PRODUCTIVE SECTORS

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND AGROPARTS

Twenty five percent of the country's agricultural machinery manufacturing companies are located in Córdoba, and they account for 35 percent of the national production of these implements. At the same time, the province is the first national exporter of agricultural machinery, representing 40 percent of agricultural machinery shipments abroad.

At present, the province leads the production of four of the five most important items at national level: seeders; collecting, grain storage, and preserved fodder equipment; tractors; and self-propelled and trailed sprayers.

The manufacture of harvesters, tractors, hoppers, agroparts, grain baggers, equipment for the dairy industry and silos also stands out.

Most of the agricultural machinery factories are located in the southeastern region of the province, which is the heart of agricultural production.

It should be noted that the Córdoba companies in this sector are pioneers in the development of the direct seeding system, which has completely changed the farming process. It consists in agricultural practices with reduced tillage that keep the stover on the soil.

The direct seeding system makes it possible to produce without degrading the soil, to improve the use of rainfall and to reconcile agriculture with nature. It is thus a profitable, high-yield, sustainable production system that takes care of the resources, and leaves revenue.