Hanging Windrower Market

Global Hanging Windrower Market Size (2024 to 2029)

The global hanging windrower market size is growing at a healthy CAGR during the forecast period from 2024 to 2029.

Hanging Windrowers, also known as swathers, are agricultural machines cutting hay or small grain crops into windrows. In North America, these technologies are called "swather." It can be self-propelled or driven by a power take-off shaft when towed by a tractor. Swathers cut the crop's stems with a sickle bar. Reel aids in the neat fall of the cut crop onto a canvas or auger conveyor, which transports it and puts it into a windrow with all stems facing the same way. When combines replaced threshing machines, the swather was required to return the binder.

Swathing is more common in the northern United States and Canada. This is because cutting the plant stems reduces the drying time for crops. In areas with longer growing seasons, grain crops are often left standing and harvested immediately by combining. In the latter regions, where the grain can reliably reach a low enough moisture level while still on the standing plant, swathing provides the extra help needed for the grain to get the ideal moisture level, whereas, in regions less conducive to such drying, swathing provides the additional support required for the grain to reach the perfect moisture level.

Regardless of the harvesting process, threshed grain can be dried further or not at all as needed for storage; the most energy-efficient, productive, and cost-effective option is to get grain that is dry enough immediately out of the combine. Although reality does not always match predictions, a wet harvest followed by drying is better than no crop. Farmers that do not have their grain drying equipment would often sell their grain to a grain elevator for drying, with the cost subtracted from the grain price. A windrower comprises an engine-driven cutter bar, a reel that sweeps the grain onto a platform, and a canvas conveyor that transports it to one side and deposits it in a windrow for drying.

MARKET GROWTH

The market for hanging windrowers has been developing at a quicker rate with considerable growth rates over the previous few years. It is expected to grow significantly in the anticipated period, i.e., 2022 to 2027.

MARKET DRIVERS

The increasing use of Hanging Windrowers in Agricultural Production, Garden Trimming, and other sectors propels the global Hanging Windrower market. A windrower is a farm machine that chops grain and windrows the stalks for threshing and washing. The windrower, a modern descendant of the header, is used to harvest grain in portions of the United States, Canada, and Siberia's "new lands," where high moisture content and uneven ripening prevent directly combined harvesting. Harvesting can be done a week or ten days early because grain cut by windrows dries to a moisture level suitable for threshing sooner than grain cut by a combine. This reduces grain losses significantly.

Elements such as reel speed, draper speed, ground speed, and delivery opening will likely influence Hanging Windrower operation. Continuous expansion in demand for precision agriculture equipment, increased use of Hanging Windrower for food security, and promotion of innovative agricultural gear in developing economies are all significant drivers of the worldwide Hanging Windrower market. Moreover, the market is likely to benefit from the development of new and innovative products and the penetration of Hanging Windrowers for multipurpose agriculture applications.

MARKET RESTRAINTS

The high cost of a Hanging Windrower, on the other hand, is limiting the market since farmers prefer to use low-cost traditional harvesting methods. Significant market restrictions include a lack of support for heavy-duty agriculture equipment services and an increase in the expense of maintaining the Hanging Windrower.

REPORT COVERAGE

SEGMENT ANALYSIS

Global Hanging Windrower Market Analysis By Product

The most significant size of windrow that can cure in a reasonable amount of time determines the maximum width of windrow that can be cut using a hay windrower. Windrowers with cutting widths of 3.65 m and 4.25 m are typical in irrigated areas.

Global Hanging Windrower Market Analysis By Application

The Agricultural Production segment has dominated the market in recent years and is projected to continue to do so in the coming years. End-users should continue to be interested in emerging agriculture machinery with better creative designs, technology, high power, comfort, and the ability to perform numerous functions in modern farming. The need for swathers has risen in recent years as a result of this.

REGIONAL ANALYSIS

North America, in particular, is expected to display outstanding growth in marketing development over the forecasted time range.

Because large sections of the market business will be conducted all over the world, the Middle East, Africa, North America, and other Asia-Pacific countries have a strong chance of creating a favourable market environment. Administration organisations and outsider managers are focusing their efforts on developing client-driven products that will contribute to the construction of a successful marketing scenario in these areas.

KEY PLAYERS IN THE HANGING WINDROWER MARKET

John Deere, CNH Industrial, Kubota, Claas , AGCO, ISEKI, Sampo Rosenlew, SAME DEUTZ-FAHR, Yanmar, Pickett Equipment. These are the market players that dominate the global hanging windrowers market.

RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE GLOBAL HANGING WINDROWER MARKET

• Deere claims that its Robo-tractors are ready to get to work tilling the crops. After years of effort to automate farm work, John Deere & Co announced on Tuesday that it would begin commercial delivery this year of technology that allows a tractor to till a field without an operator in the cab, a first for the top North American tractor manufacturer.
• AGCO tractor monitors have been updated.
• A new in-cab monitor will be available on 2018 models of AGCO's Massey Ferguson 8700 and MT600E Challenger tractors, which will be assembled in Jackson, Minnesota. The Datatronic 5 will be the name of the MF version, while the Tractor Management Center will be the name of the Challenger Systems (TMC).
• According to the business, the new nine-inch touchscreen terminals include a streamlined menu, instantly recognizable iconography, and more flexible navigation options, as well as a "more convenient approach to machine and implement control." The terminals, according to AGCO, are "broadly compatible," meaning they should work with most brands of instruments.

DETAILED SEGMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL HANGING WINDROWER MARKET INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This research report on the global hanging windrower market has been segmented and sub-segmented based on product, application, and region.

By Product

• < 2m
• 2 – 4m
• 4 – 6m

By Application

• Agricultural Production
• Garden Trimming
• Others

By Region

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Middle East & Africa
• Latin America