There’s the field where farmers use our machines. And then there’s the field of agricultural equipment makers like AGCO...And figuratively speaking, we’re doing everything we can to un-level it.
“For the farmers. For the people working for them. For ourselves. For the future.”
It's always an honor to be recognized. Of course, our biggest reward is helping the world's farmers be more efficient, productive and profitable. But we'll never turn down the opportunity to be recognized by our industry. It's further confirmation of our commitment to technology, product development and thought leadership.
Below you'll find many of the awards we've received over the past few years. The first is a collection of AGCO Corporate awards, followed by awards given to our individual brands.
2024: AGCO’s Chairman, President & CEO Eric Hansotia was named one of the Most Admired CEOs 2024 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. He was recognized in the Public Companies category most notably for building company culture by prioritizing farmers. The awards ceremony took place in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. (NA)
2024: AGCO’s Leadership Excellence Acceleration Programs (LEAP) Initiative won the Brandon Hall Group HCM (Human Capital Management) Excellence Bronze Award for its 2024 Leadership Development Program. This marks the second year AGCO’s LEAP program has won this award. (NA)
2024: AGCO earned the Great Place To Work® Certification™ in India. This recognition is granted by Great Place To Work, an organization that aims to make every workplace a great place for all, and assessed using cultural data from more than 100 million employees across 150 countries worldwide. (APA)
2024: AGCO moved up 29 places on the U.S.-based Fortune 500 ranking, moving up to #295. Announced by Fortune magazine, the Fortune 500 ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue from the previous year. (NA)
2024: Employee Kimberly Savageau, Final Assembly Supervisor with AGCO's PTx electronics manufacturing facility in Fargo, North Dakota, U.S., received a 2024 Women MAKE Award as an honoree, given by The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers. The awards ceremony, which took place in Washington, D.C., U.S., recognized 130 women in the manufacturing industry who exemplify leadership within their companies. (NA)
2024: AGCO was ranked #6 among Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies 2024 in the Machines & Industrial Equipment Industry category by Newsweek in partnership with global research and data firm Statista. (NA)
2024: AGCO was named to the Forbes 2024 America's Most Successful Mid-Cap Companies list. The award, given by Forbes magazine, celebrates the top 100-performing midsize companies in the U.S. based on growth. (NA)
2023: AGCO Chairman, President & CEO Eric Hansotia was named one of the Georgia 500, the state of Georgia’s Most Influential Leaders across industries, by Georgia Trend magazine. (NA)
2023: AGCO has won a 2023 AEM Advocacy Gold Award given by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) for extraordinary advocacy efforts on behalf of the association and the equipment manufacturing industry in the United States. This includes active participation in AEM's state and federal advocacy efforts, public affairs initiatives and the "I Make America" grassroots advocacy campaign. (NA)
2023: AGCO received the annual Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic of Finland in the category of Long-Term International Investor. Presented annually to spotlight internationally successful companies or communities, the award recognizes AGCO’s continuous investment in research and development, facilities and people at the company’s main sites in Linnavuori and Suolahti, Finland, together with the AGCO Suomi local Finnish direct sales organization. (EME)
2023: AGCO was given the FFA Distinguished Service Citation from the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization for its 75 years of support. Through its subsidiaries, AGCO has consistently championed the future of agriculture, actively supporting FFA through scholarships, grants, and the recent backing for the State Officer Leadership Continuum. (NA)
2023: The Sparex U.S. team was presented the 2023 Distributor of the Year Award at a supplier meeting with Pioneer’s Hose and Fitting Division for the team’s efforts in promoting the Pioneer crimping machine within dealerships. (NA)
2023: AGCO was named among America's Greenest Companies 2024 by Newsweek magazine in its first ranking, published in partnership with market data research firm Plant-A Insights and GIST Impact, a leading impact data and analytics provider. Companies were evaluated on greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, waste generation, commitment and disclosures, and scores were based on performance relative to their industries. These companies have committed to being good stewards of the environment, working to save the Earth and its resources for future generations. (NA)
