Localization of high-end high-powered tractors needs to be put on the agenda

[ China Agricultural Machinery Industry News ] With the intensification of production effects brought about by the scale of land, in order to save fuel and labor costs, the use of large tractors to cultivate large plots of farmland has gradually become mainstream.

China's high-powered tractors showed rapid growth in 2016. Among them, 150 horsepower large tractors have a fast growth rate, which provides strong support for the transformation of agricultural production methods. In 2016, 62,979 large tractors were produced throughout the year, down 18.92%. At the same time as the tractor output fell, the horsepower segment rose further, and the fast-growing tractor was still fast.

According to the data of the Prospective Industry Research Institute "China's tractor manufacturing industry production and sales demand and investment analysis report", in June 2017, China's large tractor output was 2,759 units, down 30.8% year-on-year. The cumulative output from January to June was 26,945 units, a cumulative decrease of 19.7%. .

The following is the output statistics of China's large tractors from June 2016 to June 2017:

All along, the design, research and development, and manufacturing technology of large-horsepower tractors are mainly controlled by European and American agricultural giants. The domestic high-power tractor market is basically monopolized by multinational companies. Northeast China and Northwest China have always been the battleground for large horsepower tractors at home and abroad. Nowadays, domestic large-powered smart tractors are entering the northeast and northwest markets, and they are competing with the “foreign brands”, which is changing the market structure of foreign brands monopoly.

Although the domestic large-scale intelligent tractors have achieved good results in research and development of manufacturing technology, quality and design, the core technologies, especially the core technologies of key components such as gearboxes and electro-hydraulic systems, are still shortcomings of domestic brands.

Therefore, “going out and introducing” is an important means for some well-known agricultural machinery enterprises in China to improve the independent research and development and manufacturing capabilities of key core components. In order to truly enhance international competitiveness, domestic agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprises must put local key components such as smart gearboxes on the agenda and get rid of the situation of being controlled by people.