Enhancing Farmer Profitability: AGCO Tech Day 2025 Focuses on AI, Autonomy, and Mixed-Fleet Solutions

MARKTOBERDORF, Germany, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO), a prominent player in the global agricultural machinery and precision ag technology sector, is set to showcase groundbreaking advancements at its annual Tech Day. The event will be held at the historic Götz Agrardienst farm in Markt Indersdorf, Germany, from September 30 to October 1. This year’s program centers on “Farmer-First” innovations designed to optimize the entire crop cycle and seamlessly integrate with farmers’ existing mixed fleets to considerably boost yields and profitability.

“Farmers are increasingly demanding technology that not only meets their current operational needs but also offers scalability for future growth,” stated Eric Hansotia, AGCO’s Chairman, President, and CEO. “Our sixth annual Tech Day elevates agricultural technology to a new echelon. We’re demonstrating how high-performance machinery is harmoniously integrated with both retrofit and factory-installed precision ag solutions. This seamless integration across diverse brands and vintages leads to enhanced outcomes for farmers. Crucially, our ability to service mixed fleets substantially broadens our accessible market, allowing us to cater to a wider range of farmers and address their unique and evolving requirements.” This “fleet-agnostic” approach, as analysts are noting, is a significant competitive advantage for AGCO, allowing them to capture market share even from farmers who aren’t exclusively using AGCO equipment.

Precision ag solutions from PTx™, AGCO’s latest brand, are showcasing their capabilities accross numerous use cases in the farm. Whether through retrofits on existing mixed-fleet equipment, factory integration for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), or direct installation on AGCO’s leading brands Fendt®, Massey Ferguson®, and Valtra®, the company appears to focus on providing versatile systems geared towards widespread compatibility.

• Farm Office experience: PTx FarmENGAGE, launched in August, is poised to reshape farm management as an integrated and singular digital operations platform.
• Autonomous Tillage and Fertilizer: PTx Trimble’s Outrun autonomous technology, building upon its existing application of facilitating grain handling during harvests, is being expanded into fertilization and tillage capabilities on Fendt 900 Vario tractors. The offerings, also available for competitive equipment through retrofit kits, is a strategic choice to increase efficiency and ease the burden of labor shortages and address demographic shifts in rural workforces. AGCO’s goal to deliver autonomous solutions for the entire crop cycle by 2030 is an ambitious benchmark that is expected to further improve yields with improved efficiency and precision.
• Harvesting: Technologies including IDEALharvest, HarvestPlus, TI Headland Turn Assist, IDEALdrive and Task Doc Pro highlight the utilization of sophisticated automation solutions leveraging innovative sensors and intelligent AI control algorithms to enhance automated harvesting operations. Such solutions have proven to significantly reduce waste and improve overall harvest quality, translating to higher profits for farmers.
• Weed Control: Precision Planting’s SymphonyVision, from the PTx portfolio, represents a leap in AI-based targeted spraying systems, capable of reducing chemical usage by up to 70% through precise weed detection and targeted application. RowPilot, an AI-guided system for mechanical weeding, further refines weeding, improving application precision while minimizing potential crop damage. Such weed control systems represent a viable path of improving enviromental footprint and compliance.
• Automated Planting: Precision Planting’s innovations, including 20|20 SeedSense, vSet, vDrive, SpeedTube, WaveVision, and DeltaForce, focus on addressing the critical challenges farmers encounter during planting. These technologies enable immediate detection and correction of planting issues, improved seed placement, optimized operator intervention, and consistent seed depth across variable field conditions. Early forecasts point to a surge in demand for automated planting equipment as farm operators deal with increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, and higher production volumes.

“We are dedicated to offering advanced solutions that transcend the boundaries of specific brands. This Farmer-First mindset, combined with our pledge as a trusted partner for industry-leading smart farming solutions, underscores my confidence that AGCO will realize our goal of $2 billion in precision ag sales by 2029,” Hansotia affirmed. Achieving this milestone would firmly place AGCO among the dominant players in the rapidly expanding precision agriculture market.

AGCO’s portfolio showcased during Tech Day embodies commercially-viable or near commercially-viable technologies. Farmers can discover these offerings on local Fendt, Massey Ferguson, Valtra, Precision Planting or PTx dealer networks.

AGCO will hold a Tech Day presentation updating the company’s strategy and reviewing the company’s precision ag business. The presentation on September 30 will begin at 11:05 a.m. CET and feature Eric Hansotia.

About AGCO
AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology. AGCO delivers value to farmers and OEM customers through its differentiated brand portfolio, including leading brands Fendt®, Massey Ferguson®, PTx and Valtra®. AGCO’s full line of equipment, smart farming solutions and services helps farmers sustainably feed our world. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, USA, AGCO had net sales of approximately $11.7 billion in 2024. For more information, visit www.agcocorp.com.