Farms and Farm Machinery

Labour losses

The competition for labour will see harvest costs increase

Headers are getting bigger, more complex and more expensive and so is the global demand for them.

The value of the international combine harvester market today is estimated to be around A$20 billion dollars and is predicted to nearly double by 2030.

Every month, somewhere in the world, you will find a harvesting machine working its way through the annual harvest of 2,790 million tonnes of grain (2020), which equates to 10,000 shiploads at 27,900 tonnes each.

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