Last fall, Agco’s Fendt brand decided to take one of its Ideal combines on a road trip, stopping in several U.S. states to let farmers put it to work in their fields and compare it to their existing combine.
It was a relatively novel idea, a kind of road test, but with a combine instead of a car or pick-up truck.
During last year’s Fendt Harvest Tour, Brandon Montgomery, the company’s brand manager, said there was a possibility Agco might bring the tour to Canada.
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This year, Montgomery said in early March that it remains a possibility. If there is enough interest and the logistics can be worked out, some Canadian farmers could get a chance to put an Ideal to work in their own field.
“We’re analyzing all the requests coming in right now. We’re trying to figure out logistically where all the requests are coming from, where the biggest demand is. Then we’ll start to make a path. We’re looking at a 10-day tour.”
Anyone interested in having the Fendt Harvest Tour stop at their farm can log on to fendt.com and register.
“We’re taking registrations right now all the way through until late May, early June,” says Montgomery.
