Kubota will spend $3.2bn to build tractor and excavator plants in the US and India

Kubota dealers worldwide simply need more stock to sell and the only option is to build new factories costing 300 billion yen (AU$3.2 billion) The factories Kubota are being forced to build both in the US and India are deemed as urgent to manufacture agriculture and construction models to fill ever expanding dealer orders. This […]

Agriculture drags down Kubota results

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Kubota’s reported first quarter results show an 8.6 per cent revenue decline on the same period last year to AU$6.3 billion. Domestically this drop was mainly attributed to decreased sales of farm equipment but on overseas markets sales of construction machinery, tractors and engines all fell. Overall, company operating profits took a very substantial 42.4 per […]

Kubota’s new M71 range for 2016

Japanese tractor giant Kubota has signalled its intentions to Australian farmers with a new M71 range punching out up to 125kW (170 horsepower) set for early 2016 release. Source: Farm Weekly Previewed to Kubota dealers just recently, the M71 will open the door to a much wider range of utility tractor tasks in another step […]