随着农村经济体制的变革,每户经营的田块面积变小了,广大农村迫切需要一种适合小块田、烂湿田田间作业的小型拖拉机。常州拖拉机厂根据这一形势,与市农机研究所合作,设计试制了东风-61型拖拉机,经过田间1500小时的耐久试验,于1984年11月在常州市通过了部级鉴定。1985年已开始批量生产。 With the reform of the rural economic system, the area of ​​plots per household has become smaller, and the vast rural areas urgently need a small tractor suitable for field operations between small fields and bad wet fields. According to this situation, Changzhou Tractor Factory cooperated with the Municipal Agricultural Machinery Research Institute to design and manufacture Dongfeng -61 tractor. After a 1,500-hour durability test in the field, Changzhou passed the ministerial level appraisal in November 1984. 1985 has begun mass production.