Posts Tagged: 'AGCO'

Exporting Forage: Barr-Ag Is In Its “Hay Day”

For AGCO customer Barry Schmitt, the disastrous 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan hit close to his Olds, Alberta-based business. “We were shipping hay to one of our customers in Japan when the tsunami hit,” says the owner of Barr-Ag, a...

A Family Farm in the Economic Sweet Spot

Just outside the tiny township of Strykersville, N.Y. sits Fontaine Farms, the highly regarded dairy operation run by brothers Jim and Steve Fontaine. In March, the snowbanks around the barn haven’t quite thawed, and for Jim and Steve, the colder...

Storing Profits on the Farm

Stephen Sork knew from the time he was in fifth grade that working on the farm—being with his father, Ernie, grandfather, Marshall, and uncle, Vernon Gwaltney—was the life for him. “Dad and my uncle always let me help out,” says...

Agro-Brief: Creating Performance Seedbeds

Replace worn sweeps, blades, and harrows Level tillage tools Set working depths Monitor speed Avoid Compaction Developing a good seedbed is important to get the crops off to a good start; yet often overlooked or difficult to obtain. Seedbeds need...

FarmLife: Spring 2016 Issue Is Ready to Read

FarmLife—our exclusive customer magazine—is now covering all AGCO brands in North America— Fendt, Challenger and Massey Ferguson—in print and online at myFarmLife.com. Check out the spring issue, out now, for the following stories and more: A FarmLife Special Report: Passing...

Agro-Brief: Nutrient Management – Banding

By: Darren Goebel, Director – Global Commercial Crop Care  Improve Farm Profitability Reduce Nutrient Losses Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency Increase Yield Reduce Nutrient Stratification Discussion: Growers are always looking for ways to improve farm profits, even more so in a down...

Used, Not Abused

Practically every farmer or rancher has at least one piece of equipment on the “someday” list. Maybe it’s a combine, tractor, sprayer or hay tool. Unfortunately, budget or other factors may not have allowed the purchase of a new machine....

AGCO Training Centre Completed

AGCO Africa and Middle East Management team celebrated the handing over of the keys to the eagerly anticipated AGCO Future Farm Africa mechanization training centre in a ceremony with local staff in Lusaka last week. “AGCO’s new state-of-the-art regional mechanization...

AGCO Instrumental in Creating “Chair of Agro-Machinery” at LaSalle Beauvais Campus

There is broad consensus about the growing demand for food and feed over the next 50 years. Along with that comes the realization and responsibility of sustainable agricultural production. Picardie is a very progressive region of France with a vast...