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AGCO used its 2026 field technology event to show how autonomous operations, AI tools and equipment from different brands could work in a connected farm workflow.
AGCO acquired Canada’s JCA Industries in 2022, adding autonomous software, implement controls and electronic engineering capabilities to its precision agriculture portfolio and machinery-development programmes for equipment manufacturers worldwide.
AGCO’s OutRun tillage system received the 2026 Davidson Prize, recognising a retrofit approach that adds driverless tillage to existing tractors and supports remote planning and monitoring of field operations.
Fendt’s October 2020 Xaver update combined a three-wheel electric robot, a Precision Planting seed unit and fleet software, examining how several small machines could share sowing work while recording plant positions.
AGCO and Trimble closed their PTx Trimble joint venture in April 2024, combining Trimble’s agricultural technology business with JCA Technologies to serve factory-installed and retrofit precision-farming applications across machinery brands.
Arkansas graduates won two competitions in Indianapolis, including a strawberry processing prototype combining vision, motion control and safety systems.
