The largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in Russia, Rostselmash, forecasts a reduction in the work week to three to four days in 2026. This was announced by the company's co-owner, Konstantin Babkin.
The reason for this step is a sharp drop in demand in the agricultural machinery market.
In 2025, Rostselmash already faced difficulties that led to the forced postponement of the annual employee vacation due to the deteriorating market situation. The reason was a shortage of orders from farmers. This led to a reduction in the production program.
At the end of 2025, the plant's output decreased by 25%. Due to the difficult situation, it was decided to postpone the payment of the utilization fee to the end of the year. This allowed the company to save working capital and allocate about 25 billion rubles to production, jobs, and components.
There is still very cautious optimism for next year. But next year there will be periods when we will work three or four days a week.
Rostselmash was founded in 1929 in Rostov-on-Don and includes 13 enterprises producing agricultural machinery. The company's product line consists of more than 150 models and modifications of 24 types of machines and units, including grain and forage harvesters, tractors, and sprayers.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that tractor production in Russia collapsed almost by half.
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