In the first nine months of the year, tractor registrations grew by 43.8%, and strong increases were recorded for all other types of machinery. The excellent performance of the domestic market combined with the growth of exports – says Alessandro Malavolti, president of the manufacturers – will lead to an overall turnover of the Italian industry of no less than 14 billion Euros by the end of the year. 

 The Italian agricultural machinery market is moving at record pace. In the first nine months of the year, tractor registrations – according to data processed by FederUnacoma on the basis of registrations provided by the Ministry of Transport, and released this afternoon in Bologna – grew by 43.8% compared to the same period of 2020, with 18,500 units sold; combine harvesters grew by 50.4% with 358 units; transporters grew by 18.9% with 497 units sold, trailers grew by 27.3% (7,459 units) and, finally, agricultural telehandlers, which with 1,156 vehicles sold in the nine months showed an increase of 78.4%.

As far as operating machines and equipment are concerned, the “Barometer” survey carried out by FederUnacoma shows that 83% of companies recorded an increase in turnover in the first half of the year, and 54% recorded increases of more than 20%. A very positive year also for the components sector, which, according to Comacomp (FederUnacoma) surveys, saw an increase in turnover in the first half of the year for 94% of the companies surveyed, with 67% recording increases of more than 20%. FederUnacoma calculations forecast overall increases of around 25% by the end of the year.

“The good performance of the domestic market is combined with the growth that the sector is recording at global level, and this is driving the production of Italian industries that are particularly competitive on foreign markets. The value of exports of tractors in the first six months of the year rose to 846 million euros with a trade balance of 494 million (+65%), while for other agricultural machinery the first half of the year reached an export value of over 2 billion euros (+24%), for a trade balance of over 1.37 billion euros (+19%).”

explained FederUnacoma President Alessandro Malavolti during the conference.

“The excellent phase of the domestic market combined with the growth in exports suggests a very substantial increase in Italian production which should reach 14 billion euros by the end of the year, with a growth of 22.4% compared to the previous year. Such significant growth percentages are due to a certain extent to the recovery from the crisis of the ‘Covid’ year 2020, but they depend above all on the success of the tax incentives for agricultural machinery 4.0, and the need for farms to upgrade their technological equipment to meet the new market challenges.”

concluded Malavolti.

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The DLG (German Agricultural Society) is postponing the Agritechnica trade fair. Because of the continuing Corona pandemic as well as the progress of vaccination programs, both in Germany and abroad, the DLG, VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association and Agritechnica’s exhibitor advisory board have concluded that insufficient certainty for planning currently exists for the world-leading exhibition in November.

“As a world-leading trade fair, Agritechnica is the meeting point for the entire agricultural machinery industry, as well as a leading international business platform. The essential requirements for exhibitors, visitors and business partners to be able to gather again at Agritechnica are vaccine and test strategies that have been put into practice in Germany, Europe and worldwide. Our top priority is to offer exhibitors and visitors certainty in planning but this is not currently the case. As a consequence, the decision to postpone Agritechnica was taken by the DLG in close cooperation with Agritechnica’s exhibitor advisory board and VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association as industry partner,”

said Dr. Reinhard Grandke, Chief Executive Officer, DLG.

“We are convinced that by late summer, which is the deadline for exhibitors to register for Agritechnica 2022, we will be able to give our exhibitors and visitors the clarity necessary for certainty in their planning,”

added Dr. Grandke.

“For our industry, Agritechnica is and will continue to remain the undisputed flagship in the world of international trade fairs. In close cooperation with the DLG, we have done everything we can to develop a trade fair concept for this autumn that is fit for the pandemic. The third wave of the pandemic is currently in full force. But above all it is the disappointing vaccination policies in the German federal and regional governments, which have unfortunately slowed us down for the time being. We are now looking to spring 2022 with fresh momentum and renewed energy so that we can celebrate an Agritechnica together as we know it and love it,”

said Anthony van der Ley, Chairman of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association, underlining the outstanding position of Agritechnica.

Exhibitor reactions to Agritechnica

“For many years now we have appreciated Agritechnica as the outstanding driving force behind innovation in the agricultural machinery industry. Nowhere else can we experience new technologies for crop production in a comparable breadth and depth. For us, Agritechnica is the ideal presentation and communication platform, as it makes the future of agribusiness tangible. We look forward to the upcoming trade fair in March 2022,”

said Christoph Gröblinghoff, Vice President and Chairman of the AGCO/Fendt Management Board.

“Farmers and contractors invest in their future, also now, during the pandemic. The sustained strong demand for innovative agricultural machinery, tractors and software systems make this clear. What we are missing now more than ever is personal customer dialogue and to directly experience the innovations – in a word: the fascination of a live event. Agritechnica embodies all of this like no other. We’ll be back again next March!”

said Klaus-Herbert Rolf, Chairman of the VDMA working group ‘Press and Advertising’; Claas KGaA mbH.

