Developed countries with modernized agriculture have many successful experiences and unique characteristics in implementing mechanized tractors.
The following are examples from some major countries:
The United States: A country with abundant agricultural resources and a large population, the United States has long embraced agricultural mechanization.
By the 1930s, tractor plowing became widespread in the United States, and by 1959, plowing, sowing, harvesting, threshing, and washing major crops like wheat and corn were 100% mechanized.
Since then, to meet the market demand for the diversification and expansion of family farms, small, multifunctional, and multi-variety agricultural machinery, as well as high-powered, highly automated large-scale agricultural machinery, have been continuously introduced.
Tractors produced by major American multinational agricultural machinery companies such as John Deere and Case International boast high productivity, advanced performance, and a high degree of standardization, serialization, and universalization. They have also begun to incorporate advanced technologies such as global positioning system (GPS) monitoring systems into tractors and other agricultural equipment, driving the development of precision agriculture.
France: France is one of the most developed agricultural countries in Europe, with a high level of agricultural mechanization. The production of grains like wheat and corn, as well as livestock and poultry farming, is fully mechanized.
Agricultural machinery is suitable for every stage of grain crop cultivation, from land preparation and sowing to tillage, pest control, harvesting, transportation, processing, and storage.
France is relatively well-developed in crop breeding and vineyard machinery, with renowned agricultural machinery companies such as Renault and Massey Ferguson. Its tractors, diesel engines, combine harvesters, moldboard plows, vineyard machinery, and large-scale sprayers are all important agricultural machinery exports.
UK: British agriculture has consistently pursued an intensified and mechanized approach, achieving significant agricultural production with a relatively low labor force.
After World War II, agricultural technology in the UK advanced rapidly, and mechanization developed rapidly. In 1944, the UK had only 173,400 agricultural tractors and 2,500 combine harvesters.
Half a century later, the country had over 500,000 tractors and 47,000 combine harvesters, with an average of one tractor and 0.5 combine harvesters per agricultural worker.
Currently, vegetable farms, pig farms, and chicken farms in the UK are fully mechanized, with a comprehensive range of agricultural machinery, from plowing to harvesting and warehousing.
Japan: Due to its large population and limited land, Japan's agricultural resources are extremely scarce. Agricultural modernization has primarily relied on technological innovation and substantial capital investment.
In terms of tractors, Japanese companies like Kubota and Yanmar focus on small and medium-sized paddy field machinery, with their rice transplanters accounting for over 70% of the global market share. These companies' tractors and other agricultural machinery are suited to Japan's small arable land areas and scattered plots, featuring miniaturization, precision, and high efficiency.
Russia: Russia is implementing a strategy to increase agricultural machinery production, with the government providing a 50% purchase subsidy to promote the widespread adoption of domestically produced agricultural machinery.
For example, the newly released "Don" series combine harvesters from the Rostov Agricultural Machinery Plant boast 80% domestically produced parts.
Russia has also established joint ventures with companies like Germany's CLAAS and China's YTO, introducing intelligent tractor production lines, resulting in an average annual growth of 18% in the number of high-end agricultural machinery in its inventory.
In addition, Russia has successfully developed the first 1.4 traction-class hybrid unmanned tractor "Dontech", with a localization rate of 90%. It is expected that by 2035, the annual output of such tractors will reach 150 units.
