Fendt Booth Filled with AE50 Award Winners
Fendt showcases their award-winning agricultural machines at the Commodity Classic booth, including their latest addition, the 200 Vario tractor. Other winners on display are the 300 Vario, 700 Vario, and 1100 Vario MT series tractors, the IDEAL 10T combine, the Momentum planter, and the Rogator 900 Series applicator. Visitors could also try out the machines through the Mobile Experience Center.

Massey Ferguson Displays a Fully Rounded Product Line
Massey Ferguson’s 500R Series Sprayer received the 2024 AE50 award and completed the brand’s North American product line. At the exhibit, the sprayer was showcased alongside Massey Ferguson’s operator-friendly S Series tractors and the advanced VE Series Planter that uses Precision Planting technology to enhance crop yields.

GSI to Highlight GrainVue and GSI Connect
Visitors to GSI’s booth could see the latest smart solutions, including GrainVue and GSI Connect. GrainVue is one of Feed & Grain’s Top Products of 2023 and makes grain management easier with 24/7 monitoring, automated aeration settings, and an intuitive interface. GSI Connect is an integration platform that works well with portable and quiet dryers, dryer sensors, and other processing capabilities to provide data for optimizing decision-making and maximizing profits.

Precision Planting to Exhibit Davidson Prize-Winning Radicle Agronomics
Precision Planting showcased its Radicle Agronomics suite at Commodity Classic. It won a 2023 AE50 Award and the Davidson Prize. The exhibit also featured fertilizer application and smart spraying technology, as well as Planter technology and the CornerStone Planting System.

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“I am proud of the hard work these teams have put in to provide farmers with more sustainable solutions throughout the crop cycle. These awards recognize both how we help solve customers’ pain points and the talents of our people who created the solutions by putting farmers at the heart of everything we do.”

said Eric Hansotia, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AGCO.

AGCO and its family of leading brands received the following awards:

• Agritechnica Innovation Award Silver: Precision Planting Radicle Agronomics
• Agritechnica Innovation Award Silver: Fendt Slicer 960 mower combination
• Agritechnica DLG Agrifuture Concept Winner: Fendt electrically powered weeder driven by the battery-electric Fendt e100 Vario
• Farm Machine 2024 Mid-range tractors: Fendt 600 Vario
• Farm Machine 2024 Audience Choice Award: Fendt 600 Vario
• Tractor of the Year 2024 Sustainable Winner: Fendt e107 V Vario

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The portfolio includes a wide range of retrofit products and solutions, including retrofit tools for precise planting depth, optimal downforce and perfect furrow closure. Accurate seeding ensures uniform emergence for better crop yields. By precisely placing seeds and fertilizer, farmers can conserve resources such as water, fertilizer and crop protection while increasing yields. In this way, Precision Planting actively promotes a responsible approach to the environment. Precision Planting offers retrofit tools not only for planters, but also solutions for grain drills, SideDressBars, combine harvesters and sprayers.

Adjusting downforce automatically

The aim is to make emergence more uniform and to optimize the technical equipment. One example of this is the DeltaForce automatic down-force system, which measures and regulates the down-force row by row and several times per second to ensure optimum placement depth and root development. A fixed down-force setting is rarely suitable for all conditions of a field, as many farm areas are heterogeneous. Management is therefore a balancing act between “not too much and not too little”. Too little downforce causes shallower placed seeds and late germination. Too much on the other hand, leads to compaction and poor root development – both of which cost yields. To ensure that the down force setting is suitable for all areas, it is first measured and then adjusted accordingly. The automatic DeltaForce downforce system was developed for this purpose. It measures and regulates the downforce during sowing, row by row and several times per second. The system detects, visualizes and adjusts machine settings in real time based on the data collected. Depending on the conditions, the individual units can be pressurized or raised individually. This minimizes the risk and lays the foundation for uniform field emergence.

“We are proud that our innovative technologies and solutions are helping farmers agriculture to a higher level. We want to make a decisive contribution to promoting productivity and sustainability in agriculture.”

said Thorsten Sütterlin, Advertising and Sales Promotion Specialist EME.

Rethinking sampling

Reliable soil data is essential. There are many different soil scanners, but they often deliver different results. Therefore, wet chemical soil analysis is still necessary, be it just to calibrate the scanner methods, drone or satellite data. A cost-effective, standardized laboratory method that allows a high number of samples per hectare would give precision agriculture a boost in this respect.

With Radicle Agronomics, a system is now available that combines planning, sampling, analysis and the entire logistics of soil sampling. There is no need to create labels and label soil bags. All this is done automatically in the field while GeoPress fills the GeoTubes with the collected soil. With the help of RFID technology, each sample container, a so-called tube, is provided with the coordinates and the data required for further processing in the laboratory. On an area of 3×3 meters, the Radicle Lab soil laboratory included in the system then carries out all the necessary work such as calibration, preparation, analysis and reporting fully automatically within a few minutes. Only the tubes need to be placed on a shelf manually. The software seamlessly integrates sampling, charting and analysis into a single platform.

Radicle Agronomics represents a significant advancement in soil sampling. Winner of the silver medal at Agritechnica, the innovation enables the rapid and accurate delivery of soil sampling results to make informed decisions for crop planning.

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