Aussie tractor sales crawl to 10,000 units in 2025

Thanks to a bumper December for small and mid-size tractors, the Australian tractor market managed to crawl its way to 10,000 sales in 2025 – seven percent behind the 2024 figure and the lowest in over a decade.

Despite the sobering calendar year result, according to the Tractor and Machinery Association of Australia (TMA), December sales were actually up one per cent compared to December 2024, with the under 40hp (up 26.7 per cent) and 40-100hp (up 19.6 per cent) segments surging, offsetting losses for 100-200hp (down 11.3 per cent) and 200hp-plus (down 35.9 per cent).

In dollar terms, December sales plunged 28 per cent on the 2024 equivalent.

The 40-100hp category was the most consistent in 2025, ending slightly up while the others all lost ground – 200hp-plus copping the biggest whack, down by 15.6 per cent.

Across the nation, Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia lifted in December, but year to date only the Northern Territory and Western Australia were ahead.

Reports of a record harvest has the industry setting a $100 billion revenue target in 2026, although economic headwinds may cause some pain in the shape of interest rates, tariffs, exchange rates and commodity prices.

Meanwhile, sales of combine harvesters were 700 in 2025, in sync with 2024, while balers finished the year with plenty of steam – up 14 per cent over the last 12 months.

Out-front mowers and self-propelled sprayers fell by 20 and 36 per cent respectively in 2025.