2023: AGCO is “Industry Top Rated” in “Low ESG Category” by Sustainalytics, with an ESG Risk Rating of 22 out of 577 in Machinery, and 2,872 out of 15,623 in Global Universe. Morningstar Sustainalytics provides high-quality, analytical environmental, social and governance (ESG) research, ratings and data to institutional investors and companies. (NA, EME, APA)
2023: AGCO won first place during the Churchill-Captive Risk Control Awards Program for Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) for having the highest report card score among companies in the Large Manufacturing category comprised of manufacturing companies with over 500,000 hours worked in the 2022 calendar year. (NA)
2023: AGCO’s Leadership Excellence Acceleration Programs (LEAP) Initiative won the bronze HCM (Human Capital Management) Excellence award for the 2023 Best Advance in Leadership Development. The award was given by the Brandon Hall Group. (NA)
2023: AGCO won Honorable Mention recognition at the 2023 Brazilian Automotive Engineering Association ESG Awards in the Social and Governance category for Corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Program and its implementation in our dealer network. The awards ceremony was held in Brazil. (SA)
2023: AGCO employee Maria Aleman, Production Supervisor at the Hesston, Kansas, U.S. facility, received a 2023 Women MAKE Award as an honoree, given by Women in Manufacturing, a division of The Manufacturing Institute, at an awards ceremony in Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. Formerly called the STEP Ahead Awards, the Women MAKE Awards provide women with the tools and motivation to pay it forward and inspire the next generation of female talent to pursue manufacturing careers. (NA)
2022: AGCO was named among America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2023 by Newsweek magazine in partnership with global research and data firm Statista, ranking at 71 of 500. Recognition was based on many environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. (NA)
2022: AGCO South Africa won the TOP SUPPLIER 2021/2022 Award given by the OVK Group agricultural company in South Africa at its Top Suppliers Award event in Ladybrand, South Africa. (APA)
2022: AGCO won the Sustainable Company of the Year award at the Sustainable Performance Forum (SPF) World 2022 in Chicago, Illinois, US. The award was given for achievements in the sustainability, environmental health and safety, and risk disciplines as well as for the innovative use of Enablon solutions. (NA)
2022: Fendt’s Corporate Health Management team won the German Human Resources Management Award 2022, placing first in the “Corporate Health Management and Mental Health” category for its health mission statement and strategic “Wir im Dialog” project. Sponsored by Personalwirtschaft trade magazine in cooperation with the "Zukunft Personal Europe" trade fair in Cologne, Germany, this award represents an outstanding and innovative way to approach current world challenges affecting Human Resources. (EME)
2022: AGCO won the Red Dot: Best of the Best Award in the “Interaction and UX” (user experience) category with the AGCO 3D Product Advisor digital design concept. The Red Dot Awards are chosen by an international jury for design quality and degree of innovation. (EME)
2022: AGCO’s Jackson, Minnesota, U.S. operations team won the Teddy Award for its approach to workers’ compensation and injury prevention, including access to high-quality medical and preventive care with on-site medical professionals. Recognized by Risk & Insurance® magazine, award-winning organizations demonstrate a 360° approach to workers’ compensation and injury prevention programs. (NA)
2022: AGCO employee Chunju Liu, Manager, Planning, at the Changzhou, China facility won a 2022 STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Award given by Women in Manufacturing, a division of The Manufacturing Institute. This prestigious honor recognizes women leaders in the manufacturing industry and encourages them to lift up the next generation of female talent to pursue manufacturing careers. (NA, APA)
2024: Fendt won two awards at Agrotech Kielce, Poland’s largest agricultural machinery trade fair, for the Fendt ErgoSteer steering joystick, and for exhibition stand design. Awards were distributed during the Agrotech and Forest-Expo trade fairs’ gala event in Kielce, Poland. (EME)
2023: The Fendt 200 Vario® Series tractor has won a 2024 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an expert panel of engineers, recognize the industry’s top new products and services for outstanding innovation and engineering. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. in February 2024. (NA)
