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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.
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“For the farmers. For the people working for them. For ourselves. For the future.”
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Awards & Recognition
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.
Corporate Awards
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)
2021: AGCO employees Roseane Campos, Director of Brand Governance, South America – Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and Christine Enge, Vice President of Human Resources – Duluth, Georgia, USA; were each honored with the 2021 Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Award in Washington, DC, USA. The STEP Ahead Awards, given by The Manufacturing Institute to female leaders in the manufacturing industry, encourage women to mentor and support the next generation of female talent to pursue manufacturing careers. (NA, SA)
2021: AGCO International GmbH won the BME (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf & Logistik e.V. - German Association for Materials Management, Purchasing & Logistics) 2020 Innovation Award for the successful transformation of its supply chain into an agile, integrated and digital value network. This award was given by the German Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME) at its digital symposium. (EME)
2021: AGCO and the AGCO Digital Center (Digital Customer Experience - DCX) were awarded the Champion of Digital Transformation Award in the Mechanical Engineering category, given by the German business magazine CAPITAL and company Infront Consulting. Recognizing the best companies within the German economy amid the transformation process, AGCO was noted as one of the best in providing "constant feedback with customers for digital solutions," especially for products like FendtOne, Configure Price Quote and eCommerce. (EME)
2020: AGCO won an award for digital marketing innovation at the China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition (CIAME) Annual Festival in Qingdao, China. (APA)
2020: AGCO was one of only two 2020 Pillar of the Industry Award Winners given by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) at its annual conference of member companies held in Napa, California, USA. The Advocates Program Awards recognize outstanding commitment by AEM members to industry advocacy efforts. (NA)
2020: AGCO was recognized by the Financial Times and research partner Statista as a 2021 Diversity Leader in the European region, chosen as one of the top 850 companies of the 15,000 surveyed in Europe for promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment. (EME)
2020: AGCO Component Manufacturing won the Internet of Things (IoT) World Award in the “Manufacturing IoT Deployment” category at the 2020 Internet of Things World conference held virtually. Using a digital execution system from Proceedix and smart eyewear from Google Glass, AGCO was named among these award winners that celebrate innovative individuals, teams, organizations and partnerships that advance IoT technologies, deployments and ecosystems. (APA, EME, NA, SA)
2020: The World Trade Center Atlanta honored AGCO as the 2020 recipient of the John C. Portman Global Leadership Award for the influential role the company plays in expanding international trade and helping farmers feed the world. (NA)
Challenger Awards
2020: The Intelligent Agricultural Solutions’ Engage® SpreadControl for TerraGator® Air-Max® Precision application systems has won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented during ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)
Fendt Awards
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)
2021: The Fendt self-cleaning air filter system won the AGRITECHNICA 2022 Innovation Award Silver Medal given by the international Innovation Commission of the German Agricultural Society (DLG). AGRITECHNICA is held in Hanover, Germany, usually every other year. (EME)
2021: The Fendt Rogator® 900 Series Applicator won CropLife IRON’s 2021 Product of the Year Award at the Agricultural Retailers Association Conference and Expo in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Given by CropLife IRON magazine, this award was based on reader nominations and voting for the year’s top new product innovations. (NA)
2021: The Fendt Rogator® 900 Series Applicator has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
2021: The Fendt 300 Vario® Series Tractor has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
2021: The Fendt TI Headland K-Turn Assistant has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
2021: The Fendt 211 Vario won the Golden Ear 2021 Award for innovative technology at the Země živitelka international agricultural fair/agrosalon in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. (EME)
2021: The Fendt Rogator 900 Series sprayer was awarded the ShowStopper Award at the 2021 Midwest AG Industries Exposition (MAGIE) in Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. The award is jointly sponsored by the CropLife IRON publication and the Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association. (NA)
2021: The 9350 DynaFlex® draper header with AutoDock™ header docking system for Fendt® IDEAL® combines has been awarded the prestigious 2021 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 that represent the best of each year’s new products are selected for this honor. (NA)
2020: The Fendt V Vario 211 was recognized in the Tractor of the Year 2021 “Best of Specialised” category, given annually by an international group of independent journalists, at a virtual awards ceremony in December 2020. (EME)
