Yet if preponderance of tractors were the key factor behind competitive ploughing success, no entrants would be able to touch the Icelanders: Iceland has more tractors than hectares of arable land, according to World Bank data, the only country in the world so endowed.
On Wednesday, farmers used hundreds of tractors to block key roads and highways, including one that links the Greece's north to its south.
In the pocket of his shirt I found the key to our tractor.
With those words, George Bush turned the key of a large tractor at the Caterpillar factory in Peoria this week.
Traction prediction modelling, a key factor in farm tractor design, has been driven by the need to find the answer to this question without having to build physical prototypes.
Today his International Tractors is the country's third-largest tractor maker, with the Blackstone Group as a key investor.
Monsanto's "farm-to-fork" data platform, Climate Fieldview, which the company promotes as a "key 2018 growth driver," uses tractors fitted with sensors and GPS, algorithms, and data drones to monitor field conditions and advise farmers in real time. .
Sergio Marchionne, the Fiat chief executive and the architect of a financial turnaround at the carmaker, decided to give the tractor to the Vatican and handed the pope the keys on Wednesday.
Mahindra, which manufactures cars in India as well as a range of commercial vehicles including tractors, as well as aerospace technology, would provide Ford with key expertise in operating in the potentially lucrative market.
After nightfall they are attacked by the legendary "dragon" of Crab Key which turns out to be a flame-throwing armoured tractor.
