26th March 2024 | Blog
An increasing number of young women are pursuing careers in agricultural engineering. We spoke to female trainee technicians at two AGCO dealers about what motivates them.
8th March 2024 | Blog
As part of our series marking International Women’s Day, we were able to grab a few minutes in the busy day of Stans van de Wetering, Managing Director of Mechan NL in the Netherlands. Mechan NL is a distributor of Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra, working with 90 retail companies of which they own seven locations.
8th March 2024 | Blog
It turns out women like fixing tractors too. Increasing numbers of women are training to be agricultural engineers. To mark International Women’s Day, we spoke to a female trainee technician at one of our AGCO dealerships.
8th March 2024 | Blog
Ana Dimova is a Spare Parts Manager at Varex Ltd, in Bulgaria providing support for Massey Ferguson, Laverda and Fella brands. To mark International Women’s Day she has shared with us some of the reasons she is so passionate about her career in agricultural machinery.
21st January 2024 | Blog
More than 470,000 visitors from 149 countries will remember AGRITECHNICA 2023 for a long time to come. But one visitor and Fendt fan will never forget the experience, and not just because of the biggest Fendt AGRITECHNICA stand of all time.
29th September 2022 | Blog
Would you recognise the symptoms of fatigue? Being tired is an accepted part of the challenges of farming, but fatigue is more than that. When you are fatigued you can experience a range of symptoms that are not only physical. Fatigue impacts your productivity and mental health.
29th September 2022 | Blog
29th September 2022 | Blog
29th September 2022 | Blog
Falls while working on a farm can lead to broken bones or worse. They mean time off work and inevitably cost you money. Think about the places on a farm where falls can happen – roofs, ladders, vehicles, haystacks. By being aware of the dangers and taking proper safety measures you can significantly reduce the risk.
29th September 2022 | Blog
As confident as some children may seem around the farm they are still exposed to high levels of risk. They can be injured or killed by machines or animals and are particularly susceptible to dangers in the farmyard. It is your responsibility to keep your farm as child-safe as possible or keep children away.
29th September 2022 | Blog
A powerline does not have to be touched to lead to serious or fatal injury. Electricity can leap if a person or vehicle simply gets too close – it’s called a flashover. The type of machines used in farming are particularly at risk because they tend to be high or have long equipment, like combines or sprayer booms.
29th September 2022 | Blog
Your PTO could well be the most dangerous piece of equipment on your farm. Accidents involving PTOs can be horrific and lead to life-changing injuries or death. It doesn’t matter how many times you have used your PTO before you can NEVER afford to drop your guard when you are working with it.
18th December 2020 | Blog
This year we’ve been celebrating the International Women’s Day theme of #EachforEqual and shining a spotlight on just a few of the inspiring and dedicated men and women working in the Agricultural and Aftersales industries. In our final installment meet Lauren Savage, one of our AGCO Apprentices working with Lister Wilder at their Bristol branch.
17th July 2020 | Blog
In our latest edition of ‘The People who use our Parts’ series, meet Carolin Wirth, Aftersales Commercial Manager at AGCO who shares her story about how she has developed a successful career within Sales and advice for others looking to embark on a similar career path.
12th June 2020 | Blog
In our second installment of ‘The People who use our Parts’ series, we caught up with Emily Padfield, a freelance writer and who, together with her partner Mark, run their mixed livestock farm in Warwickshire. Oh, and you may recognise Emily and Mark as winners of the recent BBC2 show ‘Win the Wilderness: Alaska’ where they competed to live off-grid in the wild and walked away with an amazing house and land in Alaska.
19th May 2020 | News
Here at AGCO we are continually exploring new, innovative ways to meet your needs for Parts and Service support and keep you farming during this critical time.
Read all about AGCO's exciting new partnership with SightCall to offer real time visual service support between our dealer technicians and the AGCO Technical Service teams, ensuring your machine is back at work as soon as possible.
9th April 2020| News
AGCO and our dealers are standing strong in the face of uncertainty from coronavirus COVID-19.
Here in Europe we are rising to the unprecedented challenge by taking exceptional measures to protect the well-being and safety of ourselves, our customers and our communities.
30th March | Blog
Presented last year during Agritechnica, the Leap Experience is a fun and interactive way to understand more about your engine and its core components. This is a new approach on how to explore some hard to reach sections of your engine.
12th March 2020 | Blog
As part of our International Women's Day celebrations, throughout 2020 we’ll be shining a light on just some of the inspiring and dedicated men and women working within the agricultural industry. Our first story comes from Grace Maple, a trainee Agricultural Machinery Technician with C&O Tractors Ltd, read all about her experiences during her training programme.
6th March 2020 | News
The Massey Ferguson Beauvais factory will further expand to include a dedicated gearbox Remanufacturing facility.
25th February 2020 | News
It goes without saying that safety awareness needs to be part of every farmer’s daily routine. With this in mind, members from Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (YFYFC) were invited to a special Massey Ferguson Machinery Maintenance and Safety Workshop at distributor Peacock & Binnington’s Selby branch on 18 February.
6th February 2020 | Blog
We all know about the daily inspections that are listed in the owner’s manual, but how many of us actually carry out these inspections? Not many hands go up.
20th September 2019 | News
A fantastic AGCO community project was completed at the Lifeways Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Give & Gro matched our AGCO team with the Lifeways Centre and brought us together to create, shape and deliver a project that will make a real difference.