[AT] 12000 tractors

[Jack]

This MF 35 model made by TAFE in India may or not be being sold there now to individual farmers.

http://int.masseyferguson.com/mf-35-the-peoples-tractor-launched-in-kenya.aspx

They were advertising a belt pulley for sale also. Wonder if it is backward compatible.

[James Peck] It may depend on the model(s) Zimbabwe bought.

https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/about-john-deere/worldwide-locations/

[Cecil Bearden] It would be great if this would mean some US production, but it probably will come from their French factory or the one in Spain...  

[James Peck] The 12000 tractors mentioned were likely seized when the government of Zimbabwe expropriated the privately owned farms. I am guessing that a lot of them are 70's and 80's models. We used to see TV footage of farmers looking in all directions as they walked near their Deeres.

https://www.agequipmentintelligence.com/articles/3128-deere-inks-50m-deal-with-zimbabwe-for-farm-tractors?