The Agricultural Engineers Association has released the latest sales figures for the major tractor manufacturers, which show John Deere holding a narrowing, but still pretty big, lead for the 15th year running.

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As usual, the EU’s competition rules mean the figures can only be made public 12 months after they are collated, so the ones we are able to publish refer to 2013’s tractor sales. At that time the market had shrunk to 13,490, down from almost 15,000 units in 2012.