Number of UK tractor registrations significantly lower than last year  

The Agricultural Engineers’ Association (AEA) has recently published an update on the UK agricultural tractor registrations, which revealed that 495 tractors over 50hp were registered last month. 

This marks a 30.7% decline compared to August 2023. Overall numbers are also 14.7% lower compared to the period between January and August of last year. 

Challenging year

A spokesperson for AEA said: “The challenges of the past 12 months, both with the weather and the financial situation for some farm businesses, meant the decline was bigger than usual this year.  

“At 495 machines, the monthly figure was over 30% lower than for August 2023. It was also less than two-thirds of the average number logged in August over the previous five years.  

“The total of 7,325 agricultural tractors registered during the year to date was 15% fewer than in the opening eight months of last year and the lowest for four years.” 

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