2023: The Fendt 600 Vario Series tractor has won a 2024 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an expert panel of engineers, recognize the industry’s top new products and services for outstanding innovation and engineering. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. in February 2024. (NA)
2023: The Fendt 728 Vario won the Innovative Agricultural Product 2023 Award at the National Challenges in Agriculture Conference in Poland. Presented by news outlets Farm.pl and SadyOgrody.pl at the conference in Warsaw, the prize recognizes the year’s most innovative agricultural machinery. (EME)
2023: The AGCO/Fendt Plant in Asbach-Bäumenheim, Germany won the Clever Fox 2023 Award for safety. Given by the Employer’s Liability Insurance Association for Wood and Metal (BGHM), the award recognized the Fendt Competence Centre for Cabs plant for its self-developed countersink cover, which reduces the risk of accidents during machining and thus improves the safety and health of employees. (EME)
2023: The Fendt Katana 850 forage harvester won an innovation award at the most important international trade fair for the Mediterranean region, Agrilevante 2023. The award was presented by FederaUnacoma, the Italian association of agricultural machinery manufacturers, at Agrilevante in Bari, Italy. (EME)
2023: Fendt and Lauwen Agro Engineering received the DLG AgriFuture Concept Award 2024, presented during the AGRITECHNICA awards ceremony in Hanover, Germany. The concept of an electrically powered weeder driven by the battery-electric Fendt e100 Vario convinced the DLG AgriFuture Concept Award jury. Given by the German Agricultural Society (DLG), the Future Award is intended to recognize visionary agricultural technology solutions and future-oriented pioneering work for the future of agriculture over the next five to ten years. (EME)
2023: The Fendt 600 Vario has won the FARM MACHINE 2024 Award in the Mid-range Tractors category at AGRITECHNICA 2023 in Hanover, Germany by the trade magazine Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag. The FARM MACHINE (formerly Machine of the Year) award has been presented at AGRITECHNICA every two years since 1997. The jury consists of agricultural journalists from 16 different European agricultural machinery magazines. (EME)
2023: The Fendt 600 Vario tractor has won the sought-after FARM MACHINE 2024 Audience Choice Award at AGRITECHNICA 2023 with more than 10,000 votes. In the Audience Choice category, the public chooses its favorite machine in an online vote. The Audience Choice award is presented every two years during AGRITECHNICA in Hanover, Germany by the trade magazine Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag. (EME)
2023: The Fendt e107 V Vario has won the Sustainable Tractor of the Year (TOTY) 2024 Award for its sustainable use of energy and resources. Selected by an independent jury of journalists from 26 European countries, it was presented during AGRITECHNICA in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2023: The Fendt Slicer 960 mower combination won the AGRITECHNICA 2023 Innovation Award Silver Medal given by the DLG innovations commission at AGRITECHNICA 2023 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2023: Fendt Rogator was awarded the 2023 ShowStopper Award for its product partnership with Bosch BASF Smart Farming to build a precision solution called ONE SMART SPRAY at the 2023 Midwest AG Industries Exposition (MAGIE) in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. The award was sponsored by the CropLife IRON publication. (NA)
2023: The Fendt 728 Vario Gen7 Series tractor was awarded the Innovation Prize for Product Development at the 2023 AGROmashEXPO, an international agricultural technology and digital solutions trade fair in Budapest, Hungary. (EME)
2022: The Fendt® 700 Gen7 Vario has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2022: The Fendt 942 Vario won awards for two technologies, the low-speed concept Fendt iD and the unique Fendt self-cleaning air filter for regions with heavy dust generation, at the international agricultural fair AGROSALON 2022 in Nitra, Slovakia. (EME)
2022: The Fendt 728 Vario tractor has won “Tractor of the Year 2023,” awarded by an independent jury of 25 agricultural journalists from 25 different European countries, and is hosted by the FederaUnacom (Federazione Nazionale Costruttori Macchince per l'Agricoltura)—the Italian association of agricultural machinery manufacturers. The award ceremony, which has alternated between EIMA and Agritechnica, will be presented during the 2022 EIMA Show in Bologna, Italy. (EME)
2022: The Fendt 700 Vario Gen7 has won the FARM MACHINE 2023 Award in the 180 to 280 hp tractors category. The award was given by Groupe La France Agricole at a special ceremony during the SIMA Show in Paris, France. (EME)
