AGCO Company, a worldwide chief in agricultural equipment and precision ag expertise, is showcasing among the most progressive precision agriculture expertise within the {industry} throughout its annual Tech Day on the greater than century-old Götz Agrardienst farm in Markt Indersdorf, Germany. This system on September 30 – October 1 spotlights Farmer-First improvements that work all through the crop cycle and throughout nearly any fleet a farmer owns to assist improve yields and increase profitability.
“Farmers are asking for expertise that matches the best way they function as we speak and scales with them for tomorrow,” stated Eric Hansotia, AGCO’s Chairman, President and CEO. “That is our sixth annual Tech Day, and every one has taken expertise to the subsequent stage. We’re demonstrating how high-performance gear is paired with retrofit or factory-fit precision ag tech options that combine throughout an array of manufacturers and vintages to ship higher outcomes for farmers. The flexibility to service combined fleets significantly expands our complete addressable market, permitting us to succeed in extra farmers and supply options that cater to their numerous wants.”
Precision ag options from AGCO’s latest main model, PTx, might be present in each station on the farm. These applied sciences meet farmers whether or not they’re by means of retrofit on their current mixed-fleet gear, manufacturing unit match for unique gear producers (OEMs) or put in straight on gear from AGCO’s main manufacturers Fendt®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®.
Farm Workplace expertise: Launched in August, PTx FarmENGAGE makes its debut because the ag {industry}’s solely digital platform that may handle farmers’ complete operations of a number of manufacturers of kit.
- Autonomous Tillage and Fertilizer: PTx Trimble’s Outrun autonomous expertise, already in manufacturing for grain dealing with throughout harvest, is proven in fertilization and tillage purposes on two Fendt 900 Vario tractors. The retrofit kits, additionally accessible for aggressive gear, allow farmers to spice up effectivity and deal with labor shortages. These choices illustrate AGCO’s progress on its objective to ship autonomous options for the whole crop cycle by 2030.
- Harvesting: Applied sciences together with IDEALharvest, HarvestPlus, TI Headland Flip Help, IDEALdrive and Activity Doc Professional exhibit refined automation options that make the most of progressive sensors and clever AI management algorithms to simplify harvesting operations.
- Weed Management: From the PTx portfolio, Precision Planting’s SymphonyVision is an AI-based focused spraying system that may scale back chemical utilization as much as 70% because it detects weeds from crops and applies exactly what is required. Additionally highlighted is RowPilot, an AI-guided system for mechanical weeding, enhancing a farmer’s precision utility whereas minimizing crop harm.
- Automated Planting: Precision Planting’s improvements together with 20|20 SeedSense, vSet, vDrive, SpeedTube, WaveVision and DeltaForce deal with widespread points farmers face in a very powerful move of the season: planting. These applied sciences allow rapid detection and correction of planting points, enhance seed placement, scale back operator intervention and guarantee constant seed depth throughout variable area circumstances.
“We provide options for all farmers whatever the model they’ve past the farm gate,” stated Hansotia. “This Farmer-First mindset and imaginative and prescient to be the trusted companion for industry-leading, sensible farming options is why I’m assured AGCO will obtain our objective of $2 billion in precision ag gross sales by 2029.”
The options AGCO is showcasing are commercially accessible as we speak or shall be within the close to future. Farmers can discover these applied sciences and extra on-line or at their native Fendt, Massey Ferguson, Valtra, Precision Planting or PTx vendor.
AGCO will host a presentation as a part of Tech Day actions that updates the corporate’s technique and gives an in depth overview of AGCO’s precision ag enterprise. The presentation on September 30 will start at 11:05 a.m. CET and have Eric Hansotia. Buyers might take heed to a reside webcast of the presentation by accessing the “Occasions” part of the corporate’s Investor Relations web site. The webcast will even be archived instantly afterwards for 12 months.
