According to figures released by the AEA, after a dip in August, UK registrations of agricultural tractors (over 50hp) picked up again in September 2019.

At 1,044 machines, the monthly figure was 8% higher than in September 2018.

This brings the total for the first three quarters of the year to 10,312 units, 6% up on the same period last year.

Stephen Howarth, agricultural economist at the AEA said, of these figures, "Remember that registrations in 2018 will have been suppressed following pre-registrations in late 2017, ahead of the application of the Mother Regulation. Once this is taken into account, the registration figures indicate a market which is at a similar size to 2018."

Currently the monthly tractor registration figures coming from the AEA will temporarily be published later than normal while they test new processes with DVLA, to ensure that the numbers released are accurate. The associations says they hope to be able to revert to their normal publication schedule soon.