If there was any belief, here or elsewhere, that tractor and combine sales were beginning to recover, the October Ag Tractor and Combine report firmly dispels it.

Compiled and published by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), the October preliminary report shows all tractor sales down 19.6% from sales reported in October 2024.

The same report finds combine sales down 26.8% in October 2025 compared to October 2024.

Looking at tractor sales by category produces only negative numbers from October 2025 compared to October 2024. Sales of tractors less than 40 horsepower were down 22%, year over year. Tractor sales, 40-100 hp, were down 10.9%. Sales of tractors, 100 hp and above, were down 17.3%.

Sales of four-wheel-drive tractors were down 56.3% from last month compared to October 2024.

For the year, January through October 2025, compared to the same 10 months of 2024, total tractor sales are down 9.2%. The largest four-wheel-drive (4WD) tractors are down 42.2% for the year, compared to the first 10 months of 2024.

Similarly, sales of combines, January through October this year, are down 38.4% compared to the same period in 2024.

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