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Farm machinery sales 2026 crash 30 to 40 percent as tariffs and crop glut push farmers to skip big purchases

By Juan Manuel Garro
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April 12, 2026

What looked like a normal start to spring has turned into a full farm-country gamble as rising Middle East tensions, volatile grain markets and higher fuel and fertilizer costs force growers to rethink every acre, every pass and every hoped-for payoff.

By Juan Manuel Garro
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April 6, 2026

North American growers are entering spring with a survival mindset as million-dollar combines get passed over, $100,000 implements look more realistic and machinery buying shifts from wants to needs in one of the grimmest sales seasons seen in years.

By Juan Manuel Garro
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April 6, 2026

Spring planting just turned into a nerve-racking global math problem as DTN says farmers from Ontario to India are reworking fertilizer, fuel and yield plans while bombs still fall across the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz stays effectively shut.

By Juan Manuel Garro
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April 5, 2026

North American farmers are slamming the brakes on big machinery buys as a potentially profitless 2026 growing season nears, with March tractor and combine sales down 30% to 40% and million-dollar machines suddenly looking impossible to justify.

By Juan Manuel Garro
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April 5, 2026

John Deere’s tariff warning is suddenly colliding with a farm spending freeze as the company says tariffs will cost it $1.2 billion in 2026, while growers across North America delay equipment upgrades and squeeze a few more seasons out of old machines.

By Juan Manuel Garro
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April 4, 2026
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