AGCO pips Deere to acquire Precision Planting
AGCO, the holding company behind the Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Valtra and Challenger tractor and farm equipment brands, has agreed to acquire the Precision Planting business from Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation, subject to regulatory approvals. In May this...Lely divests forage division to focus on dairy robotics
The multinational agricultural engineering company Lely is to sell its long established forage equipment business to AGCO Corporation in order to concentrate on its dairy robotics and automation division. The deal is expected to complete by the end of 2017....Fourth round of Agri-Tech projects
Fourth round of Agri-Tech projects There have been 21 successful R&D bids for the latest £17.8 million round of financial support from the government’s £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst pot. The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, selected the commercially promising new...
