Be wise and attract to yourself neither honors (TIMAS) nor virtues (ARETAS) nor substance on account of dishonorable deeds or unrighteous acts. This, then, I would want you to know: not to associate with the bad, but always to associate with the good, and at their tables to eat and drink, and with them sit down, to please them, for their power is great.
In reference to Massey Ferguson, specifically the 1500 series, they are produced in Matsuyama, Japan. And, if you are speaking about Kubotas, according to their website, the Georgia location manufactures and assembles kubota lawn tractors, zero-turn mowers, sub-compact tractors, loaders, backhoes and other implements. Their statement leads me to think that they make them and put them together. While it may have a Japanese name, it is made in the USA to government standards.
Soon after introduction, Yanmar began manufacturing the compact tractors for John Deere. By 1986 Yanmar had shipped over 100,000 tractors to John Deere alone. By 1989, It is believed that Yanmar's partnership with John Deere, combined with Yanmar's distaste for America's litigious society, prompted the company to stop selling tractors in the US. Yanmar continued to build many of the compact tractors for John Deere up until around 2004 or so (exact date not known). So are Deere tractors the same as Yanmar tractors? No. While some models may share a few parts, most of the parts will not interchange. Deere did not want an identical clone. Soon after Yanmar left the US, dealers took notice of the huge demand for these top quality, low priced tractors and began importing gray market models from Japan. These tractors, usually with 4 digit model numbers, are by far the most common Yanmar in the US today.