AGCO is making a determined thrust into all major world markets and with ten AE50 awards for engineering excellence is comes with the product range to match
AGCO, already established as a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, has just taken out ten AE50 Awards for 2023 in the US.
Each year, an international panel of engineering experts recognises the year’s 50 most innovative designs in engineering products or systems for the food and agriculture industries.
AGCO’s ten AE50 awards span the company’s strong brand portfolio, including Fendt, Fuse, Intelligent Ag, Massey Ferguson, and Precision Planting.
“Innovation is core to our vision of being farmers’ most trusted partner for industry-leading, smart farming solutions and we’re honored to be recognised with ten AE50 Awards across our brand portfolio,” said Eric Hansotia, AGCO chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
“Helping farmers maximize yield while reducing inputs and impact delivers real value to farmers and motivates our team to accelerate the pace of farmer-first innovation in every area of our business.”
Here is a brief summary of the ten AGCO models that make up the AE50 Awards for 2023.
Fendt 700 Gen7 Vario
The Fendt® 700 Gen7 Vario® is AGCO’s most popular workhorse tractor.
Redesigned to improve performance, reduce costs, and increase productivity, the Fendt 700 Series offers the most versatile and operator-friendly tractors in its market segment with five models with engine power ranging from 149 to 208kW (203 to 283hp).
There is a standard VarioDrive CVT, FendtONE operators’ station, fuel-efficient AGCO Power 7.5-litre engine, and agronomic-boosting functions such as the VarioGrip Central Tyre Inflation System (CTIS).
Geo-Bird from AGCO Fuse
Saving farmers time and money is Geo-Bird® from Fuse® This free and intuitive web app automatically optimises waylines for multiple fields and implements, and as a result supports greater sustainability.
Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) waylines help farmers reduce time and cost requirements; turns, wheel traffic, and headland overlap; fuel usage and CO2 footprints; and yield-robbing soil compaction.
Geo-Bird’s waylines are exportable to terminals of multiple brands for greater ease of use across disparate operations.
Pit Level Monitor Model AP-6010
The Pit Level Monitor Model AP-6010 from AP (Automated Production®) uses electronic pressure transducers to efficiently measure effluent depth in manure pits below pig confinement facilities.
This innovation provides pork producing facility operators with more accurate management information regarding manure pits, including early warnings of water leakage and remaining storage capacities.
Massey Ferguson LB2200 Series Baler
The Massey Ferguson® LB2200 Series Large Square Baler merges the reliability of previous models with updated cutting-edge technology advancements.
This includes a new pickup design that improves baler feeding and parts reliability, while also reducing noise.
New axle and tyre offerings with a single bogie suspension improve ground clearance and rideability.
While Common Electric Architecture (CEA) provides greater information and control via ISOBUS terminal for Tractor Implement Management (TIM), bale length, bale eject, and bale chute fold.
Massey Ferguson WR Series Windrower
The Massey Ferguson® WR Series Windrower provides up to power peak of 207kW (282hp) and an industry-exclusive closed-centre hydraulic system for increased fuel efficiency and available header power.
This also eliminates the need for a secondary pump for auxiliary functions such as a triple windrow attachment (TWA).
Technology updates improve paddock efficiency, reduce operator stress, and allow real-time tracking and data management. MF Guide ensures accurate auto-steering to minimise pass-to-pass overlap.
Optional rear steer is available for road transport speeds up to 39.5kph.
Recon SpraySense retrofit
An up and coming AGCO subsidiary Intelligent Ag has won an award for its Recon SpraySense product.
This retrofit sprayer product is designed to measures pressure and flow at each nozzle to ensure applications match targeted coverage and rates.
GPS capability and a database of nozzles from major manufacturers infer accurate droplet size.
Each nozzle’s performance is condensed as a single Spray Quality Score and provided to operators via an iPad application.
Recon SpraySense is a turn-key solution and provides state-of-the-art technology on both old and new sprayers.
ReClaim from Precision Planting
Faster boom priming, and improved boom cleanout is the advantage gained by adding ReClaim™ from Precision Planting® into a spray line.
This system replaces nozzle bar endcaps in sprayers and provides a return path back to the tank for improved product agitation and circulation, faster boom priming, and improved boom cleanout.
ReClaim also improves sprayer cleanout with compressed air that pushes product back to the tank where it is drained and properly disposed.
These improvements reduce build-up in the boom, product waste on the ground, and crop damage from misapplication.
Precision Planting Radicle Agronomics
Precision Planting has basically invented the ideal fully transportable soil laboratory for Agronomists or farmers with the release of Precision Planting’s Radicle Agronomics
It is being billed as the world’s first fully-automated soil laboratory.
Its small footprint, self-calibration technology, and ability to run hundreds of unattended samples, replaces manual, error-prone processes and provides tremendous efficiency and improved accuracy to professional agronomists.
Cloud-based software connects all steps of the paddock-to-lab process so agronomists can deliver superior nutrient management recommendations to their clients.
Precision Planting EM-HD
More accurate rate control for row crop planters is behind the release of Precision Planting’s EM HD
This liquid fertiliser controller and sensor uses an electromagnetic flow sensor to provide row-by-row, high-speed liquid fertiliser rate control on row crop planters, side-dress implements, and strip-till implements.
Immediate feedback from the flow sensor allows the system to make high-speed changes to the liquid valve control, and that maintains a more accurate and consistent flow of fertiliser to the implement’s application point.
Precision Planting Blockage Expansion Module
It is now much easier to connect multiple blockage sensors into a single connection point with Precision Planting’s Blockage Expansion Module (BXM).
This monitoring component is ideal for non-singulated crop seeding implements as it can combine and connect multiple blockage sensors into a single connection point for 20|20 seed monitoring systems.
By simplifying the implement’s electronic components and providing more user-friendly and actionable data, BXM improves the growers’ ability to diagnose issues arising in the delivery of products from the commodity tanks to the application point.
For more information on AGCO AE50 award-winning products for 2023 that are available in our local market, see the location of your nearest AGCO dealer on this link.
