🚜 German Agricultural Machinery

"Made in Germany" feeds the world — the brands, machines and numbers behind the field.

🏭 The big manufacturers

🟢 Fendt · Marktoberdorf, Bayern

The premium tractor: Vario gearbox invented in Bavaria, top resale prices.

🟡 CLAAS · Harsewinkel, NRW

King of the harvest: the Lexion combine is world-class — every second European combine is CLAAS.

🔵 Deutz-Fahr · Lauingen, Bayern

Oldest engine builder in the world (1864) — Deutz-Fahr tractors from Lauingen.

🟨 John Deere · Mannheim, BW

Biggest Deere factory outside the USA: Mannheim builds tractors for the world.

🟣 Horsch · Schwandorf, Bayern

Seeding-tech genius from Schwandorf: garage to world leader in 40 years.

🔵 Lemken · Alpen, NRW

The plough specialist from Alpen: seven generations of tillage.

🟢 Krone · Spelle, Niedersachsen

Family firm from Spelle: forage harvesters and loader wagons in 100+ countries.

🟠 Amazone · Hasbergen, Niedersachsen

Since 1883: fertilizing and seeding from Hasbergen — tech that makes yields.

Traktor — the workhorse — 50 to 650 hp, pulls everything

Mähdrescher — cuts, threshes, cleans — grain harvest in one pass

Feldhäcksler — chops grass and maize for silage — up to 1,000 hp

Sämaschine — lays seed millimetre-precise — GPS-guided

Ballenpresse — presses straw and hay into bales

Ladewagen — loads the crop from the field — 40 m³ on wheels

📊 Impressive numbers

Germany exports ~€12bn of agri machinery a year — ~15% world market share.
CLAAS builds ~40% of all European combines; Fendt is the most wanted tractor brand.
A modern combine costs up to €700,000 — more than many houses.

Overview page — see manufacturers for technical details. Brand names belong to their owners.