AGCO Company has received 5 2025 AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Organic Engineers (ASABE).
Annually, ASABE recognises merchandise from the agricultural, meals and organic industries for innovation, engineering development and market affect.
AGCO’s 2025 awards embody choices from its AGCO Components, Fendt, Precision Planting and PTx Trimble branded merchandise.
AGCO Components’ Utility Elevate System permits operators to raise and alternate utility methods (often dry to/from liquid) at their very own places. Previous to this answer, further gear corresponding to cranes and loaders have been required for such modifications, rising price, time, problem and personnel wants. The Utility Elevate System can leverage the adjustable suspension of the Fendt Rogator applicator to carry out many of the alternate. Non-compulsory chain hoists can be found for ultimate changes or lifting from machines that don’t embody adjustable suspensions.
Fendt ErgoSteer is a retrofittable steering joystick for Fendt 500 to 1000 collection tractors. Operated with the left hand from the seat’s armrest, ErgoSteer permits comfy and environment friendly tractor management with minimal motion from the motive force. Suitable with all FendtOne Profi+ wheel tractors with the newest software program, ErgoSteer gives adjustable steering sensitivity and a return-to-centre perform for straight driving.
The Fendt Momentum 30-Foot Planter brings planting advantages to smaller farms, with 100-bushel seed capability and 800-gallon liquid fertilizer capability. Manufacturing unit-installed Precision Planting choices embody Concealfertilizer openers and EMHD for correct liquid management. The Load Logic system and excessive flexion tires scale back compaction, and the SmartFrame toolbar gives 52 inches of row unit journey for uniform planting depth.
Precision Planting’s ReconBlockage prevents skips and yield loss when seeding and fertilizing through the use of acoustic sensors to detect move variance by part, immediately alerting operators of blocked runs, which price money and time. ReconBlockage sensors work like stethoscopes, capturing and deciphering sounds and alerting operators by way of a wi-fi app to buildup points that will in any other case plague optical sensors.
OutRun is an autonomous answer that permits tractors to tug grain carts with out drivers throughout harvest. It’s a self-contained package that helps older tractor fashions and helps preserve or enhance productiveness when labour is scarce.
OutRun’s interface permits operators to place grain carts round fields, and autonomously match pace and distance with combines for on-the-go unloading and unloading in designated zones. The answer avoids unharvested land and makes use of beforehand travelled paths to minimise soil compaction. OutRun operates utilizing its personal communication system for dependable operation no matter mobile protection within the discipline.
“AGCO’s 2025 AE50 winners construct on the momentum set by our improvements of the final 5 years, offering farmer-focused options that save time, scale back prices and improve yields,” says Eric Hansotia, AGCO chairman, president and CEO. “I’m particularly proud that these awards span our manufacturers, demonstrating our ongoing dedication to addressing farmers’ wants and values.”