2020: The Fendt® Momentum® planter has won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented during ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)
2020: The Fendt IDEALdrive™ steering system has won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented at ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)
2020: The 9350 DynaFlex® draper header with AutoDock™ header docking system for Fendt IDEAL® combines has won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented at ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)
2020: The Fendt 700 Gen6 Series tractors have won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented at ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)
2020: The Fendt 1100 Vario® MT Series track tractors have won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented at ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)
2020: The Fendt TeachIn Headland Turn Assistant has won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented at ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)
2020: The Fendt Katana 650 received the “Silver Leaf” Innovation Award at Fieragricola 2020, organized by Veronafiere in collaboration with "Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario," in Verona, Italy. (EME)
2020: The Fendt 200 V Vario tractors won the Outstanding Technical Novelty Award for its automatic vineyard implements control system for weed removal at the FIMA Agricola international exhibition for agricultural machinery in Zaragoza, Spain. The automatic implement control system was jointly developed by Fendt and Braun Maschinenbau GmbH. (EME)
2020: The Fendt Autodrive – Joystick in the armrest won the Outstanding Technical Novelty Award for autodrive at the FIMA Agricola international exhibition for agricultural machinery in Zaragoza, Spain. The Joystick in the armrest replaces the steering wheel in Fendt IDEAL grain harvesters. (EME)
2020: The World Economic Forum recognized the Fendt Marktoberdorf and Asbach-Bäumenheim production sites as an Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution Lighthouse at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Global Lighthouse Network companies play an influential role in the 4th Industrial Revolution, skillfully updating their production processes by using digital data analysis, autonomous systems or a particularly high level of agility. (EME)
Massey Ferguson Awards
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)
2021: The Massey Ferguson 8S Tractor has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
2021: The Massey Ferguson DM 367 FQ-RC Front Mower has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
2021: The MF 4707 cab won the Tractor of the Year Brazil 2021/2022 Award in the “Tractors up to 100 hp” category, and the MF 7719 Dyna-6 tractors were Tractor of the Year Brazil 2021/2022 Award champions in the “Tractors from 100 to 200 hp” category. Winners were announced during the Agrishow Experience online event from São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. (SA)
2021: The Massey Ferguson MF 8S Series tractor won the Red Dot Design Award in the Red Dot: Product Design 2021 award series, Commercial Vehicle category, to be presented in Essen, Germany. (EME)
2020: The Massey Ferguson 8S.265 won the highest honor, the “Tractor of the Year 2021,” given annually by an international group of independent journalists to the best tractor in the European market, at a virtual awards ceremony in December 2020. (EME)
2020: Massey Ferguson’s Momentum Planter won Machine of the Year Brazil 2020/2021 in the “Sowing and Planting” category, the highest honor for the machinery segment in Brazil. (SA)
Valtra Awards
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)
2021: The Valtra A93F cab won the Tractor of the Year Brazil 2021/2022 Award in the “Special Tractors” category during the Agrishow Experience online event from São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. (SA)
2021: The Valtra G135 tractor series won an iF Design Award in the vehicles category for product design, presented at the 2021 iF Design Awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany. (EME)
2021: The Valtra G135 tractor won the Red Dot Design Award in the Red Dot: Product Design 2021 award series to be presented in Essen, Germany. (EME)
2020: The Valtra G 135 Versu was recognized in the Tractor of the Year 2021 “Best Utility” category, given annually by an international group of independent journalists, at a virtual awards ceremony in December 2020. (EME)
2020: The Valtra N4 and T4 hydraulic assistant won the Outstanding Technical Novelty Award at the FIMA Agricola international exhibition for agricultural machinery in Zaragoza, Spain. (EME)
AP
2021: The AP Flex-Flo XD Ultra Unloader has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
Precision Planting
2021: The Precision Planting Reveal® has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
2021: The Precision Planting SmartDepth® has won a 2022 AE50 Award for innovative technologies, given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with AE50 Award program sponsor Resource, its membership publication. The award will be presented during the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held in February 2022. (NA)
2020: The Precision Planting® FurrowForce™ two-stage closing system has won a 2021 AE50 Award given by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for innovative technologies. The award will be presented at ASABE’s 25th Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference to be held virtually in February 2021. (NA)