French farmers bring tractors to Paris to press for looser rules
- 27-May-2025
French farmers disrupted highway traffic around Paris and rallied in front of parliament with their tractors on Monday, protesting against amendments filed by opposition lawmakers to a bill that would loosen environmental regulations on farming. The draft legislation proposes simplifying approvals for breeding facilities and irrigation reservoirs and re-authorising a banned neonicotinoid pesticide used in […]
FBR increases sales tax on tractors in Pakistan
- 24-Oct-2024
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified a 4 per cent increase in sales tax on tractors, ARY News reported on Thursday. According to the notification issued by the FBR, the sales tax on locally manufactured tractors has been raised from 10% to 14%, and the same increase applies to imported tractors. The Federal […]
Tractors converge on Berlin for farmers’ protest
- 15-Jan-2024
BERLIN: Farmers and their tractors rumbled towards Berlin from every corner of Germany on Sunday ahead of a giant protest demanding a rethink of plans to tax farmers more. Some 3,000 tractors, 2,000 trucks and 10,000 people were expected to fill the streets around Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Monday for a rally that will cap […]
Domestic tractors witness 65% growth in last 10 months
- 18-Jun-2021
Around 41,327 tractors were locally assembled during the period from July to April 2020-21
China turns to driverless tractors, combines to overhaul agriculture
- 16-Jan-2019
The shift to automation is key to the farming sector in the world’s No.2 economy as it grapples with an ageing rural workforce and a dearth of young people willing to endure the hardships many associate with toiling on the land