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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
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)
2019: AGCO was recognized by the Financial Times and Statista as a 2020 Diversity Leader in the European region, chosen by survey as one of the top 700 companies in Europe for promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment. The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organizations; Statista is a leading provider of market and consumer data. (EME)
2019: AGCO was recognized as one of the 40 most innovative companies in Brazil in 2018 by Valor Inovação Brasil ranking, promoted by Valor Econômico newspaper in partnership with the consulting firm Strategy&, linked to PwC Consultants. AGCO was also highlighted in the top five most innovative companies in the Automotive and Large Vehicles category. The recognitions ceremony was held in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil in July 2019. (SA)
2019: AGCO received the title of Innovation Champion in the Agricultural Machinery category for 2018 in a survey conducted by Amanhã magazine, one of the most important in southern Brazil. (SA)
2019: Precision Planting was honored among Illinois companies in the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Region IV communications competition. Precision Planting received a first-place public relations award for an effort in 2018 to encourage careful crop protection stewardship. (NA)
2019: AGCO was awarded the Manufacturing Excellence Award at the first-ever Atlanta Supply Chain Awards program recognizing innovators and rising stars. The event was sponsored by UPS, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Atlanta Roundtable, APICS Atlanta Chapter, the Metro Atlanta Chamber and others. (NA)
2019: AGCO's Digital Transformation, Global Manufacturing team has won a Manufacturing Leadership Award for outstanding achievement in Collaborative Innovation Leadership. This award is given by the National Association of Manufacturers and is to be presented at the 15th Annual Manufacturing Leadership Awards Gala during the Manufacturing Leadership Summit in June 2019. (NA)
2019: The AGCO Service Delivery Center in Budapest, Hungary, won the bronze award in the “Best Workplace for Women” competition for efforts to ensure equal opportunities for women. The recognition was given by the Association for Women’s Career Development in Hungary. (EME)
2019: AGCO Brazil was recognized as the 28th best place to work in Brazil by Love Mondays/Glassdoor. Employees rated companies based on career opportunities, benefits, compensation, work-life balance and company culture. (SA)
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)
2019: The AirMax Precision R1/R2 RoGator Application System won the 2019 CropLife IRON Product of the Year award, given by CropLife magazine at its 2019 Agricultural Retailers Association meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. (NA)
Fendt Awards
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)
2019: The Fendt 942 Vario won Tractor of the Year 2020 at Agritechnica 2019 in Hanover, Germany (EME)
2019: The Fendt 314 Profi + won Tractor of the Year 2020 Best Utility at Agritechnica 2019 in Hanover, Germany (EME)
2019: The Fendt 900 Vario won Machine of the Year High-horsepower Tractor at Agritechnica 2020 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2019: The Fendt 900 Vario won Machine of the Year Audience Choice Award at Agritechnica 2020 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2019: Fendt IDEALDrive has won an Agritechnica Innovation Silver Award for harvesting technology determined by an independent expert commission appointed by the DLG (German Agricultural Society). (EME)
2019: The Fendt collaboration project with Braun in Automated Vehicle and Implement Guidance in Wine-growing has won an Agritechnica Innovation Silver Award determined by an independent expert commission appointed by the DLG (German Agricultural Society). (EME)
2019: The Fendt 942 Vario high-horsepower tractor won its first international award by winning the “Golden Ear” award at the Czech agricultural fair Země živitelka, also known as the “Agrosalon,” in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. (EME)
2019: The IDEAL combine harvester won the 2019 Platinum A’ Design Award for outstanding design, the highest honor given in the largest international design competition, in the Agriculture, Horticulture and Fisheries category. The IDEAL combine harvester is branded for Fendt as well as Massey Ferguson. Como, Italy, is the location for the A’ Design Award ceremony in June 2019. (EME)
2019: For the Innovations der Landtechnik 2018 (Innovations in Agricultural Technology 2018), the Fendt IDEAL harvester combine won in the Harvesting Machines category and the Fendt 900 Vario MT and Fendt 1100 MT won in the Crawler Tractors category. Awards were given by the German Agricultural Publishing House (dlv) at the Agricultural Entrepreneurs Days in Würzburg, Germany. (EME)
Massey Ferguson Awards
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)
2019: The Massey Ferguson 3709 Alpine was a Tractor of the Year Best of Specialized Finalist at Agritechnica 2020 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2019: The Massey Ferguson 6700 S won Machine of the Year Mid-class Tractor at Agritechnica 2020 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2019: The Massey Ferguson 2270 Large Square Baler won the Market-leading Gold Award at the China Agricultural Machinery Forum 2019 and the 2018 TOP50+ Annual Chinese Agricultural Machinery Awards Ceremony held in Wuhu City, Anhui Province, China. (APA)
2019: The IDEAL combine harvester won the 2019 Platinum A’ Design Award for outstanding design, the highest honor given in the largest international design competition, in the Agriculture, Horticulture and Fisheries category. The IDEAL combine harvester is branded for Massey Ferguson as well as Fendt. Como, Italy, is the location for the A’ Design Award ceremony in June 2019. (EME)
2019: The MF 7719 S Massey Ferguson 190 hp tractor has been awarded the Machine of the Year 2019 in the “L Category,” taking the top spot in the mid-power tractor category, at the SIMA Show in Paris. (EME)
Valtra Awards
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)
2019: The Valtra N154e Versu was a Tractor of the Year 2020 Finalist at Agritechnica 2020 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2019: The Valtra A114 HiTech 4 was a Tractor of the Year Best Utility Finalist at Agritechnica 2020 in Hanover, Germany. (EME)
2019: The Valtra A Series HiTech 4 model tractors have been awarded the Machine of the Year 2019 in the category of tractors under 150 hp at the SIMA Show in Paris. (EME)
GSI Awards
2019: AGCO Grain & Protein won the award for Best Practices in Corporate Social Responsibility at the 9th Global Business Services (GBS) Asia Awards (formerly the Outsourcing Malaysia Excellence Awards) in Malaysia. (APA)
Precision Planting
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)
2019: Precision Planting SmartDepth has won an Agritechnica Innovation Silver Award determined by an independent expert commission appointed by the DLG (German Agricultural Society). (EME)