The AGCO Corporation stand at Agritechnica is always packed with visitors. Everyone finds their own corner here – from fans of vintage tractors to enthusiasts of today’s powerful, 600-horsepower giants.
POWERFUL, COMFORTABLE TRACTORS
Oleksii Kopylov, head of Fendt and VALTRA sales for Eastern Europe at AGCO Corporation, spoke about the main new products relevant to Ukrainian farmers. The review began with the powerful Fendt 600 Vario, which won the Farm Machine 2024 award in the «Mid-range tractors» category, and also took the «Audience Choice Award» based on online voting.
The new Fendt 600 series of tractors consists of four models fitted with a new five-liter 4-cylinder AGCO Power AP75 engine producing from 149 to 209 hp (164 – 224 hp with the turbocharging system). The tractors also received a new TA150 transmission, which includes two hydraulic motors, one for the front axle and the other for the rear. The Fendt 600 Vario’s hydraulic system provides good oil flow speed, with a choice of pumps rated at 152 l/min or 205 l/min.
The VisioPlus cab is specially designed for long working days, fitted with a new Isringhausen seat with a massage function, ventilation and heating, memory function, and electric adjustment. The tractor also gained the FendtONE control system with three displays.
The next tractor that drew a crowd of visitors was the fully electric Fendt e 107 V Vario. It won the «Sustainable Tractor of the Year» award (Sustainable TOTY). The Fendt e107 V Vario is the market’s first fully electric specialized tractor with more than 60 hp of output. Series production of the e107 V Vario tractors is planned for 2025.
Conceptually, the tractor is similar to its prototype. This means the hood houses a battery and a single electric motor, which replaced the diesel engine. It also means the tractors have a standard Vario transmission. Overall, besides the drivetrain, the single electric motor also powers the driveshafts and the hydraulics.
The e107 V Vario model has been turned into a narrow-track version, and a front power take-off shaft is now available, which the prototype did not have. Using the terminal, you can set the engine’s output yourself: 50 kW, 55 kW, or briefly 66 kW. Naturally, the power delivered affects the battery runtime. The tractor can work for 4 to 5 hours. The tractor can be charged from 20 to 80% in 40 minutes using a fast charger.
It was impossible to overlook the VALTRA tractor display either. Oleksii Kopylov named the flagship line’s generation – the Valtra S6 series – as the most powerful and interesting for the Ukrainian market. A universal tractor, with a personal design and configuration, fitted for precision farming and able to work with heavy-duty equipment.
With engines rated from 280 to 420 hp, the S series are Valtra’s largest and most powerful tractors. The updated AGCO Power 8.4 l engine meets Tier 3 requirements. The engine has a single, enlarged turbo with a wastegate valve. It reaches its maximum output at 1850 rpm, with a maximum torque of 1750 Nm at 1500 rpm.
The AGCO CVT ML260 transmission, known from the Valtra Q series of tractors, as well as the Fendt 900 and Massey Ferguson 8S models, reduces revs by 5% and cuts fuel consumption by up to 10% compared to its predecessor in the S-series. But to achieve greater power and productivity, this transmission has been further refined. It now lets the Valtra S6 tractors reach maximum speed (53 km/h) at just 1650 engine rpm.
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Ihor Hubariev, CEO, ABA “ASTRA” |
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– Our company is AGCO’s official distributor for the Fendt and VÁLTRA brands in Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kyiv, and Chernihiv regions. I can say the season went reasonably well, and we’ve already contracted about 70 tractors for next year. Among our clients are both large agroholdings and mid-sized producers. We plan to actively promote the Fendt Ideal combine harvester. This year we managed to show it at work harvesting corn. The population of tracked tractors on the domestic market isn’t very large yet, and AGCO offers excellent models – efficient and attractively priced – so we plan to add them to our product portfolio. We’ll also be running spring demonstrations of the Momentum seeder. That is, I want to stress that almost all the top-level products shown at Agritechnica are available to Ukrainian producers. As for service, like other distributors, we’re feeling a shortage of staff – our engineers who aren’t serving in the Armed Forces now carry a double workload. So we try to stay ahead of the curve – carrying out inspections during the off-season, so there’s time in reserve to order parts and complete repairs. We’ve been offering clients free tractor diagnostics under the Smart Check programme for several years now. We’ve expanded our own parts inventory, so we’re ready to provide timely, quality service. |
THE IDEAL COMBINE
Visitors to the AGCO stand were impressed by the new rotary Fendt IDEAL 10 combine harvester with a maximum output of 790 hp, which, thanks to uncompromising quality and reliability, is optimally suited for harvesting in the shortest possible time. The combine was shown with a Power Flow header with a 12.4 m working width. The Fendt IDEAL 10 is fitted with a new MAN 16.2 L engine that meets European Stage 5 emission standards.
The Fendt IDEAL 10 has a new cleaning system and the Dual Helix separation system, known from the Fendt IDEAL 8 and Fendt IDEAL 9 combines. Each of the IDEAL 10’s two rotors is 4.8 m long – the longest among comparable machines. This allows for higher throughput with high grain quality and low losses. The combine’s grain tank has a volume of 17,500 l, with an unloading speed of 210 l/s.
