Posts Tagged: 'sustainability'
How much do you know about healthy soils?
Healthy soils are essential for life and those of future generations. Soils form the skin of the earth and are fundamental for all life-sustaining processes on our planet. How much do you know about soil? Test your knowledge with this...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.Data: The Next Step to the Smart Farming Revolution
Data is revolutionizing the agriculture industry. As more solutions to collect and analyze data are created, the more opportunities for growers to maximize their profitability and optimize their operations with real-time decision making occur.Building a Strong Smart Farming Foundation: AGCO’s Full Fleet Connectivity Approach
In the near future, all AGCO customers will be able to pull data off of their machines for monitoring, processing, or sharing, so they can make more informed decisions that improve yield, reduce input use, or reduce risk. This foundation of machine information, paired with agronomic insights, will pave the way for the future of farming.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.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.The Five Key Focus Areas of the AGCO Agriculture Foundation
As the demand for nutrition and especially protein changes, so are our technical and philanthropic solutions. The AGCO Agriculture Foundation is a testament to AGCO’s commitment to support our farmers feeding the world. Our objective is to develop and expand benevolent initiatives that contribute to global food security, support sustainable agriculture development and have a positive footprint in developing countries.Computing Agriculture and Nutrient Stewardship
The 21st Century is the era of computing agriculture and the 4Rs; that is, ensuring the right fertilizer source, at the right rate, at the right time, and in the right place. This is a key concept and goal of precision farming – in the field and in the lab.12