AEM Releases Year-End 2021 Equipment Sales Numbers

Nearly 360,000 total tractors and combines left dealer lots across North America in 2021. U.S. and Canadian unit sales of ag tractors and combines finished 2021 with gains of more than 10% in nearly every segment in both countries. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers released the data this week that shows U.S. total farm tractor sales gained 0.3% for December compared to 2020, while combine sales for the month saw a gain of 25.3%. Those gains contributed to a total gain for the year of 10.3% for tractors, and 24.7% for combines.

In Canada, tractors sales in December grew 10.5%, while combines fell 17.6% year-over-year. However, total sales for 2021 were up 19.4% for tractors, and up 23.1% for combines.

AEM’s Curt Blades said, “Sales gains over an already-successful 2020 came despite the supply chain issues and workforce challenges that made 2021 a challenging year for manufacturers.”

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