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The Tractor and Farm Machinery Association (TAMA) is calling on the Government to take urgent measures to help its sector in the face of plummeting sales.

Sales of tractors and farm machinery so far in 2019 are steady versus 2018 but challenges loom, says Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president John Tulloch.

Tractor importers and distributors have a healthy 2018 report card from the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA).

Sales of tractors and farm machinery hit a new record in 2018 and there are no signs of a slow down.

The world's tractor market looked healthy in 2017, with 2.1 million sales – up about 13% on the 2016 total of 1.9 million units.

Tractor sales are holding despite the dairy downturn, says NZ Tractor and Machinery Association president Mark Hamilton-Manns.

The New Zealand tractor market remains affected by the depressed dairy economy: overall sales are down about 14% on the same period last year.