2026-04-03T10:03:07.049Z / 路透社
作者：埃德·怀特
2026年4月3日 UTC上午10:03 更新于52分钟前
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2025年8月20日，美国爱荷华州斯普林代尔附近，无人机航拍大片玉米田。路透社/伊夫林·霍克斯坦/档案照片
- 因成本高企与粮价低迷，农民削减高价农机开支
- 行业组织称，钢铁、铝及成品关税推高农机价格
- 行业呼吁下调关税以缓解压力；农民推迟采购，继续使用老旧设备
萨斯喀彻温省里贾纳4月3日（路透社）——随着北美各地农机展落下惨淡一季的帷幕，农民们正准备春季播种，但几乎不会添置新农机。
农民们并未停止采购，但由于农机、化肥和燃油价格高企，叠加全球谷物供应过剩压低粮价，许多人已经削减开支，避免购买高价设备。
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“他们或许不会购买百万美元级别的联合收割机，但会购置十万美元的农具，”制造商德格曼工业公司的查德·琼斯说道，当时他在3月加拿大农机展上，站在公司的捡石机、耙地机、松土机及其他黄色涂装设备中间。
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北美农机行业代表机构设备制造商协会的销售数据显示，农民们仍在花钱，但比往年少得多。
该协会告诉路透社，美国3月份拖拉机、联合收割机等高价设备的销量较去年同期下降了30%至40%。
农机销售遭受重创，农民财务状况收紧，而美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的贸易战关税进一步推高了拖拉机、联合收割机等本已昂贵的农机的生产成本。这些被农民称为“大家伙”的设备，使用大量钢材制造，且常包含进口零部件。
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据报道，特朗普政府正计划对包含钢铁和铝的进口成品整体价值征收25%的关税，而非仅对这些产品中的金属成分征收50%的关税。这可能推高这些产品的整体价格。不过，拖拉机、联合收割机等主要由钢铁和铝制成的产品，仍将面临已实施近一年的50%关税。
在最近一次季度财报电话会议上，约翰迪尔公司DE.N的一名官员表示，该公司估计2026年关税将使其损失12亿美元，且2025年的关税成本并未全部转嫁到农民身上。
上周五，特朗普呼吁制造商降价以帮助农民。
但对于处境艰难的行业而言，特朗普的关税正是问题根源。设备制造商协会的基普·艾德伯格表示，降低农机成本最简单的办法是“大幅削减打击制造商的关税，以及打击农民的报复性关税”。
贸易争端损害了美国农作物出口销售，中国已数月未采购美国大豆，压低了北美农作物价格，并造成了巨额库存积压。
“他们预计即将到来的种植季盈利能力将非常紧张，甚至可能出现亏损，这导致他们在设备更换方面的决策更加迟缓，”加拿大农业信贷银行经济学家利·安德森说道。他表示，农民们推迟了计划中的采购，延长了老旧设备的使用年限。
在里贾纳的农机展上，这种兴趣缺乏的迹象显而易见，几乎没有农民试驾拖拉机和其他大型农机。尽管展会吸引了超过5000名观众，但许多农机展区都相对冷清。
“可以公平地说，采购行为正从‘想要’转向‘需要’，”设备制造商协会的艾德伯格说道。化肥和农机生产成本上涨后很难降低，这也是该协会希望下调关税的原因。
“这是能立即为农民和制造商带来显著改观的救济方式，”艾德伯格说道。
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North American farmers pinch pennies on farm machinery as profitless growing season approaches
2026-04-03T10:03:07.049Z / Reuters
By Ed White
April 3, 2026 10:03 AM UTC Updated 52 mins ago
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A drone view shows acres of corn fields filling the landscape near Springdale, Iowa, U.S., August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
- Farmers cut spending on big-ticket machinery due to high costs and low crop prices
- Tariffs on steel, aluminum and finished goods raise machinery prices, industry groups say
- Industry urges tariff cuts for relief; farmers delay purchases, keep older equipment
REGINA, Saskatchewan, April 3 (Reuters) – Farm machinery salespeople are wrapping up a dismal season of farm shows across North America as farmers gear up for spring planting without much new equipment.
Farmers have not stopped buying, but many have slashed spending and are avoiding big-ticket items due to high machinery, fertilizer and fuel prices, as well as a global grains glut pushing down crop prices.
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“They might not buy the million-dollar combine, but they’ll buy a $100,000 implement,” said Chad Jones of manufacturer Degelman Industries, standing among his company’s rockpickers, harrows, rippers and other yellow-painted equipment at Canada’s Farm Show in March.
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Farmers are still spending money, but far less than in other years, according to sales data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the organization that represents big players in the North American industry.
The group told Reuters that sales of big-ticket items like tractors and combines were down between 30% and 40% in the U.S. in March compared to a year ago.
Farm machinery sales have been hammered by a squeeze on farmer finances exacerbated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war tariffs that have escalated the production cost of already-expensive machines like tractors and combines. These items, known by farmers as “big iron,” are manufactured from large amounts of steel and often with imported components.
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The Trump administration is reported to be planning a 25% tariff on the value of finished imported goods that contain steel and aluminum, rather than just 50% on the metals content of those goods. That will likely raise the overall price of those products. However, goods that are mostly made from steel and aluminum, including tractors and combines, will still face the 50% tariff that has been in place for almost a year.
In its most recent quarterly earnings call, a John Deere DE.N official said the company estimates tariffs will cost it $1.2 billion in 2026, and that not all of 2025’s tariff costs had been passed on to farmers.
Last Friday, Trump called on the manufacturers to cut prices in order to help farmers.
But for the beleaguered industry, Trump’s tariffs are the problem. The easiest way to bring the cost of machinery down would be “to significantly scale back on the tariffs that are hitting the manufacturers, and the retaliatory tariffs that are hitting farmers,” said Kip Eideberg of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
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Trade fights have hurt U.S. crop export sales, with China absent from the U.S. soybean exports market for months, depressing North American crop prices and creating huge stockpiles.
“They were looking at profitability being very tight to even potentially negative for the upcoming growing season, and this has led to slower decisions on equipment replacement,” said Farm Credit Canada economist Leigh Anderson. Farmers have delayed planned purchases, hanging on to aging equipment for longer, he said.
Signs of that lack of interest could be seen at the farm show in Regina, with few farmers kicking the tires of tractors and other large machinery. Despite over 5,000 people attending the show, many of the equipment displays were relatively quiet.
“It’s fair to characterize it as purchasing behavior shifting from wants to needs,” said Eideberg of AEM. Fertilizer and machinery production costs are hard to reduce once they have risen, which is why the AEM is hoping to see tariffs chopped.
“That’s the immediate relief that will make a significant difference for farmers and manufacturers,” said Eideberg.
Reporting by Ed White, Editing by Emily Schmall and Aurora Ellis
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