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Fecon Adds Vermeer Southeast as Forestry Mulcher Dealer

Michele Catinari — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:00:30 +0000

As part of the controlled rollout of the recent global distribution agreement, Fecon announces the addition of Vermeer Southeast. With 11 dealership locations throughout Alabama, Florida, and Georgia and Affiliated companies in the Caribbean, Vermeer Southeast provides a robust line of mulching equipment that incorporates the best of Vermeer and Fecon mulching technology. They will begin stocking Fecon-made forestry mulching tractors and attachments in addition to their full lineup of Vermeer branded forestry equipment, making it simpler for customers to find the equipment best suited to their needs.

With dealership locations in Birmingham, AL, Boynton Beach, FL, Buford, GA, Clearwater, FL, Ft. Myers, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Marietta, GA, Miami, FL, Orlando, FL, Pensacola, FL, and Savannah, GA, Vermeer Southeast offer new and used equipment for sale, as well as rental, parts sales, and full-service capabilities.

“Fecon’s forestry mulching tractors and attachments are well built and have a great reputation in the industry. They are a great complement to our product offering,”

said Mark Miller, Vermeer Southeast Vice President of Sales.

Source: Fecon

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JCB Partners with Make-A-Wish Georgia for a Wish Parade

Michele Catinari — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:00:10 +0000

JCB partnered with Make-A-Wish Georgia to deliver a “Wish Parade” for Wish Kid Aidan.

Aidan is an 11-year-old boy, who lives in Savannah, and was born with a heart defect requiring him to be on oxygen, impeding his ability to play outdoors for extended periods of time. Since he cannot go outside and play, his Make-A-Wish request was for a PS5 gaming system. Yesterday, his Wish came true and JCB got to play a major role.

JCB team members from manufacturing, office staff, the demonstration team, and the apprentice team, along with a few pieces of JCB equipment and Spider-Man, delivered some extra special surprises to Aidan on his Wish Day.

“Partnering with Make-A-Wish Georgia is such an honor for the entire team here at JCB, it was great to have team members from across the business come out to make today so special, and the reaction from Aidan and his family makes it so easy to continue supporting the efforts of Make-A-Wish Georgia,”

said Tonya Poole, Vice President for JCB North America.

A fan of all things Avengers and robot-related, Aidan’s Wish was for a PS5 gaming system which was provided by Make-A-Wish Georgia along with several games and accessories for the system. JCB in turn provided Aidan with a Nintendo Switch, a drone, Lego games, a gaming chair, and a headset all items which he can play with safely in his home. After opening presents delivered by Spider-Man and the JCB Apprentice Team and enjoying custom-made cookies, Aidan took a ride in the JCB Fastrac, a tractor capable of traveling at speeds up to 43 mph.

“It’s because of partners like JCB that we can bring wishes to life for kids like Aidan. We are truly grateful for the community that JCB has created to help us make more wishes come true,”

said Meghan Lowe, Southeast Development Director.

Since 1995, Make-A-Wish Georgia has been granting the wishes of local children facing critical illnesses. More than 20 years later, nearly 8,000 lives have experienced the impact of a life-changing wish. Make-A-Wish Georgia is a movement, powered by you, to renew families and communities whose lives have been disrupted. We all have the power to make wishes come true.

Source: JCB

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Georgia’s Ag Industry Launches new Campaign

Michele Catinari — Thu, 14 May 2020 21:00:30 +0000

To help mitigate potential losses due to the COVID-19 response, Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Georgia Grown program has joined up with partners from Georgia Farm Bureau, University of Georgia Extension Service and Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Association to promote Georgia Grown produce through retail and direct-to-consumer channels. Georgia’s spring fruit and vegetable harvest have an estimated farm gate value of $500-$750 million, and roughly 50% of that is traditionally marketed through foodservice. However, with much of the foodservice channel closed due to the COVID-19 response, farmers could find their promising crops have no place to go.

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black, says:

“The supply is there. The food is there. The quality is there. We just need to make sure the demand is there as well. Consumers often ask what they can do to help our Georgia farmers and the answer is simple. Expect Georgia Grown, ask for Georgia Grown and buy Georgia Grown.”

