In January 2024, only 331 combines, tractors and sprayers were registered in the country. The number represents a drop of 40.9 percent year-on-year.
The industry expects a recovery from Expoagro and the thick harvest. The end of the extreme drought and the arrival of El Niño accompanied by abundant rains last spring, hope grew of obtaining good harvests in the 2023/2024 campaign and, as a consequence, achieving greater sales of agricultural machinery. "January 2024 leaves very poor numbers, being the lowest month in patented machinery since 2020," they pointed out from Acara.