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94 October 2018 | AutoData PERSPECTIVES 2019 » AGRICULTURAL AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY I t is a relief: for the first time since 2015 the production of agricultural and hi- ghway machinery will close the year with at an increase rate. The projected volume, of 60,4 thousand units, is still far from the one presented in 2013, when it exceeded the mark of 100 thousand, but it is a start to encourage the sector and project a promising 2019. By Glauco Lucena AGRICULTURE IS POP. CONSTRUCTION... NOT YET. Agricultural machinery has encouraging prospects for 2019. As for construction, not so much. Alfredo Miguel Neto, vice president of Anfavea and director of corporate issues at John Deere for Latin America, believes that (in 2019) numbers and indexes should growequally or slightlymore than the 14% expected for this year. “The soy at a very favorable price is a great incentive for the producers, and the high dollar favors grain exports. Cotton