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Jalison Cruz managing Oxbo do Brasil

Oxbo appointed Jalison Cruz as general manager of Oxbo Brazil. In this role, Cruz will be responsible for the overall leadership of Oxbo’s Brazilian operations, including strategy execution, business performance, and continued development of the team.  Cruz brings more than 20 years of experience in...

Vice President Procurement AGCO

Jens Jorch will be joining AGCO in early September as Vice President Procurement. Jorch brings more than 20 years of international industrial experience, including over 15 years in global direct and indirect procurement. Jens Jorch joins AGCO from BMW Group, where he held senior leadership roles acr...

Siloking enforces management board

Siloking Mayer Maschinenbau is systematically aligning its leadership structure to support further growth. Effective August 1, Jürgen Rückert has been appointed to the executive management team. Alongside Georg Mayer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Margit Mayer as General Manager, Jürgen Rücker...

Leadership changes at AGCO

AGCO Corporation appointed Damon Audia and Indira Agarwal at new positions in the company. Audia becomes President of PTx & Corporate Strategy, whereas Agarwal has moved to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. In this position, she succeeds Damon Audia. Damon Audia’s n...

Helmut Claas would have turned 100

Claas is marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Helmut Claas, honouring the engineer and entrepreneur whose innovations helped transform modern agricultural technology, while shaping the company into a global player in the ag machinery industry. Born in Harsewinkel, Germany in 1926, Helmut Cl...

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“Let the future begin”

The global ag machinery market is continuously evolving. AGCO aims to be in the forefront of new technology. Serving their own customers, but also mixed fleet operations. With new solutions in precision ag, autonomous vehicles and engines running on clean energy. Always with full focus on the farmer...

“I wanted to disrupt the industry”

Craig Rupp is a self-made man. The founder and owner of US based Sabanto, has a clear vision on automation in agriculture. “I wanted to disrupt the industry,” he says. And so, he did. Craig developed the Steward retrofit kit, making tractors operate autonomously. It eases the workload for farmers. B...

“Cotton King” high clearance tractor

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia, are rich in cotton production. In order to meet technological constraints, Lovol launched the high clearance TX1104-H “Cotton King” tractor, specifically designed for cotton production in these countries. Th...

“Agricultural robots” today at Agritechnica digital

“Agricultural robots” is the first topic in new webinar series on startup technologies, presented in Agritechnica digital. Free-to-attend ‘AgTech’ events explore topics shaping startup innovation scene: robotics, digitalization, circular economy and soil health. Today, 18 January 2022, Agritechnica ...

“Agritechnica Asia live” is approaching

From 24-26 August, Agritechnica Asia Live 2022 will be held in Can Tho City, Vietnam. At Agritechnica Live, machinery will be demonstrated in the field. Concurrently there’s an exhibition with a seminar programme. The previous edition was held in Myanmar, which attracted visitors from across South E...

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DLG appoints two new CEO’s

DLG (German Agricultural Society) appointed Dr. Lothar Hövelmann as CEO of DLG e.V. and Freya von Czettritz as CEO of DLG-Holding GmbH. With the new dual leadership, DLG is confident to be well positioned for the future. Dr. Hövelmann succeeds Dr. Reinhard Grandke, who earlier this year announced hi...

Brad Crews retires from CNH Industrial

Brad Crews, President North America for CNH Industrial, is about to retire. Mr. Crews is a longstanding member of the company’s Senior Leadership Team and is also the leader of the North American Agricultural Segment.   During 2023, Brad Crews will focus on a new role, supporting Derek Neilson, Pres...

Josh Jepsen new CFO Deere & Co.

The Board of Directors of Deere & Company elected Josh Jepsen, 44, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 16. Jepsen is succeeding Raj Kalathur, who will continue as President, John Deere Financial, and Chief Information Officer. Jepsen has been with Deer...

Robert Vermeer passes away

Robert “Bob” Lee Vermeer, passed away at 78 years old on August 17, 2022. For many years, Bob was known as CEO and later chair of the board of U.S. based Vermeer company. Born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Bob grew up on a family farm near Pella.  He was the son of Gary Vermeer, founder of […]

Felecia J. Pryor joins Deere & Company

Felecia J. Pryor joins Deere as Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer. She is a member of the senior management team and has responsibility for the company’s human resources, labor relations, enterprise security, aviation, and brand and communications functions. Pryor joins Deere with nea...

Paolo Rivolo business director southern Europe

Paolo Rivolo has been appointed to lead the southern Europe business area for Case IH and Steyr, with additional responsibility for key accounts in the region. Mr Rivolo moves across to his new position from within CNH Industrial, the parent company of Case IH and Steyr. His previous role was based ...

Denny Perez commercial director Case IH Brazil

With more than 20 years of experience at CNH Industrial, Denny Perez takes the position of commercial director for Case IH in Brazil. Denny Perez will replace Paolo Rivolo, who has accepted a new challenge in Case IH’s commercial team in Europe. Perez has a degree in Economics from the Tuiuti ...

Tim Millwood chief supply chain officer AGCO

AGCO has appointed Tim Millwood to succeed Hans-Bernd Veltmaat as Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer effective August 15, 2022. Mr. Millwood joins AGCO following a more than thirty-year career at Cummins Inc, where he most recently served as Vice President, Global Manufacturing. Ha...

“Mr. Kverneland Mechatronics” retires

Ton van der Voort van der Kleij retired on the 1st of July, after a successful career at Kverneland Group. After 43 years in the business, he handed over the reins of Kverneland Mechatronics. Ton van der Voort van der Kleij is a well known person in the precision farming business. He started as Proj...

Damon Audia new CFO of AGCO

The AGCO Board of Directors has appointed Damon Audia to succeed Andy Beck as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective July 1, 2022. Mr. Audia joins AGCO from Kennametal Inc., an industrial technology leader specializing in tooling and wear-resistant solutions, where he serv...
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