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North Central US | For me, without dragging out the books, I see them as;
AGCO: European, formerly American. Their line is as follows:
Wheel tractors: Made in France, Germany, the Far East, and basically anywhere but North America. Basically no American components or ideas anymore.
Engines: SISU(Finland, aka AGCO Power), Man(Germany), Deutz(Germany)
Caterpillar tractors: Assembled in Jackson with basically all European designed components(Man engine, Fendt transmission).
Sprayers: probably the same as the Cat's. I have not seen a newer Rogator or Terragator since the discontinuation of the Caterpillar/Challenger branding. The only green ones I have seen are at Big Iron.
Hay equipment: Hesston roots, European drivetrain. Balers last I saw them were still the old Hesston style and not well liked here, so I never cared to look heavily into them. I assume they were a cross between Hesston and Fiat at one time.
Combines: Gleaner is like Hesston, US design, European drivetrain, and European motivation pushing it(the same machine since, what? 2013?) The Ideal, according to Zeigler is made in Italy.
Planting/tillage equipment: it was US(Concord, Wilrich, Wishek, etc) but I'm sure since they ended the JV, all of that will be going away in favor of something from over there.
New Holland I don't see as one entity:
Tractors, the Ford Blue ones, are a relative of Case IH but with Ford's European ideas. Their ownership of Versatile helped a bit as well.
Their hay and forage line is American, as from what I understand their balers and choppers haven't really changed in years as they just work. Their swathers are in a similar boat.
Engines aren't from here, neither are the transmission, but the full line is a design with a clear lineage from here, assembled here, even if historically they didn't sell well here.
Versatile I doubt had anything to do with its majority Russian ownership and more so its supplier and cash issues, along with the fact they made two things: 4x4 tractors and MFWD tractors. Thats it. Their main market is the Northern Plains and the Canadian Prairies. They are tiny compared to CNHI and AGCO, they always have. They always have been a regional manufacturer. Also they stick to their simple ideology, which sells tractors on the plains, but are "too boring" to the east and west. Ironically they are the most American tractor with Steel from here, Engines from Cummins(US design and made partly here with US parts), and Caterpillar(US design and made partly here with US parts).
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