Posts Tagged: 'Agriculture'

Jeff Challis Shows You Why You Should Buy Genuine AGCO Parts Filters

A visit to Kenya prompts the production of a video to demonstrate the merits of buying genuine AGCO filters and how to spot counterfeit parts. In March 2014 Jeff Challis, Business Manager, Parts Sales, Africa and Middle East and Pete...

Meet Richard Chapple, Farm Manager at AGCO’s Future Farm in Zambia

In recent posts, we shared our vision for the AGCO Future Farm concept, and in May we celebrated the official opening of our first Future Farm in Lusaka, Zambia. Today, we’d like to introduce one of the team members making...

Biomass Harvesting: Win-Win, and Then Some

Still in its early stages in North America, the harvesting and processing industry for cellulosic ethanol now has something to show for years of research and planning in the form of three new cellulosic ethanol plants. Bill Levy, chief executive...

Klaus and Massey Ferguson – a Perfect Match

 MF7615 Series surpasses New Zealand Dairy farmer and contractor’s expectations for hedge mulching business. Contractor and dairy farmer Robert Klaus has great partnerships. The first is with his wife Sharon who loves her cows and runs the dairy farm. The second...

AGCO’s Jackson Plant: Better, Stronger, Faster

Imagine taking a brand-new tractor, worth tens of thousands of dollars, and purposefully trying to break it. That’s what the folks at the AGCO manufacturing facility in Jackson, Minn., do just about every workday. It all happens at Jackson’s Quality...

MF4610: One Tractor, Many Jobs

In its heyday a century ago, scores of horses were used to do dozens of jobs at Biltmore. Today, one utility tractor—with 99 HP—performs multiple jobs at one of the country’s most beautiful agricultural operations. Biltmore has long been a...

Challenger E Series Makes a Grand Entrance into the Australian & New Zealand Market

How do you get a tractor into the middle of Australia’s third largest city? Drive it down a river of course!   The long awaited Challenger E series made a dramatic entrance to the Australian and New Zealand region, surprising...

AGCO Brands Win Big at SIMA 2015

This year’s SIMA Paris International Agri Business Show was a triumph for AGCO’s core brands. Massey Ferguson debuted two new tractors and showcased the MF 5610 tractor that journeyed to the South Pole. Challenger’s MT775E was the winner of the...

Workhorses: From MF135 to MF8670

For being named the 2013 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year, James Cooley received use of a Massey Ferguson® tractor for one year. He chose the MF8670, known for its continuously variable transmission (CVT), fuel efficiency and comfort....