TRACTOR MARKET CLOSE TO BACK TO NORMAL

According to figures released by the AEA, UK agricultural tractor registrations remained well above their level a year before in January.

The monthly total of 586 machines was 17% higher than in January 2020.

Stephen Howarth, agricultural economist at the AEA, said, "This was the fourth time in the last five months that we have seen year-on-year rises of this rate or faster.

"That meant that the number of machines registered was close to the average of recent years, for the third month in a row, suggesting the tractor market is close to being back to normal after the challenges of the last year."