Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. agricultural equipment maker Agco Corp. said on Friday a ransomware attack was affecting operations at some of its production facilities, and dealers said tractor sales had been stalled during the crucial planting season. Georgia-based Agco, whose brands include Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger and Valtra, said in a statement it expects operations at […] Read more
Agco ransomware attack disrupts equipment sales
Dealerships cut off from parts ordering system
Agco buys Manitoba ag autonomy firm JCA
Massey, Fendt maker boosts precision ag capacity
Reading Time: < 1 minute International farm equipment maker Agco is aiming to boost its bench strength in the precision agriculture and autonomous ag sectors by buying a Prairie software and hardware company known for both. Agco, the maker of machinery brands including Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger and Valtra, said Monday it has bought Winnipeg-based JCA Technologies for an undisclosed […] Read more
Farm machinery scores big in 2022
It used to be that trophies were won with brute strength. Now it’s electronics that score the big prizes and shows us what farming is on its way to becoming
Reading Time: 5 minutes When I spent a summer working as a mechanic’s helper at an Allis Chalmers dealership in 1978 as one of my first jobs, I recall a brand marketing rep coming out to hold a customer information session. He brought cut-away examples of some of the features being built into their newest tractors, including the brand’s […] Read more
Career in ag machinery true to form
Assessing the legacy Martin Richenhagen leaves behind at AGCO
Reading Time: 7 minutes [UPDATED: Dec. 18, 2020] Having spent many years covering ag machinery, I recall all the times I found myself having a drink with other machinery writers at the end of a busy day, only to notice how often we’d all be agog at something we’d heard AGCO CEO Martin Richenhagen say. To be clear, we […] Read more
Agco to buy GrainViz system’s Winnipeg developer
System due out in limited release this fall
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. farm machinery firm Agco has set up a deal to buy its Winnipeg partner in the development of the GSI GrainViz grain monitoring system. Georgia-based Agco announced Friday it now has an agreement to acquire 151 Research, with which it had signed an “exclusive technology partnership” back in December 2018 to develop the GrainViz […] Read more
Fendt takes (out) the wheel on new combines
Agco says it's first of majors to offer joystick steering
Reading Time: 3 minutes Agco has officially declared itself to be the first major farm equipment player to put joystick steering in a combine. The ag equipment manufacturer unveiled IdealDrive on Thursday during the Commodity Classic in San Antonio, billing the new steering system for its Fendt Ideal combines as “the first joystick steering system on a combine from […] Read more
AGCO adds to its Global Massey Ferguson tractor line
Two new 5700 Series models hit the market for 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the last couple of years, major brands have been producing utility and mid-range tractors with powershift transmissions that don’t require clutching. In October AGCO announced it, too, is adding that type of transmission to its “Global” 5700 Series Massey Ferguson tractor family. Two new models, the 100-horsepower 5710D and 111-horsepower 5711D models will join […] Read more
AGCO picks Fendt as its global brand
“It’s the year of Fendt,” as the company's new focus puts the brand squarely at the corporate core
Reading Time: 5 minutes In June, AGCO invited several machinery editors to its Jackson, Minnesota assembly plant to hear its news for the coming year. I was included in that group. As we were seated around a large table listening to the initial presentations, AGCO’s media relations manager made an off-the-cuff comment that stuck in my mind. “It’s the […] Read more
Where it’s warm
AGCO’s GSI aims to make grain storage safer with on-farm medical technology
Reading Time: 5 minutes Here in the Great White North, we love to gripe about winter. But one of the advantages of our cold season is that it’s much easier and safer to store grain here than in parts of the world that have year-round warmth, where preventing spoilage of stored grain remains a challenge. I can remember hearing […] Read more
Customizing the planter
New models stretch planter capability and flexibility
Reading Time: 3 minutes Planters have long been at the centre of precision farming technology, and an ever-growing list of component options these days continues to improve their efficiency. With so many options now to choose from, more and more farmers are looking to customize their purchase to exactly meet the needs on their particular farm. Now, AGCO is […] Read more
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