine harvester sales were almost 7% down on the preceding period.
National tractor sales of 437 units for August were, according to SAAMA, 10,3% lower than the 487 units sold in August last year. Year-to-date tractor sales of 3 488 units were 21,2% down on the 4 424 tractors sold in the corresponding period in 2018.
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