Trimble Ready is a new option for Lexion combines assembled in its Claas Omaha, Neb., facility. It provides the wiring infrastructure and mounts for Trimble’s TMX-2050 terminal running the Android operating system.
Planting is completed and the crop is beginning to reach the point of showing what the harvest might look like and all eyes are on commodity prices. Some farmers were astute enough to hedge their production costs earlier when commodities were selling at acceptable levels.
Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s leading manufacturer of farm tractors, is tapping into Western combine technology to tackle developing markets by securing an alliance with Sampo-Rosenlew of Finland.
In the latest episode we take a look at a report that suggests combines appear to be in the best shape of large ag equipment, the transition to “digital agriculture,” Exel Industries acquisition of Equipment Technologies and Apache Sprayers, and the merger of the Ohio-Michigan Dealers Assn. and the Mid-America Equipment Retailers Assn.
After announcing in May that it plans to spend $42 million to expand its Jackson, Minn., manufacturing plant where its high horsepower tractors are produced, AGCO continues to invest in its manufacturing facilities around the world. The latest spends come at its Fella brand equipment plant in Germany and its Hesston, Kan., factory.
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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.