Increased sales of new high horsepower tractors in North America is helping AGCO’s Fendt unit toward its goal of selling 20,000 units globally a year by 2020. This year, sales in North America are expected to top 800 units for the first time as farmers take to the Fendt 1000 Vario range and its Challenger-branded counterpart.
Like farm equipment dealerships, nearly every segment of agriculture in the U.S. is being transformed by a consolidation of its participants, from farmers to ag equipment makers and input producers.
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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.