First evidence in North America of AGCO’s efforts to reduce production costs by rationalizing its worldwide tractor platforms emerged at the National Farm Machinery Show, Feb. 10-13 in Louisville, Ky., with the launch of the Massey Ferguson 4700 Series.
The adoption of high speed planting of row crops is gaining momentum worldwide, according to the manufacturers who participated in a panel discussion on the subject during the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., in February.
While brand purity in dealerships had been relatively quiet lately as ag machinery markets created enough business for everyone (“even John Deere appeared to be relaxing on it,” said one exhibitor at the National Farm Machinery Show last week in Louisville), Case IH’s dealer meeting in Florida in February appears to have brought it to the forefront again.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.