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An 11-stop road tour across six states in America's heartland showed how a season’s work comes together through the people, machines and connected technology that bring the crop home.
A Fendt IDEAL combine harvests a field during the 2025 Fendt Harvest Tour. The 2026 tour brought the combine and connected technologies to 11 farming operations across six states, highlighting real harvest conditions and the families working to bring in the crop.
DULUTH, Ga. | Oct. 21, 2026 | AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), hit the road with the 2026 Fendt® Harvest Tour, an 11-stop tour that spanned six states from Ohio to North Dakota and put its most technologically advanced combine to work in real fields while celebrating the farmers who power the season.
The Fendt Harvest Tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at real harvest conditions, results and the technology reshaping what’s possible in the field. At each stop, farmers welcomed Fendt’s IDEAL® combine directly onto their fields, giving them a hands-on opportunity to see how a connected technology ecosystem is game changing. This year's tour told "Real Harvest Stories" in the fields of 11 farming families in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota.
At each location, farmers and their families put the IDEAL combine to work in varied harvest conditions. The exclusive IDEALdrive™ joystick steering system gives operators clearer sightlines and less fatigue through long days in the cab. Its 485-bushel grain tank empties in just 81 seconds to keep crews moving through tight harvest windows, while IDEALharvest™ automation continuously adjusts settings to help protect grain quality from pass to pass. Backed by Gold Star Customer Care, each unit includes three years or 1,250 hours of warranty coverage, scheduled maintenance, loaner support and a parts guarantee. Add in Fendt’s industry-leading fuel efficiency and impressive harvest capacity, and the result is a machine that reduces cost of ownership and delivers real value for operations of all sizes
The technology story reaches beyond the cab. PTx® OutRun™ autonomy keeps the grain cart moving alongside the combine, shuttling grain from field edge to machine and back without a second driver to help ease harvest’s labor demands. Precision Planting’s YieldSense® 20|20 monitor displays yield by crop variety during harvest, giving farmers clearer insight into what performed in each pass. Aurora, AGCO’s AI assistant within Panorama®, helps connect that data across the operation to support faster, smarter decisions.
“Harvest is where a full year of work comes together, and it’s where Fendt technology proves itself in the moments that matter most,” said Kevin Forth, Senior Tactical Marketing Manager at AGCO. “The Fendt Harvest Tour highlights hardworking farm families and shows how performance, efficiency and operator-focused innovation can make a real difference in the field.”
Tour Details
Each stop featured a different operation and farming family, giving local farmers a chance to experience Fendt – some for the first time – while helping bring in the remaining crop.
- Monday, Oct. 12 – Kilbarger Brothers LLC in Thornville, Ohio
- Tuesday, Oct. 13 – Baudendistel Farms LLC in Jamestown, Ohio
- Wednesday, Oct. 14 – Next Gen Organic Farms in Leipsic, Ohio
- Thursday, Oct. 15 – Greenview Grain Farms in Frankfort, Indiana
- Friday, Oct. 16 – Ramp Ag Inc in Colfax, Illinois
- Saturday, Oct. 17 – Marc Severson in Rockford, Illinois
- Sunday, Oct. 18 – HMC Farming in Postville, Iowa
- Monday, Oct. 19 – Tjaden Farms in Colwell, Iowa
- Tuesday, Oct. 20 – Phillips Farm in Hartland, Minnesota
- Wednesday, Oct. 21 – Son D Farms in South Adrian, Minnesota
- Thursday, Oct. 22 – Lund Legacy Farm in Enderlin, North Dakota
The tour reflected AGCO’s Farmer-First philosophy and Fendt’s commitment to helping farmers do more in the moments that matter most. It gave local growers a chance to experience the IDEAL combine’s speed, capacity and automation capabilities, helping operators spend less time managing settings and more time focusing on results.
Follow the Tour
The Fendt Harvest Tour by AGCO kicked off on social media on Oct. 21 across YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook. Viewers can follow along at Fendt.com to watch the full series, explore behind-the-scenes content and learn more about the Fendt IDEAL combine.
Media Contact
Bob Blakely, AGCO | Bob.Blakely@AGCOCorp.com
IDEAL, Fendt, PTx are registered trademarks of AGCO. IDEALdrive, IDEALharvest, OutRun are trademarks of AGCO. Panorama, Precision Planting and YieldSense are registered trademarks of Precision Planting, LLC.
About AGCO
AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a global leader in agricultural machinery and precision agriculture technologies. Driven by a Farmer-First strategy, AGCO delivers value through its differentiated leading brands, Fendt™, Massey Ferguson™, PTx™ and Valtra™. AGCO’s high-performance equipment and smart farming solutions, including brand-agnostic retrofit technologies and autonomous offerings, empower farmers to drive productivity while sustainably feeding the world. For more information, visit www.agcocorp.com.