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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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“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...

“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...

“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 ...

“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...

“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...

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Martin Richenhagen receives Bavarian award

Martin Richenhagen received the Bavarian Order of Merit for special services to the State of Bavaria in Germany. The former Chairman, President and CEO of AGCO Corporation was honored for his commitment to the Fendt brand and the production site in Marktoberdorf, Bavaria. “We are delighted tha...

Tobias Menne joins crop.zone advisory board

crop.zone, German specialist for integrated weed management, continues to focus on new partnerships and cooperations. With Tobias Menne as a new member of the advisory board, the company has gained an important expert in this field. In the long term, the crop.zone strategy is to be expanded and furt...

Martin Herrmann new CFO at crop.zone

Financial expert Martin Herrmann joins the executive team at crop.zone, specialist for herbicide-free weed control.  Since the beginning of December, Herrmann has strengthened the management team of the company. Crop.zone is an innovative startup company, based in Aachen, Germany. They developed an ...

DLG awards Gold Medal to Bernd Koch

DLG’s (German Agricultural Society) Board of Directors has awarded Bernd Koch, a DLG Gold Medal for International Cooperation. During his longstanding career, Koch developed over 30 trade fairs and events worldwide, among which offshoots of the leading Agritechnica farm machinery tradeshow in German...

Senior staff moves at CNH Industrial

CNH Industrial appointed Vilmar Fistarol and Rafael Miotto in new senior leadership positions. Fistarol will serve as President, North America and Miotto as President, Latin America. Vilmar Fistarol will lead the North America region as of late January 2023, following over a decade as President, Lat...

Louise Fresco joins Zweegers Equipment board

Dr. Louise Fresco joins the supervisory board of Zweegers Equipment Group in The Netherlands. Internationally, Dr. Fresco is considered one of the most authoritative experts in the field of agricultural production and food supply. Her appointment adds a respected heavyweight to the company’s b...

Jens Kremer director DLG International

Jens Kremer has been appointed managing director of DLG International, a subsidiary of DLG (German Agricultural Society). Assuming his duties on 1 December 2022, Jens Kremer succeeds Bernd Koch, who will retire. With many years of experience in the global trade fair business, Jens Kremer, a graduate...

Timo Zipf project manager Agritechnica

The DLG (German Agricultural Society) appointed Timo Zipf as new project manager of DLG’s Agritechnica, the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery. Assuming his duties on 1 December 2022, Zipf succeeds Freya von Czettritz, who was appointed CEO of DLG Holding GmbH early last mon...

Dr. Bernard Krone passes away

Dr. Ing. E.h. Bernard Krone, owner of the KRONE Group, passed away. Dr. Krone passed after a short serious illness in Spelle, Emsland, Germany on October 14th, 2022 at the age of 82. The passing of Dr. Krone is not only mourned by his family and relatives as well as more than 7,000 employees, but [&...

Justin R. Rose joins Deere & Co

Deere & Company appointed Justin R. Rose to President, Lifecycle Solutions, Customer Support & Supply Management. He will be based in Austin, Texas, at one of Deere’s newest offices. Rose succeeds Marc A. Howze, who will become Senior Advisor, Office of the Chairman. Rose will be responsible...
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