A mixed media campaign will encourage consumers to Buy Georgia Grown, Now More Than Ever. The collaborative effort includes PSAs, direct to consumer purchasing platforms, recipes. and preservation tips for fresh produce, all supported by a targeted social media campaign using the hashtags #NowMoreThanEver, #BuyGeorgiaGrown.

georgiagrown.com

“It is important that we support Georgia’s number one industry, agriculture. We are pleased to partner with Georgia Grown and the UGA Extension in helping remind consumers that our farmers feed and clothe the world by producing the finest food and fiber.”

says Georgia Farm Bureau President Gerald Long.

Consumers can purchase from Georgia Grown businesses with e-commerce and home delivery capabilities by visiting www.georgiagrown.com. In collaboration with Georgia Grown, UGA Extension is using its network of county Extension offices to connect agricultural producers with consumers looking for fresh, Georgia-grown products at https://extension.uga.edu.

Dr. Laura Perry Johnson, Associate Dean for UGA Extension says:

“UGA Extension is excited to be able to use our statewide local network of Extension offices to help connect Georgia citizens with the farmers that provide delicious, Georgia Grown products. It is in all of our best interest to work collaboratively to keep Georgia’s top economic driver – agriculture – healthy and prosperous as we fulfill our mission to serve the state.”

Agriculture is the top industry in Georgia with production and related industries representing $76 billion in output and more than 399 thousand jobs.

Commissioner Black says:

“This is not the first time our fruit and vegetable farmers have had to overcome challenges. In the last several years they have endured historic hurricanes, late freezes and trade wars. Georgia’s agricultural sector is strong because our farmers are strong, and I feel confident that Georgia consumers are strong as well and will rise with them to meet this new challenge before us.”

Source: Georgia Ag Industry

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Massey Ferguson donates full face shields to medical staff

Lazzarini Sabrina — Thu, 07 May 2020 17:00:59 +0000

Massey Ferguson, a worldwide brand of AGCO, has announced that while its manufacturing activities are on hold from March 18th because of the coronavirus situation, in its Beauvais (France) facility, it will use its 3D printing capacity to donate full face shields to its local community medical staff heroes working hard to save lives from the Coronavirus pandemic.

Courtesy of masseyferguson.com

AGCO and Massey Ferguson did respond to the call of the specially created French non-profit organization “Les Visières de l’Espoir” – “Hope’s Face Shields” initiated by 3DNatives.com, a French specialised 3D printing media. The project was initiated after 3D Natives learned from the Caen’s Hospital (Normandy – France) that due to increased pressure on resources, the hospital was really short on protective equipment. “Les Visières de l’Espoir” – “Hope’s Face Shields” leverages the powerful action of a network of France-based companies putting together their skills and additive manufacturing capacities to ease the work of our Heroes with the aim to respond to the immediate demand of 13,000 face shields coming from 94 hospitals and medical centres across France.

Courtesy of masseyferguson.com

“The Massey Ferguson team is humbled by the opportunity to help. As part of our new Vertical Integration’s activities planned for our factory extension named Beauvais 4, we were close to start our Additive Manufacturing activities to produce small series parts for our tractor’s production as well as our new tractor’s personalisation workshop. After successful weeks of tests, this activity was planned to start April, 1st 2020. However, with our Manufacturing activities being temporarily on hold because of the coronavirus breakout, we see Additive Manufacturing as a modest contribution, yet full of meaning, from us to help stop the pandemic,”

said Boussad Bouaouli, Vice-President Manufacturing AGCO Beauvais.

“The strengths of additive manufacturing and 3D printing – print anything, adapt on the fly – make it an opportunity to help address shortages of parts related to face shields among other things. The face shield has a 3D printed frame and a transparent plastic shield to provide protection for workers. The design and production process has been fully approved by the Caen’s Hospital medical staff based in Normandy, France.” “As part of “Les Visières de l’Espoir” – “Hope’s Face Shields” initiative, HP, our 3D printer partner, is providing the printing compound, while Decathlon (sports good producer and retailer) provides the transparent plastic shield and supports the overall logistics. The Massey Ferguson Additive Manufacturing team ensures the printing of the frame, the assembly of the full face shield and the delivery to the medical staff, as other members of the initiative’s network are doing such as L’Oréal, BASF, Lactalis, Aereco, Proteor, Sculpteo and Solvay amongst others,” says Mr Bouaouli.

“From April 6th, and for the next three weeks, we are aiming to produce some shields that we are humbled to donate to support heroes from the medical staff working hard to save lives in our community. We are proud of our colleagues who volunteered to run the 3D printers”

concludes Thierry Lhotte, Vice-President & Managing Director Massey Ferguson Europe & Middle-East.

Source: Massey Ferguson

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