Farmers and custom operators will find a much smaller Massey Ferguson presence at Europe’s major agricultural equipment shows in the future as the AGCO unit puts greater investment into its own events. The change of tack is being led by Francesco Quaranta, vice president of Sales, Marketing & Product Management for Massey Ferguson in the Europe & Middle East region.
Worldwide production and sales of farm machinery are expected to decline by 10% in 2015, according to the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Assn. based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Frankfurt-based VDMA Agricultural Machinery Assn. is forecasting global production of farm equipment will increase by 6% in 2013 compared with 2012, demonstrating continuing strength in the agricultural sector.
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We’ve been busy over here in the Technology Corner preparing for the 10th annual Precision Farming Dealer Summit, taking place Jan. 6-7 in downtown Louisville, Ky. Skip Klinefelter, CEO of Ag Technology Solutions Group in Greenville, Ill., will be one of several speakers sharing their unfiltered perspective on the state of precision ag.