Farm equipment maker Agco has rolled out new Massey Ferguson 5M utility tractors for livestock and forage producers, and Gen4 Vario versions of its higher-horsepower Fendt 1000 tractors.
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Agco launches updated Fendt, Massey Ferguson tractors
Updated 1000 series Fendt and new 5M series MF tractors debut at U.S. show
Refined autonomous Outrun grain cart ready for limited commercial release
PTxTrimble’s grain cart and tillage system has seen improvements since its introduction last year
Agco’s PTxTrimble has made a few changes to its Outrun autonomous grain cart and tillage system in the past year, in which the company has “taken that system and converted it to look at it as an autonomy platform.”
Agco settles legal dispute with TAFE
Indian company will get ownership of the Massey Ferguson brand name exclusively in India, Nepal and Bhutan, but nowhere else
Agco and Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) from India announced July 1 that they had settled their legal dispute, which began in 2024 over local ownership of the Massey Ferguson brand name and other concerns.
Trump tariffs mean fewer machinery purchases, higher costs for Canadian farmers
Agco plans to spread tariff costs across its full product line, not just the most affected units
Yo-yoing U.S. tariff rates will end up costing farmers more for new machinery and parts — and not just farmers in the U.S. either.
Massey Ferguson 9S tractors begin arriving in Canada this spring
Agco begins initial deliveries to 9S Series tractor buyers
Introduction of the newest updated 9S models completes the move from the various model number designations tractors have held, into the more simply-designated S Series lines.
Massey Ferguson rolls out new compact utility tractors
2025 1M Series tractor lineup offers premium comforts, versatility
Massey Ferguson’s new 1M Series 25, and its 35 and 40 higher-horsepower brethren, are compact tractors Agco plans to market to people who may just be getting into farming.
AGCO to pause equipment deliveries to the U.S
Details surrounding the pause in U.S. tariffs remains murky
AGCO has publicly stated its intention to pause equipment deliveries into the U.S. It manufactures some Fendt and Massey-Ferguson branded equipment in Germany and France, among other locations, for the North American market.
Agco-Deere patent dispute ends
In January a U.S. federal appeals court dismissed an appeal by John Deere of a patent infringement case against Agco. In July 2022 a Delaware jury concluded Precision Planting’s SpeedTube-vSet2 product, a high-speed planting system, did not infringe on Deere’s intellectual property. Precision Planting is an Agco brand. Agco said in a statement it’s “pleased […] Read more
AgWest expands westward
Two Saskatchewan sites join the Agco dealership group
During Ag Days last month in Brandon, farm equipment dealer chain AgWest announced it’s making its first move into Saskatchewan, buying the Yorkton and Weyburn locations of another Agco dealer, Agriterra Equipment. “This is a natural extension of our current presence in Elie, Neepawa, Brandon, Russell and the Swan River region in Manitoba,” AgWest’s CEO […] Read more
Fendt ErgoSteer brings joystick steering control to tractors
A retrofit option offers a second type of steering input for operators
A few years ago, Agco’s Fendt brand replaced the steering wheel on its Ideal combines with a joystick control. In 2024 it introduced a retrofit kit that can bring joystick steering control to Fendt tractors, too. That system just won Agco an AE50 award for its design. “It’s 100 per cent retrofittable,” says Daniel Smith, […] Read more
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