Agritechnica will return to the exhibition grounds in Hanover, Germany, from 27th February to 5th March 2022 and will offer its visitors an extensive exhibition and technical program on topics of current interest in international agricultural machinery and crop production.

From November 2021, DLG’s digital platform will be offering a program of professional and technical information. This accompanying program will strengthen the reach of Agritechnica, while also offering its users a platform with new networking opportunities.

Source: Agritechnica

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Over 1,500 manufacturers have already registered for the event, including more than 400 from abroad, with the widest range of technologies to reconcile production needs with environmental protection.

 The 2021 edition of EIMA International, scheduled to take place in Bologna from 19 to 23 October, will be more “topical” than ever. In a context that sees the “Green Deal” taking shape in Europe, where ecological transition is a priority for national governments, where digitalisation is a condition for the innovation of production processes, EIMA International will make a contribution of high strategic value. The great exhibition of machinery for agriculture, landscaping and related components will offer the entire lanscape of technologies and electronic devices for the correct use of natural resources and the implementation of eco-sustainable processes.

The exhibition is divided into 14 product sectors and five specialised theme halls, and will feature all those solutions that guarantee environmental compatibility, now a priority in the new EU agricultural policy.

Particular attention will be paid to new models that have won the Technical Innovation Award and especially to those awarded the “Blue” sustainability prize.

Considerable interest may be aroused by the wide range of products exhibited in the “Idrotech” show dedicated to systems for optimising water resources, as well as those on display in the “Digital” show, dedicated to electronic, computer and satellite applications that help control the processing and the scientific management of production factors, achieving the “4.0” model in agriculture. The conversion towards renewable sources is the objective of EIMA “Energy“, which offers mechanization systems for entire bioenergy supply chains. The preservation of organic substance in the soil, the reduction of chemical inputs and the prevention of geological risks will be the subject of numerous conferences and seminars as part of the rich calendar of events scheduled during the exhibition.

“EIMA 2021 will have great impact in terms of technological offerings,”

explains Alessandro Malavolti, president of FederUnacoma, the Italian federation of manufacturing industries that is the direct organizer of the event,

“and it will have considerable influence in terms of political content, helping to promote strategies to guide agriculture towards a green transition. As always, the technology showcase is expected to be very wide-ranging, given that to date 1,500 manufacturers have confirmed their participation, with more than 400 foreign companies. Many more could join in if the restrictions imposed by the health emergency in some countries are lifted. Industries from every country are taking part in EIMA with increasingly sustainable technologies,”

concludes Malavolti,

“because the ecological transition is a qualifying element of the European economy, but first and foremost it is a vital necessity for the entire planet.”

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The result of a dynamic team’s desire to continue to make the world of agricultural equipment shine despite the health situation. This web series has enabled AgroSup Dijon students to interview professionals of industry from all over the world. These exchanges took the form of a web series of 20 episodes of 8 minutes each. The episodes deal with the issue of innovation, environment, marketing, professional integration, digital issues, etc. in the field of AgTech or agricultural equipment.

The broadcast started with one episode, then two episodes per week until February 2021.

It showcases this innovative industrial sector and demonstrates the ability of a French engineering school in agronomy to mobilise a large network at a global level.

You want to follow the series? Go to www.agritech-world-tour.com

The web series in figures:

17 professionals

9 companies

12 countries

The speakers of the AgriTech World Tour web series :

• the John Deere company in France and Germany for Central Asia,
• the company Case IH in Austria,
• the New Holland company in Italy,
• the company Kuhn in the United Kingdom, Brazil, China and Australia,
• the Lemken company in France, Canada and Germany,
• the company Berthoud in France and Ukraine,
• an International Voluntary Service in Chile,
• AXEMA (French Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers’ Union),
• Teagasc, the agricultural and agri-food research agency, in Ireland.

More about The Tech Agro Sup Chair

AgroSup Dijon supports the farm equipment sector to meet the challenge of digitalisation and ecological transition.

AgroSup Dijon is leading the European agro-equipment campus project through its Tech Agro Sup industrial chair. The Tech Agro Sup Chair has four patrons: Lemken, John Deere, Berthoud and Kuhn.

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More about AgroSup Dijon : training and research missions

AgroSup Dijon, Higher National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Food and Environment, is a public institution of cultural and professional scientific nature (EPSCP) under dual supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry in charge of higher education and research.

Training

• Integrated preparatory cycle

• Agronomist Professional Licenses

• Specialized Masters

• Masters Ph.D

Research

The research of AgroSup Dijon aims to produce knowledge, to transfer and valorize it by units labeled in territories – environment – agroecology – food processes – nutrition – sensoriality – health and socio-technical innovation and professionalization. The institution gives a large place to the human and social sciences in the approach of these themes.

Internationally

It is also possible to study at AgroSup Dijon as part of an exchange program, to access your home university and be a partner of AgroSup Dijon. The duration of the exchanges can vary between 6 and 12 months.

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