AGCO Continues to Build Relationships and Technology Connections to
Central to this strategy is AGCO’s unique collaboration model: joining forces with other trusted providers and organizations in the agriculture industry to deliver best-in-class, quick to market tools to improve farming operations. Two examples of this approach are the recent launches of new automatic guidance technology and the opening of AGCO’s AgCommand®telemetry API (Application Programming Interface). Through the support of partners like
Most recent data connections and industry leadership include:
Farm Management Information Software (FMIS) Connections
With technology in agriculture developing at a rapid pace, growers are increasingly faced with challenges in understanding and harnessing data; getting data, using it and benefitting from it in a way that is secure and efficient. Through partnerships and connections with farm management software providers,
- AGCO’s partnership with software provider, SMAG, enables easier task data transfer with SMAG FMIS tools, Agreo and Atland.
- Growers can now choose to have their data that is collected through VarioDoc and TaskDoc wirelessly transferred to
MapShots, Inc. AgStudio®software or DuPont Pioneer EncircaSMservices. - A recent collaboration with Farmplan enables direct connection to its GateKeeper FMIS, providing a simpler process to receive completed ISO XML task data documentation with the applied plot data. VarioDoc and TaskDoc, via Bluetooth®and the task data exchange server integration, allow for the export of farm setup data.
- FarmFacts, a subsidiary of
BayWa AG , has launched a cloud-based farm data management solution called “Next Farming.” By integrating with AGCO’s VarioDoc and TaskDoc products, Next Farming will enable customers to seamlessly exchange task data including prescriptions and yield maps.
Industry Leadership
In collaboration with other industry participants,
- ADAPT is a set of software tools designed to simplify task file exchange between different farm software and hardware applications including farm equipment. For more information, visitwww.ADAPTframework.org.
- The mission of the ADC (www.agdatacoalition.org) is to help farmers better control and manage their electronic data and promote innovation and progress in the agriculture marketplace.
- The Ag Data Transparency Evaluator tool analyzes contract terms and conditions which allows producers to quickly and easily determine the answers to concerns that many have about their farm data. To learn more about the “Ag Data Transparent” seal and how it is obtained, visitwww.fb.org/agdatatransparent/.
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AGCO is currently working with other leaders in the agriculture industry in the development of the DKE platform which will help solve data communication and conversion problems for growers. Learn more about DKE atwww.dke-data.com.
For more information about AGCO’s precision agriculture offering and partnering model, visitwww.AGCOcorp.com/Fuse. To learn more about how to become a data partner, contactFuseInfo@AGCOcorp.comto request information.
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