The IDEAL 10 combines are fitted with a two-spiral crop-processing unit. With two rotors, the concave area of these machines is 1.66 m2. With a separation area of up to 2.88 m2, the twin-rotor models provide optimal separation performance and, accordingly, the highest throughput.
With the IDEAL 10 combine, Fendt brings to market Europe’s first standard combine harvester that is fully driven without a steering wheel. Thanks to the IDEAL Drive system, one of the brand’s latest developments, the Fendt combine is the first self-propelled agricultural machine to be fully controlled by a joystick.
THE FENDT MOMENTUM SEEDER
The Fendt Momentum 16 precision seeder, whose main purpose is seeding corn, sunflower, and soybean, is also highly relevant for the Ukrainian market. The Fendt Momentum has many features that make this seeder unique and highly precise.
The seeder has 16 rows and a 12 m wide frame. Seeding takes place with 70 cm row spacing, the seed tank volume is 4500 l, and the optional liquid fertilizer tank volume is 3785 l. To operate the Fendt Momentum 16 seeder requires a minimum tractor output of 300 hp.
The seeder has many features that make it unique and highly precise. Seeds are metered by the vSet vacuum meter with up to 99.5% accuracy, reducing the risk of skips or doubles. Thanks to the SpeedTube seed delivery system from Precision Planting, the seeder can seed at speeds of up to 16 km/h. The vDrive metering electric motor ensures optimal seed spacing even on turns.
The DeltaForce automatic down-force system adjusts the pressure on the seeding row unit depending on soil conditions and travel speed. As a result, seeds are placed at an ideal depth. Electrically controlled vApply modules are installed on each row unit and control the flow and application rate of liquid fertilizer.
Another feature of the Fendt Momentum is that it’s the first American seeder that, thanks to its special frame design, folds to a 3.5 m transport width, which is very important for Ukraine.
THE FENDT ROGATOR 937 SPRAYER
The new Fendt Rogator 937 self-propelled boom sprayer is a completely redesigned self-propelled machine for chemical crop care. The model’s ground clearance has been increased to 1.93 m, and its design allows for quick adaptation to apply a specific type of pesticide.
Overall, the Fendt Rogator 900 self-propelled sprayers come in five variants, fitted with 6-cylinder AGCO Power engines with 8.4 l displacement, producing from 290 to 369 hp. The engines meet Tier 4 Final emission standards, fitted with particulate filters and selective catalytic reduction technology for nitrogen. For South America, Eastern Europe, and Australia, Rogator 900 sprayers are built to the Tier 3 emission standard.
The boom working width of the sprayers can range from 27 to 42 m, meaning they are best suited for working in wide fields, and the tank size for the pesticide solution ranges from 3500 to 5000 l.
The Fendt Rogator 900 is fitted with an independent air suspension, handled by 4 air bags that cushion the machine so that, regardless of terrain, it has excellent handling and driving stability. The sprayer’s flexible frame ensures stable wheel-to-ground contact, creating good traction.
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Anton Kostyrko, head of the marketing department, AGCO Ukraine LLC: |
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– It’s very pleasing that among the show’s visitors we’re seeing many of our fellow countrymen. Even in this extremely difficult time for the country, our farmers are thinking about how to improve their technology. There are a whole range of reasons for this, related to a change for the worse in purchase prices for agricultural produce. Actually, this applies to the whole world. But besides mined fields, our farmers also have a problem with logistics – specifically, the ability to export and sell what they’ve grown. What can each individual farmer do in such a situation? Only improve the technology on their farm, to use their land as efficiently as possible and get the best result from every hectare. So they come here and talk to those who represent this technology. And I’m extremely glad that at the AGCO Corporation stand we’re welcoming entire groups of guests every day, to share with them information about new technical solutions that could be useful in Ukraine’s fields. We have several world premieres during the show, my colleagues will talk about that separately. But I want to draw attention to the part of the Fendt stand that stands out for high power and is aimed at Eastern European markets – that’s both the self-propelled sprayers and the MOMENTUM seeding complexes, which are well known in Ukraine, and, of course, the large combine harvesters. This is evidence that the corporation’s leadership sees great potential working in Eastern European markets, and we – AGCO Ukraine LLC – will do everything to make sure this direction doesn’t change for many years to come. |
ABA “Astra” Agro-Building Alliance is one of the largest suppliers and service operators of agricultural machinery in Ukraine. The company’s core activities are the sale of new and used agricultural machinery, warranty service, and the sale of spare parts.
“Astra” offers its clients a wide range of machinery for practically every type of agricultural work: Fendt, Valtra, Manitou, Berthoud and Horsch, Framest, Bogballe, Valley, Trimble, Oros. The company supplies customers with the widest range of genuine spare parts to support all models of agricultural machinery from world-renowned manufacturers. Servicing agricultural machinery holds a key place in the company’s operations, covering nearly the entire territory of Ukraine and ensuring a fast response to farmers’ requests.
“Astra” has been operating on Ukraine’s agricultural market for 25 years, providing agricultural producers with quality machinery, innovative agricultural technologies, and a consistently high level of service
