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The ErgoSteer retrofit kit allows high-spec 500 to 1000 Series Fendt tractors to be controlled through a steering joystick mounted on a left-side seat armrest.
Equipment, Machinery

Fendt ErgoSteer brings joystick steering control to tractors

A retrofit option offers a second type of steering input for operators

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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
The Oliver 2655 and Minneapolis-Moline A4T-1600
Equipment, Machinery

White’s earliest four-wheel drive tractors

We look back at the Minneapolis-Moline A4T-1600 and Oliver 2655

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As farms started to grow significantly in size through the late 1960s, equipment brands began to see a need to add new tractor models to the top end of their horsepower range. For some, that involved a few instances of so-called “badge engineering” — that is, short-term contracting with a competitor to build one of […] Read more
vaderstad carrier
Equipment, Machinery

Today’s tillage tools offer choices

Väderstad’s tillage implements designed for specific tasks

The number and types of tillage implements on the market today have grown significantly over the past decade. European brands such as Lemken and Väderstad have grown their presence in the North American market and introduced several modern implement designs which had their origins in Europe. Today, farmers have choices that go well beyond the […] Read more
Agco marketing manager Mark Brungardt demonstrates the tire pressure adjustment system
Equipment, Machinery

Momentum planters offer features to reduce compaction, improve efficiency

Planters chosen for a 2025 AE50 engineering award for innovative technology

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In December the list of AE50 Award winners for 2025 was announced, and Agco won a few of them for its equipment. One of those machines garnering a prize was its relatively new Momentum planter. Every year the ASABE (the American Association of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) picks about 50 new products and machines that […] Read more
WFE 2-155 Tractor
Equipment, Machinery

White is a favourite colour of one Manitoba farmer

We check out a jaw-dropping collection of WFE equipment and hard-to-find collectibles

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Among vintage and classic tractor enthusiasts are many with large collections dedicated to a single brand. While John Deere and International Harvester undoubtedly have the largest followings, those with a passion for the now-extinct White Farm Equipment brand seem to be few and far between. But that’s exactly the focus of Manitoba farmer Craig Rubeniuk’s […] Read more
Agco’s Fendt brand introduced a new line of tractors to the North American market this fall, the 600 Series, which includes four mid-horsepower models.
Equipment, Machinery

Fendt debuts its 600 Series

New tractor line spans the 149- to 209-horsepower range

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At Agritechnica in Germany last November, Agco unveiled its newest line of Fendt tractors, the 600 Series. For North America, though, the 600 Series was officially introduced in late August this year and had its first Canadian public appearance at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont. in mid-September. With Agco’s tractor brand offerings long […] Read more
Agco has its sights set on being the market leader in technology and autonomy that can be retrofitted onto multiple machines from all OEMs.
Equipment, Machinery

How Agco is striving for tech dominance

Agco looks to dominate the precision farming landscape and deliver products in a new way

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Speaking to a group of ag and investment journalists in late June, Agco CEO Eric Hansotia said his aim is to take Agco to a dominant market position in precision farming offerings. In a meeting of senior management several months ago, the decision to pursue that goal was made, he says. Now the company is […] Read more
agco ceo eric hansotia
Equipment, Machinery

Agco sees retrofit tech as best way to introduce autonomy

Recent disruptive technologies have seen growth start with aftermarket systems

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When auto-guidance appeared on the scene, grassroots demand from producers and aftermarket system suppliers was what pushed the technology forward. And as autonomy becomes the newest most disruptive technology in ag equipment, Agco’s senior vice-president and general manager for precision ag and digital, Seth Crawford, sees it becoming mainstream in the same way auto guidance […] Read more
A row of GSI bins on a Saskatchewan farm.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Agco to sell grain bin firm GSI

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Agco has completed a deal to sell the majority of its Grain and Protein business division, including its grain bin and handling equipment arm GSI, to American Industrial Partners for a reported US$700 million. ”The divestiture of Grain and Protein supports Agco’s strategic transformation, recently accelerated by the PTx Trimble joint venture, which closed in […] Read more
deere 8r tractor with agco outrun autonomous system
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Can autonomous systems cut costs?

Agco claims its prototype Outrun system has shown ROI benefits

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Could having autonomous equipment working on your farm improve the operation’s overall profit picture? Agco claims it has demonstrated exactly that during initial field trials of its Outrun retrofit autonomy kit, which it introduced to the farm media near Salina, Kansas in late June. “What we’re providing is a kit that takes a tractor and […] Read more

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