2022: The Fendt 210 P Vario won Spain’s Tractor of the Year 2022 award as the overall winner in the category Tractor of the Year 2022 Spain, as well as the winner in the category Specialty Tractors. Awarded every two years, the best tractor from applicants in five categories is selected by a jury comprised of experts in agricultural machinery. (EME)
2022: The Fendt Cargo T955 telehandler won Spain’s Tractor of the Year 2022 award in the Multi-Purpose Machines category. Awarded every two years, the best tractor from applicants in five categories is selected by a jury comprised of experts in agricultural machinery. (EME)
2022: The Fendt 1100 Vario MT tracked tractor won the FARM MACHINE 2022 Audience Choice Award with more than 10,000 online votes from the public, including farmers and farm equipment journalists, from more than a dozen countries. It is presented every two years during AGRITECHNICA in Hanover, Germany, by the trade magazine Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag. (EME, NA)
2022: The Fendt Rogator® 900 Series Applicator won the 2022 Davidson Prize for agricultural engineering excellence by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The three top-scoring AE50 winners representing the best of each year’s new products are selected for this honor. (NA)
2022: Fendt and joint partners, CEC Haren GmbH & Co. KG, Röchling Engineering Plastics SE & Co. KG, Braunschweig Technical University and Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences, won the first-ever AgriFuture Concept Award for their H2Agrar hydrogen-powered energy model project. Given by the German Agricultural Society (DLG) for pioneering work for the future of agriculture—including Fendt’s advancement of hydrogen-powered agriculture equipment prototypes—the award was presented during the 2022 AGRITECHNICA digital program ceremony. (EME)
2023: Cimbria Industrial Technician apprentice Mathias Kjærulff Grønkjær received the Metal Industry’s Apprenticeship Award (ML-Prisen - Metalindustriens Lærlingepris) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The award is given to a newly trained apprentice who has completed vocational training within the metal industry and has proven to be a great colleague throughout the training. (EME)
2023: Grain & Protein’s SCOUT, AGCO’s smart solution honored for cost reduction, helped customer Josep Piñol win the Award for Technological Innovation in Agriculture (PITA) in the category Cost Reduction and Improved Sustainability. Recognized for using SCOUT robotics on his farm in the Catalonian region of Spain, Piñol received the award at a ceremony in Barcelona. (EME)
2022: The Pit Level Monitor Model AP-6010 from AP (Automated Production Systems) has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2024: Massey Ferguson’s MF 9S Series of tractors won the prestigious Red Dot Design Award: Product Design 2024, presented in Essen, Germany. An international jury of about 40 experts judged products on innovation, functionality and durability. (EME)
2024: Massey Ferguson’s MF 9S won both The Zemědělec (Farmer) Award and the GRAND PRIX 2024 at the TECHAGRO Show, given by magazine publisher Profi Press s.r.o. at TECHAGRO in Brno, Czech Republic. (EME)
2023: The Massey Ferguson 500R Series sprayer has won a 2024 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an expert panel of engineers, recognize the industry’s top new products and services for outstanding innovation and engineering. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. in February 2024. (NA)
2023: The Massey Ferguson 3 Series Specialty tractors have won a 2024 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an expert panel of engineers, recognize the industry’s top new products and services for outstanding innovation and engineering. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. in February 2024. (NA)
2023: The Massey Ferguson 9S Series tractor has won a 2024 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an expert panel of engineers, recognize the industry’s top new products and services for outstanding innovation and engineering. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. in February 2024. (NA)
2023: The Massey Ferguson MF 8S won the Tractor of the Year Brazil 2023/2024 Award across all segments of Brazil’s Agrishow. The same tractor was chosen in the “Tractors over 200 hp” category as champion. Winners were announced during the Agrishow event in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. (SA)
2023: The Massey Ferguson MF 4707 Cab tractor won the Tractor of the Year Brazil 2023/2024 as champion in the “Tractors up to 100 hp” category, for a second consecutive year at Brazil’s Agrishow. Winners were announced during the Agrishow event in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. (SA)
