“We are thrilled as an organization to reach the 1.5 million mark for sales to our valued customers in the United States,” says Yuichi “Ken” Kitao, president of Kubota Tractor Corporation. “Our network of outstanding Kubota dealers and the greater Kubota family of customers reflects the acceptance of Kubota’s engineering and innovative products over the past 40 years across America. In this time of growth for our company, Kubota has proudly created many jobs in the U.S. including positions in our manufacturing operations, corporate and field offices, as well as producing local business opportunities for Kubota dealers.”

In early July, Kitao and other Kubota management staff celebrated with Kubota customer Jeremy Nafziger, Marietta, Pennsylvania, at his B.N. Excavating, Inc., business location to mark the 1.5-millionth-unit sold. Nafziger purchased a Kubota M series ag/utility tractor for his agricultural, commercial and residential excavating business from his local Kubota Dealer, Messick Farm Equipment, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

Kubota Tractor Corporation began marketing in the U.S. in 1972, with an initial introduction of a 12-horsepower, compact tractor. In 1974, Kubota brought its trademark orange compact tractors to the forefront of the U.S. market by adding a 4-wheel drive compact tractor. Although 4-wheel-drive was common in larger American tractors, at that time it was unheard of for the compact sector, and the Kubota compact became a standard for the industry. 

—From Kubota news release