Industry Overview Domestic agricultural machinery covers the entire chain, including power machinery, tillage machinery, planting machinery, harvesting machinery, drying and plant protection machinery, and agricultural implements and parts. It is suitable for various working conditions in open fields, paddy fields, mountainous areas, and orchards, making China a major global supplier of agricultural machinery exports.
2.1 Agricultural Power Machinery (Core Main Units)
Wheel Tractors (20–260 hp full series)
Product Definition: Basic agricultural power units, capable of mounting various agricultural implements to complete a full range of operations including tillage, planting, harvesting, and transportation.
Subcategories:
- Low horsepower 20–70 hp: European family farms, mountainous areas, orchards, vegetable gardens;
- Medium horsepower 70–140 hp: Conventional farmland in Southeast Asia and South America;
- High horsepower 140–260 hp: Large-scale farms in Russia, Brazil, and Central Asia.
Domestic Advantages: Weichai Lovol, Dongfanghong, and Changfa tractors offer extremely high cost-performance, low fuel consumption, universal parts, and excellent after-sales service. They have been the world's largest exporter for many consecutive years.
2.2 Field Tillage Machinery
Rotary tillers, disc plows, disc harrows, subsoilers
Uses: Land tillage, soil breaking, land preparation, stubble removal; suitable for paddy fields, dry land, and clay soils.
Features: Domestically produced agricultural implements are simple in structure, wear-resistant, easy to maintain, and adaptable to soil conditions in various countries; a high percentage of complete sets are exported.
2.3 Planting and Transplanting Machinery
Seeders, Rice Transplanters, Precision Seeders
Uses: Rice transplanting, precision sowing of corn and soybeans, forage sowing.
Advantages: Suitable for paddy fields in Southeast Asia and dry fields in Africa; machine efficiency is dozens of times that of manual labor.
2.4 Harvesting Machinery
Combination harvesters, straw harvesters, balers
Applications: Fully automated harvesting, threshing, and cleaning of wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans.
Advantages of Domestic Production: Domestically produced harvesting machinery is mature, has a low failure rate, and is suitable for different tropical and temperate crops.
2.4 Plant Protection and Drying Machinery
(1) Plant Protection Machinery
Including sprayers, pesticide applicators, and plant protection drones, used for the prevention and control of agricultural pests and diseases.
(2) Grain Drying Machinery
Mobile dryers and circulating dryers, solving the problem of grain mold during the rainy season, suitable for the high humidity climates of Southeast Asia and Africa.
2.5 Livestock and Agricultural Product Processing Machinery This includes chaff cutters, crushers, feed mixers, and baling and wrapping machines, suitable for rural livestock farming and forage processing scenarios. Small and medium-sized equipment has a large export volume and stable profits.
