US engineers select top ag machines

The US AE50 Awards are determined and administered by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and select the top agricultural machinery product innovations each year. Source: AFDJ eNews

The awards

From the many entries submitted an expert panel selects approximately 50 products for recognition.

The award-winning products are those ranked highest in innovation, significant engineering advancement, and impact on the market served.

The products featured represent the diversity of agricultural and biological engineering, as well as the variety of companies of all sizes and specializations that continue to bring advanced technology and exciting innovations to the marketplace.

This year’s AE50 Award recipients join the ranks of many who, for nearly three decades, have been honored for their ingenuity in product development and so saving producers time, costs, and labor, while improving user safety as well.

The interest in new technology and innovative applications of existing technology remains constant.

Many of the featured products are patented and their names trademarked. Some may become household words.

Others may be further improved as technology advances, and perhaps, with time, will win another AE50 Award.

1. METER 760CG VARIFEED™ GRAIN HEADER New Holland, New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
2. 1910 COMMODITY CART John Deere, Moline, Illinois, USA
3. 2730 COMBINATION RIPPER John Deere, Moline, Illinois, USA
4. 6120 GRAPE HARVESTER Oxbo International Corporation Lynden, Washington, USA
5. 645FD HYDRAFLEX™ DRAPER PLATFORM John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, Illinois, USA
6. 7400A TERRAINCUT™ TRIM AND SURROUNDSMOWER AND 8800A TERRAINCUT™ ROUGHMOWER John Deere, Moline, Illinois, USA
7. ACTIVE CONCAVE ISOLATION John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, Illinois, USA
8. ANHYDROUS AMMONIA FERTILIZER COULTER Great Plains Manufacturing Co., Inc., Salina, Kansas, USA
9. AXIS 50.1 H-EMC-W PRECISION FERTILIZER SPREADER Kuhn North America, Inc., Brodhead, Wisconsin, USA
10. CCI COVER CROP INTERSEEDER Hagie Manufacturing Company, Clarion, Iowa, USA
11. CP20 COTTON PICKER John Deere Des Moines Works, Ankeny, Iowa, USA
12. CRUMBLES® PRECISION FEEDSTOCKS Forest Concepts, LLC, Auburn, Washington, USA
13. CS690 COTTON STRIPPER John Deere Des Moines Works, Ankeny, Iowa, USA
14. DISCMOWER KNIFE WITH IMPROVED CROP SHARK™ CUTTING EDGE Kondex Corporation, Lomira, Wisconsin, USA
15. DUAL HOPPER CHAIN CONVEYOR Hutchinson/Mayrath, a Division of Global Industries, Inc. Clay Center, Kansas, USA
16. EASYCOLLECT 603 ROW-INDEPENDENTCORNHEAD Krone North America, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
17. ECOLO-TIGER® 875 DISK RIPPER Case IH, Goodfield, Illinois, USA
18. ECU-S1 AUTOSTEERING CONTROLLER Novariant, Inc., Fremont, California, USA
19. EGO FLEXSEEDER Elliott Manufacturing Binghamton, New York, USA
20. EQUALIZER TRACK UNDERCARRIAGE Unverferth Mfg. Co., Inc. , Kalida, Ohio, USA
21. EXACTEMERGE™ ROW UNIT John Deere, Moline, Illinois, USA
22. FIELDDATAMANAGER™ IntelliFarms, LLC Archie, Missouri, USA
23. FLIP-UP TALL CORN ATTACHMENT FOR 4400 SERIES CORN HEADS Case IH, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
24. GROWSMART® MULTI-CONTROL FOR DRIP AND MICRO IRRIGATION Lindsay Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
25. HAGIE TRACKS Hagie Manufacturing Company, Clarion, Iowa, USA
26. HSTB HIGH-SPEED TOOLBAR Hagie Manufacturing Company, Clarion, Iowa, USA
27. HY RATE PLUS LED SEED SENSOR DICKEY-john Corporation Auburn, Illinois, USA
28. iCON™ WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM Seed Hawk Inc., Langbank, Saskatchewan, Canada
29. INDIRECT ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM FOR CASE IH STEIGER® 620 HD TRACTOR Case IH, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
30. INTEGRATION OF LIN REMOTE-CONTROL ACTUATORS ON NEW HOLLAND CR FLAGSHIP COMBINES New Holland, Turin, Italy
31. INTERMEDIATEWING HINGE FOR PRECISION DISK™ 500 DISK DRILL Case IH, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
32. L300 SERIES LARGE SQUARE BALER John Deere, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
33. MAGNUM™ ROWTRAC™ TRACTOR Case IH, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
34. MAXEMERGE5™ ROW UNIT John Deere, Moline, Illinois, USA
35. MICHIGAN AGRICULTURALMAPPING TOOL Michigan Agri-Business Association, Lansing, Michigan, USA
36. NFTRAX AIRLESSWHEEL ASSEMBLY Lindsay Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
37. NT8000INUTRIENTTRACKERRATECONTROLSYSTEM Digi-Star, LLC, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, USA
38. NUTRIENT SEPARATION SYSTEM McLanahan Corporation, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
39. PATTERNMASTER K-B Agritech, LLC, Plainfield, Wisconsin, USA
40. PERFORATED CASCADE PAN ON 2015 GLEANER S8 SUPER SERIES COMBINES AGCO Corporation, Duluth, Georgia, USA
41. PLATFORM TILT FEEDERHOUSE John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, Illinois, USA
42. PRECISION SEEDMETER Seed Hawk Inc., Langbank, Saskatchewan, Canada
43. QUICK-CONNECT BACKHOE INSTALLATION SYSTEM John Deere Commercial Products Grovetown, Georgia, USA
44. QUICKDRAW SPRAY TENDER SureFire Ag Systems Atwood, Kansas, USA
45. QUICKMAX™ DISC CUTTERBAR QUICK-CHANGE KNIFE SYSTEM New Holland, New Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
46. RDI® 73B40 Root Demand Irrigation®, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
47. REVERSE DISPLACEMENTMOTOR Danfoss Power Solutions, Ames, Iowa, USA
48. SD3000 SHORT DISK Great Plains Manufacturing Co., Inc., Salina, Kansas, USA
49. SPECCONNECT Spectrum Technologies, Inc., Aurora, Illinois, USA
50. THE LOAD JUDGE Leading Edge Industries, Groton, South Dakota, USA
51. TRI-COLOR TRIANGLE Safety Psychographics, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
52. TRIPLE-CLEAN™ CLEANING SHOETECHNOLOGY FOR CX5000 AND CX6000 ELEVATION COMBINES New Holland, Turin, Italy
53. W260 SELF-PROPELLED WINDROWER AND 500R ROTARY PLATFORM John Deere, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
54. WATCHDOG RETRIEVER & PUPS Spectrum Technologies, Inc., Aurora, Illinois, USA
55. WIRELESS RUMEN BOLUS FOR SMART HERD MANAGEMENT Wandering Shepherd, Ltd.Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
56. ZERO-ENTRY COMMERCIAL SWEEP Sukup Manufacturing Company, Sheffield, Iowa, USA