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Canadian farm equipment sales projected to slump in 2025

Farm machinery sales are forecast to decline for the remainder of the year and into the next. New equipment sales are expected to be soft as farmers face low commodity prices, high equipment prices and lower profits, though the decline in 2025 is expected to be less severe than in 2024. Sales of 4WD tractors are projected to stay above the five-year average.




Today’s machines rely heavily on software for electronic controls, digital data transfer and guidance. How much access should owners get to a machine CPU to tinker with those systems?

Is the right to repair farm equipment a cybersecurity problem?

Farm equipment brands should be proactive about allowing controlled CPU access, security expert says

With rising cybersecurity threats, farm machinery brands have to protect their systems, but farmers want more access to the cab computer and argue for the right to repair their own equipment.

Raven Cart Automation is the first semi-autonomous product to come out from CNH. It synchronizes tractor-pulled grain carts with combines on the go.

When can we expect a driverless combine?

There are prospects for a fully autonomous combine, but technology expert says other kinds of full-auto farm equipment will likely hit the market first

Fully autonomous combines are in development, but autonomy experts say that other types of farm equipment will likely go driverless first.


Farmers buying fewer combines

Farmers buying fewer combines

Industry says drooping combine sales are part of a natural cycle, others say poor crop prices may have something to do with it

North American Equipment DealersAssociation says drooping combine sales are part of a natural cycle, others say dimming farm financials may have something to do with it