The Impact of War: Ukrainian Ag Equipment Outlook

Oct 23, 2025

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Titan Machinery’s Bo Larsen says the impact on ag equipment sales was felt almost immediately. For the first 2 years of the war, many farmers put off buying new equipment — sometimes due to a lack of income, and other times due to a lack of equipment availability. Regardless, those deferred purchases created some considerable pent-up demand among Ukrainian farmers, particularly large enterprises that tend to replace equipment every year or two.

“Our business was sliced in half that first year of the war,” Larsen relates. “Now, over the past couple of years, we’ve seen things continue to climb back to where we were before the war.”

A new report from Ag Equipment Intelligence examines the equipment needs the country will have post-war.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.