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Network meeting Africa with different messages.

On November 12, experts from industry, associations, science and political consulting discussed the great opportunities of Mercosur for the agricultural technology sector in a high-calibre round of lectures and dialog in Hanover.

The second meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the OECD Tractor Codes took place in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2025.

Forecasts, key figures and background information on agricultural conditions

Shaping cooperation with emerging markets proactively and purposefully: This was the motto of an information trip that took United Nations purchasing personnel to Agritechnica 2025.

As you are no doubt aware, the new Agritechnica visitor concept is the subject of lively and controversial debate among exhibitors.

On the Friday of the trade fair, the VDMA's Transport Division gave the President of the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), Richard Damm, a tour of the exhibition halls.

On the Wednesday of the fair, the VDMA's Transport Department organized its traditional tour of the fair with the participants of the Automotive Technology Committee.

On Tuesday, the VDMA took the opportunity to talk to the Consul General of the Republic of Argentina in the well-attended Argentinian pavilion.

New tractor registrations in Germany in October 2025 were 13.4 % under the same month last year.

VDMA Agricultural Machinery and DLG Markets cordially invite you to the eventBridging Continents - Opportunities for agricultural technology in the context of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement on the occasion of AGRITECHNICA 2025.

We have launched this year's farmer survey in seven international markets - China, Italy, France, Poland, the USA, the United Kingdom and Brazil.

From November 11 to 13, 2025, the VDMA will hold bilateral meetings with delegations from the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

The participants of a delegation from Egypt will hold a total of 13 company meetings with our member companies.

Your VDMA Ag Machinery team at your disposal on site!

On October 21, Dr. Tobias Ehrhard, Monika Hollacher (VDMA expert for foreign trade - Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe) and Thomas Wallenborn received a Kazakh delegation led by Consul General Taubaldy Umbetbayev at the VDMA.

China and Brazil are also particularly hard hit by the current US tariff policy, which could have a major impact on future trade flows and partners. This is why there is a particular focus on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement.

The introduction of universal base tariffs feared last year in the event of Donald Trump's election victory has now become a reality with a tariff rate of 15%.

Since September 12, 2025, the EU Data Act has been in force - a law that regulates access to and use of data. For agriculture, this means that farmers will have more rights to the data from their machines and sensors.

How can sustainably successful projects succeed in Africa? What support is useful? What mistakes can be avoided?

Everything you need to know about worldwide sales, exports and imports

The importance of closer cooperation with UN organizations became clear to more than 35 companies, industry associations and research institutions during a delegation trip to Rome.

Provision of geodata for environmental and water protection

European agricultural machinery and tractor manufacturers are currently operating in a difficult market environment.

As a continent rich in raw materials with around 65 percent of the world's arable land and a very young population by global standards, Africa offers enormous business and growth potential for local industry.

If you want to leverage real future potential for agribusiness, especially for agricultural technology, you can no longer ignore South America.

The meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the OECD Tractor Codes took place in June 2025 at the Italian OECD test center "Crea-It" in Treviglio near Milan in Italy.

So-called "3rd batch" of amendments to EU type-approval for agricultural vehicles published.

This year's VDMA Tractor Report Part I has been published.

US tariffs harm trade worldwide

Current activities in the agricultural context

Current forecasts, key figures and background information on agricultural framework conditions, business and market development - worldwide, in Europe and in Germany.

International Financial Institutions (IFIs) finance numerous projects in developing and emerging countries worldwide.

Saudi Arabia is currently 20-30 percent self-sufficient in food. The country is only self-sufficient in some vegetables.

How precise is a spot spraying system? This question was the focus of a two-day international workshop held at the end of May on a test farm near Brussels.

The "Recommendations for camera monitor systems for vehicles with a restricted field of vision due to overhang of more than 3.5 m", which have been available as a proposal for some time, have been published and are immediately applicable.

How can increasingly complex regulations be interpreted sensibly? What needs to be done and how can productive solutions be found in times of increasing regulation?

