There was a 14 p.c fall within the variety of UK tractor registrations throughout the first quarter of 2024, in keeping with newly printed figures.
A complete of two,891 machines have been registered to this point this yr, the Agricultural Engineers’ Affiliation (AEA) mentioned in its newest replace.
The variety of agricultural tractors over 50hp registered within the UK in March was 1,939.
That’s 13% decrease than the exceptionally excessive determine recorded in March 2023.
Nevertheless, it’s 4% above the common for the time of yr within the earlier 5 years.
Though the full of two,891 machines for the yr so far is 14% decrease than the identical interval in 2023, it is just 5% down on the common for January to March in recent times.
The AEA mentioned whereas demand was clearly not as sturdy because it was in the previous few years, there have been nonetheless loads of consumers on the market for tractors.