2022: The Massey Ferguson® LB2200 Series Large Square Baler has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2022: The Massey Ferguson® WR Series Windrower has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2022: The Massey Ferguson MF 5S Series has won the FARM MACHINE 2023 Award in the tractors under 120 hp category. The award was given by Groupe La France Agricole at a special ceremony during the SIMA Show in Paris, France. (EME)
2022: The Massey Ferguson MF 5S Series tractors won the Red Dot Design Award in the Red Dot: Product Design 2022 award series, chosen by an international jury for design quality and degree of innovation. (EME)
2022: The Massey Ferguson 8S Series was named FARM MACHINE 2022 for tractors in the 180 to 400 hp category. This award, formerly known as Tractor of the Year, was chosen by an international jury comprised of farm equipment journalists from more than a dozen countries. It is presented every two years during AGRITECHNICA in Hanover, Germany, by the trade magazine Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag. (EME, NA)
2022: The Massey Ferguson 8S Series tractor was awarded the Grand International Innovation Award 2022 at the AGROmashEXPO, an international agriculture and agricultural machinery exhibition, in Budapest, Hungary. (EME)
2023: The Valtra Q Series of tractors won the prestigious 2023 Red Dot Design Award: Product Design, presented in Essen, Germany. The Red Dot Jury, comprised of some 50 international experts, evaluated entries for design quality and degree of innovation. (EME)
2022: The Valtra Q Series of tractors has won the Jury Prize FARM MACHINE 2023 Award. Chosen by a jury of European agricultural suppliers, the Q-series was praised for its performance, versatility and bold marketing campaign. The FARM MACHINE award, formerly known as Machine of the Year, is one of the most prestigious awards in agricultural engineering. Given by Groupe La France Agricole, it was presented at a special ceremony during the SIMA Show in Paris, France. (EME)
2022: The Valtra N Series tractors won the Red Dot Design Award in the Red Dot: Product Design 2022 award series, chosen by an international jury for design quality and degree of innovation. (EME)
2022: The Valtra G Series was named FARM MACHINE 2022 for utility tractors. This award, formerly known as Tractor of the Year, was chosen by an international jury comprised of farm equipment journalists from more than a dozen countries. It is presented every two years during AGRITECHNICA in Hanover, Germany, by the trade magazine Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag. (EME, NA)
2023: Precision Planting’s SymphonyNozzle™ has won a 2024 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an expert panel of engineers, recognize the industry’s top new products and services for outstanding innovation and engineering. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. in February 2024. (NA)
2023: Radicle Agronomics from Precision Planting LLC won the AGRITECHNICA 2023 Innovation Award Silver Medal given by the DLG innovations commission at AGRITECHNICA 2023 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2023: Precision Planting’s Radicle Agronomics™ won the 2023 Davidson Prize for agricultural engineering excellence, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The three top-scoring AE50 winners representing the best of each year’s new products are selected for this honor. (NA)
2022: Precision Planting’s ReClaim™ has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2022: Precision Planting’s Radicle Agronomics™ has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2022: Precision Planting’s EM HD has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2022: Precision Planting’s Blockage Expansion Module (BXM) has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2023: The AGCO Power CORE75 Diesel Engine won the Engine of the Year award at the 2023 Diesel Progress Summit Awards in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. The winners were selected by a panel of independent judges who were chosen for their power industry knowledge. The event was organized by KHL Power Division Publications: Diesel Progress, Diesel Progress International, New Power Progress—with Stanadyne as the award’s sponsor. (NA, EME)
2022: The Geo-Bird® from Fuse has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)
2022: Recon SpraySense™ from Intelligent Ag™ has won a 2023 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The annual awards, judged by an international panel of engineering experts, honor the best innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. The awards will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Fresno, California in February 2023. (NA)