DULUTH, Ga. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July
27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), a worldwide
manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and
infrastructure, and Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that
they are partnering to deliver wireless connectivity between AGCO's
VarioDoc and AgCommand® systems and the Trimble® Connected Farm™
solution. The functionality is expected to be available to
customers in North America in
September and in Europe,
Africa and the Middle East in the fourth quarter of 2015.
"The inclusion of AGCO's AgCommand information into Connected
Farm aligns well with Trimble's continued focus on providing a
complete solution for growers to manage a mixed fleet of vehicles
and implements," said Joe Denniston,
vice president of Trimble's Agriculture Division. "AGCO customers
now have access to one central location in Connected Farm for
monitoring their farm operations including fleet data, rainfall and
weather information, commodity quotes, and irrigation monitoring to
enable improved decision making from the office to the field."
"This collaboration gives our customers easier access to their
operational data for enhanced productivity, mobility and decision
making," said Eric Hansotia, senior
vice president, Global Harvesting, Crop Care, Advanced Technology
Solutions and Dealer Tech Support at AGCO. "Strategic development
with platforms like Connected Farm gives growers a single location
from which to monitor their entire operation."
The collaboration between Trimble and AGCO allows customers to
access their AGCO machine data, via AGCO's telemetry product,
AgCommand as well as their agronomic data through AGCO's VarioDoc
task file management platform, from within the Connected Farm
dashboard. This deeper integration of AGCO and Trimble technologies
delivers a more streamlined approach to total farm management,
simplifying the grower's ability to access and act on live machine
and task data within a single, Web browser-based user
interface.
The development expands on the February
2014 announcement of the connection between Trimble's Farm
Works Software® and VarioDoc. This new integration will
give Trimble customers the option to sync their task data sent via
VarioDoc in either Farm Works or Connected Farm.
The integration between Trimble's Connected Farm and AGCO's
AgCommand will be the first to utilize AGCO machine data via the
AgCommand API (Application Programming Interface). The API will
open globally in the fourth quarter of 2015 to developers and
service providers who wish to incorporate machine data into custom
applications and tools for growers. This offers more points of
access to end users, allowing AgCommand data to be integrated into
the grower's farm management platform of choice.
Trimble joins AGCO's growing list of partners that are part of
AGCO's Fuse® Technologies open approach to precision agriculture
and precision machine management. For more information about AGCO's
Fuse Technologies, AgCommand, VarioDoc and other precision farming
products, visit: www.AGCOtechnologies.com.
For more information about Connected Farm and Farm Works, visit:
www.connectedfarm.com and www.farmworks.com.
About AGCO
AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a global leader in the design,
manufacture and distribution of agricultural equipment.
AGCO supports more productive farming through a full line of
tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage equipment, grain
storage and protein production systems, seeding and tillage
implements and replacement parts. AGCO products are sold
through five core equipment brands, Challenger®, Fendt®, GSI®,
Massey Ferguson® and Valtra® and are distributed globally through a
combination of approximately 3,100 independent dealers and
distributors in more than 140 countries. Founded in
1990, AGCO is headquartered in Duluth, GA, USA. In
2014, AGCO had net sales of $9.7
billion. For more information, visit:
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About Trimble's Agriculture Division
Trimble Agriculture solutions enable customers to maximize
efficiency and reduce chemical and fertilizer inputs while also
protecting natural resources and the environment. Trimble's
precision agriculture solutions cover all seasons, crops, terrains,
and farm sizes, and its brand-agnostic strategy allows farmers to
use Trimble products on most vehicles in their fleet—regardless of
manufacturer. To enable better decision making, Trimble offers the
Connected Farm solution which allows farmers to collect, share, and
manage information across their farm in real time. To optimize
water use, Trimble provides water solutions for irrigation,
drainage, and land leveling. Trimble's product suite includes
vehicle and implement guidance and steering, as well as a portfolio
of correction options that are the most versatile of their kind in
the industry. Additional solutions include an unmanned aircraft
system (UAS) for aerial imaging and mapping; application control
for seed, liquid, and granular products; a harvest solution; and
farm management software.
For more information on Trimble Agriculture, visit:
www.trimble.com/agriculture.
About Trimble
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) applies technology to make
field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly
more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring
position or location—including surveying, construction,
agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping.
In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS,
lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content
specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are
utilized to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight
coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble
is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
Calif.
For more information, visit: www.trimble.com.
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