Electronics experts agree: data-intensive applications in agriculture need one thing above all else - sufficient bandwidth.

VDMA Managing Director Dr. Tobias Ehrhard in conversation with Christian Dreyer, Managing Partner of Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG.

Increasing trade barriers, sanctions and isolation - anyone wanting to do business internationally these days is confronted with high hurdles and conditions in many places.

This year's annual meeting of the OECD Tractor Codes took place in Paris in the light of profoundly changed geopolitical conditions.

What impact will tariff decisions have on transatlantic relations or the global agricultural machinery trade? And how will the EU's change of course away from the Green Deal affect our industry?

Business relationships with South Africa are already well established among many VDMA members.

The VDMA supports ways to make sustainable use of market opportunities in Ukraine and for Ukraine.

This year, the VDMA Technical Working Group (AKT) once again demonstrated how crucial the exchange of ideas within the agricultural machinery industry is.

"Poland is a real dairy country. More than six million cattle are currently kept between the Carpathian Mountains and the Baltic Sea".

Anyone talking about the history of the Unimog cannot fail to mention Hans-Jürgen Wischhof.

Exclusively for our industry members, here are all the presentations from the AKT 2025 events.

Last year, agricultural machinery and tractor manufacturers in Germany recorded a noticeable double-digit decline in sales.

Current forecasts, key figures and background information on agricultural framework conditions, business and market development - worldwide, in Europe and in Germany.

Following a lengthy orientation phase on the topic of autonomy, the OECD invited the "Sub-working group (SWG) Robot Tractors" to a meeting in Toulouse, France.

The procedural instructions for implementing the 56th Ordinance amending road traffic regulations with regard to Section 19 (1) of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO) were published by the BMDV in the Verkehrsblatt.

Crops need nutrients and must be protected from pests. Innovative agricultural machinery and efficient fertilizers and pesticides ensure that this is achieved in a climate-friendly way.

From July 30 to August 6, 2025, the VDMA is offering a trip to Australia for agricultural machinery manufacturers in cooperation with DLG.

Proposal to amend two delegated regulations (brakes and functional safety) submitted to the responsible "Technical Committee for Agricultural Vehicles (TC-AV)" for comment.

On December 20, 2024, the Federal Council approved an amendment to the General Administrative Regulation on Road Traffic Regulations (VwV StVO).

The Regulation on type-approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery (EU) 2025/14 was published in the Official Journal on January 8, 2025 and enters into force on January 28, 2025.

After stagnating at a level of between 400 and 500 million euros in the last decade, German mechanical engineering exports to Kazakhstan have almost doubled to 900 million euros in 2023.

Agriculture needs data, but not just any data, it needs easily accessible and well-connected data.

The agricultural machinery industry is focusing on climate-friendly diesel fuel alternatives in order to sustainably minimize exhaust emissions in agriculture.

The agricultural technology industry is an important enabler of the agribusiness of the future. This is because it makes it possible to harmonize economy and ecology. We will be demonstrating this at the Green Week on three sustainability paths.

In November, the VDMA conducted an international end customer survey to shed light on the economic situation of agricultural businesses in the most important export markets.

Thinking about the defossilization of tractors is a complex field of action.

Product safety is a valuable asset, especially when modern technology is involved.

Anyone who needs a spare part is in a hurry. The part number is not always immediately to hand, especially when installed or under operating conditions.

Exclusively for our industry members here all presentations of the AKT events 2024.

In the past financial year 2023, the agricultural machinery industry grew once again in Germany as a production location.

The agricultural machinery industry acts as an enabler of climate-friendly drives in agribusiness. In a position paper that has just been published, VDMA Agricultural Machinery defines the framework for alternative fuels and drives in agriculture.

Meeting schedule VDMA Agricultural Machinery - monthly updated.

The agricultural machinery industry is pursuing ambitious climate targets: New machines are to consume up to 40 percent less fuel in 2030 compared to 1990. The guide "Saving diesel with innovative agricultural technology" helps to achieve this goal.