Posts in Category 'Corporate Social Responsibility'

One year later with inaugural AGCO Agriculture Foundation Award winners

Sustainable farming project helps uMsinga Local Municipality address food security and rural unemployment

MANUFACTURING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: HOW AGCO IS HELPING FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS

AGCO is proud to use our capabilities to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers in our communities. As a leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment, when the coronavirus became a pandemic, we brainstormed ways to contribute to fighting the virus. Our ideas quickly became reality.

Zambia Future Farm Family Tractor Donation: Meeting Face to Face at Agritechnica 2019

Agritechnica 2019 in Hannover, Germany was more than an opportunity to showcase the latest in award-winning agricultural equipment and solutions. For Moses Njovu, it was his first time to travel outside his home country of Zambia to perform with the...

Working Together Makes a Difference: Zambia Future Farm Family Tractor Donation

Longtime Fendt tractor enthusiast Mr. Norbert Stadler wanted to make a difference in the lives of African farmers, but he wasn’t quite sure how. One day Mr. Stadler, who has a hobby vineyard in the Alsace region of France, read...

Think Global, Act Local: Bridging the Gap Between Industrial and Urban Farms Through Cutting Edge Technologies

IoT.ATL Living Labs is an initiative promoting smart farming in urban areas while bringing the community together through education, agriculture, and sustainability. As sponsors of the IoT.ATL Living Labs Challenge, AGCO supports local food security innovations while nurturing the next generation of smart farming advancements.

AGCO Production Manager Jane Song Recognized with STEP Ahead Award for Excellence in Manufacturing

The STEP Ahead award for Excellence in Manufacturing recognizes women in manufacturing who demonstrate excellence and leadership.

How Smart Farming Improves Sustainability throughout the Crop Cycle

Sustainability is the driver for the 17 United Nations’ development goals in order to improve global challenges by 2030. Smart farming is the propeller for sustainable agriculture and the key differentiator in solving one of globe’s biggest problems: hunger.

AGCO Africa Crop Tour 2019: Precision Planting Solutions For Africa

Crop productivity per land area in Africa is among the lowest in the world today and partly accounts for the level of food insecurity in the continent.

How To Recover Your Fields After The 2019 Winter Floods

At AGCO, our employees and dealers have been closely monitoring the impact of the floods that affected many parts of the United States. While some farmers deal with flooding on an annual basis, the catastrophic Spring 2019 floods are affecting farmers that don’t typically have this problem. In this blog, we discuss how to handle debris left in your fields, erosion, and deposition, and regaining soil health when the floodwaters recede.