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A special graphic was included on Golden Anniversary NH T7 tractors celebrating the Basildon England assembly plant’s 50th birthday.
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PHOTOS: Celebrating milestones

Ag machinery anniversaries and production milestones you may not have heard about

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Machinery brands have been publicly celebrating a lot of anniversaries lately — and for good reason. They provide marketing staff with a great opportunity to emphasize past achievements and build on brand loyalty. We don’t always mention them in the pages of Grainews. But with our April 26 cover story detailing AGCO’s latest production milestone, […] Read more
Unveiled to a group of visitors and its purchaser during a special ceremony, the 100,000th swather to be built at AGCO’s Hesston, Kansas, manufacturing facility was centre stage at the facility’s auditorium.
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AGCO’s swather factory hits a milestone

Hesston factory builds its 100,000th swather

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“Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the 100,000th swather,” said Kyle Kitt, AGCO’s marketing manager, as he stood on stage in an auditorium at the brand’s Hesston, Kansas, combine and hay equipment manufacturing plant in late March. From then on, it was a little like a rock concert. Music played and lights flashed as […] Read more
After testing, all panels are in place and a worker applies decals.

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PHOTOS: Along the Line: Assembling a Massey Ferguson swather

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AGCO’s recent 100,000th milestone for swather builds coincides with the 70th anniversary of operations at its Hesston manufacturing plant. In all, the Hesston factory turns out a combined total of about 42 machines of all types each day. And many of the components for those machines are fabricated right from flat steel on site, a process that […] Read more
AGCO just introduced its updated S9 Series Gleaner combines.
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AGCO updates its Gleaner combines

The S9 Series gets a host of improvements from cab to driveline

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Starting this year, the Gleaner combines rolling out of AGCO’s Hesston, Kansas, assembly plant will feature a broad range of upgrades that make them both more comfortable to drive and more efficient than their S8 predecessors. Since the brand introduced the S7 Tritura models back in 2010, S Series Gleaners have seen several updates. Now, […] Read more
Putting up to 500 horsepower in a rigid-frame chassis, the new Fendt 1000 Series occupies an all-new tractor category.
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An entirely new tractor

The high-horsepower, rigid-frame Fendt 1000 Series is in a category of its own

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Two years ago AGCO introduced the all-new 1000 Series rigid-frame tractor to the world with a big splash, using Bavaria’s spectacular Neuschwanstein Castle as the backdrop for the press event. The brand recently followed up on that European introduction with a more conventional official launch of these machines in North America at the National Farm […] Read more
John Deere now offers the 500D line of Draper headers for its W235 and W260 windrowers.
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New headers from Deere and AGCO

New swather and combine headers for small grains producers

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Purchasers of a John Deere W235 or W260 self-propelled windrower can now choose to mate their machine with a new line of Draper headers for small grains crops. The green brand just introduced the 500D Series header line, which includes three sizes: 25, 30 and 36 feet. The 500D headers use a quick-change system that […] Read more
AGCO’s Fendt brand debuted the 500 Vario Series tractors at an event in Germany in 2012. As of this year, they are available in Canada.
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Fendt 500 Varios arrive in Canada

AGCO brings the compact-chassis 500 Vario Series tractors to North America

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AGCO used this summer’s U.S. Farm Progress Show in Illinois as the venue to finally debut the 107- to 137-PTO horsepower Fendt 500 Vario Series tractors in North America. The models were first introduced in September of 2012 in Germany for the European market, but at that time brand executives explained it would take a […] Read more
The Solo AGCO Edition UAV was introduced last August.
Machinery

Flying Solo: the new AGCO craft

AGCO takes to the air, introducing its own UAV designed for field scouting

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In August AGCO surprised a few people by introducing its own UAV, the Solo AGCO Edition, which is a rotary craft designed for field scouting. “We thought through everything a farmer needs to not only scout their fields, but also collect useful data beneficial to managing their farm and improving yields and efficiency,” says Jeff […] Read more
AGCO's X Edition
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AGCO’s limited X-Edition track tractor

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Call your dealer fast: AGCO is making a limited-edition production run of MT700E and MT800E Challenger X-Edition track tractors. It’s wrapping them in a custom paint job for the customer who wants to stand apart from the pack by adding some bling to his or her horsepower. “We’re only going to make 50 of these, […] Read more
people in Antarctica with tractors
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AGCO strikes for the Pole in a tractor

A team of adventurers drives a Massey Ferguson 5610 tractor to the South Pole

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We could make any number of comments about how normal it is for Prairie farmers to operate their tractors during severe winter weather. But for 38-year-old Manon Ossevoort, a Dutch actress and adventurer, driving a tractor through conditions like that was a dream come true. A few years ago Ossevoort left Holland on a unique […] Read more

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