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INPUT AND PRODUCTION OVERVIEW
Tractor fleet
Currently, the country’s tractor fleet is 96 034 units (
Graph 10
). There has been a notable decrease in
the size of the tractor fleet over the years (1983 - 2005) and then a slow but upward trend from 2006
to 2022. The main reason for this is the smaller summer and winter grain plantings over time, as well
as the increased sales of bigger than average-sized (kW) tractors.
Tractor age
The average age of the tractor fleet is currently 7,5 years.
Graph 11
below indicates the trend in
the distribution of age in the tractor fleet.
The current tractor fleet of 96 034 units is 39,8% bigger than the fleet of almost 68 703 units
20 years ago.
The tractor fleet is currently 52% bigger than the low reached in 2005.
The total number of tractors under ten years is currently about 63 062 units – 66% of the current
tractor fleet. The percentage of tractors under ten years was at a low point in 1993, when 35,8%
of the tractor fleet was younger than ten years.
SOURCE: GRAIN SA
SOURCE: GRAIN SA
GRAPH 10
TOTAL TRACTOR FLEET
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
210 000
190 000
170 000
150 000
130 000
110 000
90 000
70 000
50 000
Units
GRAPH 11
AVERAGE AGE OF THE TRACTOR FLEET
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
% OLDER THAN TEN YEARS
% YOUNGER THAN TEN YEARS
%