Posts in Category 'AGCO'

The Massey Ferguson® 4700 Series: Heavy? Yes. Gas Guzzling? No.

Among a host of tasks, the new Massey Ferguson® 4700 Series is designed for heavier and larger implements, draft work and demanding applications. Yet, even with all that beef, these tractors are still amazingly fuel-efficient. That’s in large part due...

What does IoT on the Farm even mean?

By: Ben Craker Recently I had the opportunity to talk with Kevin Harwood and Ryan Considine, the hosts of Mutual Mobile’s Tech Table podcast. Mutual Mobile is a consulting firm specializing in mobile solutions and is one of AGCO’s key...

Plow Ahead

The last two winters on Prince Edward Island have been epic. Just ask Jamie Fox, who not only lives on PEI, but owns a truck stop that—no matter the depth of the snow—he keeps open 24/7. How does he do...

Like Father, Like Daughter: Passing On The Farm

Kristin Pyle says her dad tells a story about a cross-country drive from Boston to San Francisco “sometime in the 70s,” when he fell in love with Iowa. “He was driving, and all of a sudden everything was green and...

AGCO AFRICA SUMMIT 2016

By Nyasha Mudukuti, AGCO Africa Ambassador 2016 ‘Okay, the mic is set Nyasha, are you ready?’…. l looked at the AGCO team and simply nodded, l could feel my adrenaline level rising up. Just across me stood Jean Kaahwa, AGCO...

Tale of the Tape

Stretching from South Dakota down to Texas, the Ogallala Aquifer has helped turn the land it irrigates into some of the world’s most agriculturally productive. Yet many farmers, researchers and others are concerned about recent signs that the aquifer is...

Field Test: Heavy-Duty Utility

“The ground was so steep you couldn’t stand up on it,” says Thornton Tweedy about some of the railroad and power line right-of-ways he formerly cut and helped maintain. “You had to be careful, or you could roll a tractor,...

It’s not your grandpa’s farm anymore…or is it?

By:  Melissa Runge We have all seen the stereotype of a farmer being portrayed as an older gentleman with a pitchfork in his hand, right? Indeed, if you were to glance at the 2012 US Census of Agriculture report, it...

Sugar Cane: Hard Work, Sweet Result

On the southwest shore of Florida’s giant Lake Okeechobee, U.S. Sugar grows cane on as much as 200,000 acres in a given year. Based in Clewiston, the company processes every bit of its harvest into granulated sugar, molasses and liquid...