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John Deere’s own line of sprayers will soon be enhanced with models from speciality sprayer manufacturer Hagie.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

John Deere goes shopping

The big green brand is purchasing specialty manufacturers while “balancing” its workforce

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Reading Time: 3 minutes In late March, John Deere announced it had taken ownership of yet another speciality equipment manufacturer. It’s becoming a familiar story for the U.S.-based manufacturer. This latest acquisition of Hagie Manufacturing, a U.S. specialty manufacturer of high-clearance sprayers, is one of a couple of purchases that Deere has recently announced. Deere describes the Hagie purchase […] Read more
A 4709 on display at AGCO’s exhibit during Agritechnica in November. The “Tractor of the Year” award decal is visible on the 5713SL behind it.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Farm tractors with global design in mind

AGCO’s new MF utility tractors are designed for worldwide appeal

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Back in early 1970, International Harvester released two tractors that made up what it called its Worldwide Series. The idea was to use shared platforms to build tractors that could appeal to farmers in every market where the brand had a presence. They would meet a global need — or that was the hope. Standardized […] Read more
people gathered around farm machinery at Agritechnica
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Farm machinery goes where politicians fear to tread

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Reading Time: 5 minutes A couple of interesting and potentially surprising announce­­ments arose in January from DLG, the German Agricultural Society, which organizes the world’s largest farm machinery show called Agritechnica. First, DLG revealed it is creating an independent subsidiary organization in Russia.  Second, it announced it had reached an agreement with the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture to help […] Read more
Fertilizer spreader manufacturer Rauch invited an international group of journalists to tour its production facility in Germany.
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Here’s how German machinery company Rauch is winning

Moving onto a former Canadian military base in Germany is only one in a series of smart decisions by this machinery shortliner

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Reading Time: 7 minutes It was to be our second stop that day on a week-long media tour that was winding its way through Germany. We were visiting a long list of German machinery manufacturers, and it was dark when we pulled up to fertilizer spreader manufacturer Rauch’s assembly plant adjacent to the Baden airport. It was clear the […] Read more
On display at Agritechnica, the Fendt 1000 tractor will be launched in North America early this year, wearing both Fendt and Challenger badges.
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Farm machinery gets political

AGCO chief Martin Richenhagen fields unusual questions at a corporate press conference in Germany

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Suddenly the discussion became political, turning AGCO’s Fendt-brand press conference during last November’s Agritechnica machinery show in Hanover, Germany, into one of the most unique I can remember attending. Standing on stage with a German journalist who was acting as event host, AGCO CEO and president Martin Richenhagen eventually found himself talking about larger political […] Read more
China’s Zoomlion brand had a large display at Agritechnica in Germany in November. The company is hoping to expand into new world markets.
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Make room. There’s another farm equipment manufacturer in town

Is there really enough market for two more full-line farm equipment manufacturers?

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Reading Time: 6 minutes In a second floor conference room at the Hanover fairgrounds in Germany during the Agritechnica machinery expo in November, a panel of experts got together to present their individual views on the present and future of the agricultural machinery market around the globe. Despite the fact world demand for new machinery has slowed significantly, optimism […] Read more
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German regulator investigates possible tractor cartel

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Duesseldorf | Reuters –– Germany’s anti-trust regulator said Friday it was investigating a possible cartel of companies making agricultural machinery, particularly tractors. It did not name any targets of the probe. German agricultural trading group Baywa said the cartel office had searched its headquarters earlier this week on suspicion that some of its employees were […] Read more
Today, manufacturers welcome customers and visitors to their assembly plants to see first hand how companies focus on build quality.
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The quality revolution in agricultural machinery

Business has changed. You can’t build a tractor the way they used to. Farmers won’t let you

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Reading Time: 6 minutes At first, we all thought he must have been exaggerating. It was 2013 and we were at the Hesston, Kansas combine assembly plant where Hans-Bernd Veltmaat, AGCO’s senior vice-president was discussing the plant’s US$40-million expansion, which included a new state-of-the-art paint system. “This paint centre is a major building block for AGCO,” Veltmaat said. “With […] Read more
This moving, wall-sized image of a baler appears in 3D when engineers use it to evaluate component performance or assembly fitment before prototyping begins.
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Behind closed doors at New Holland’s research facility

New Holland takes us into its secret world located in Pennsylvania

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Reading Time: 5 minutes On August 20, 1940, the New Holland Machine Company signed a deal with Pennsylvania inventor Ed Nault to take ownership of his unique hay baler design. Nault had patented a new knotter that was capable of reliably producing a tight bale, something other fledgling designs at the time really couldn’t do very well, according to […] Read more
When this 516 Vario drove out the factory door behind it, it signalled the introduction of the 500 Vario Series in Europe. The Canada and U.S. launch had to wait until the tractors underwent a homologation process to meet North American engineering standards.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Fendt 500 Vario tractors finally arrive in Canada

These long-awaited compact models are meant to appeal to mixed farming operations

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It was September 27, 2012, in Marktoberdorf, Germany when executives at AGCO’s Fendt brand gave the world its first official look at their all-new tractor series, the 500 Vario, which offered bigger-than-expected horsepower crammed into a small chassis. During the official launch ceremony a band played as the door at the end of the factory […] Read more

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